Anyone who has skied Snowmass in Colorado since its opening in 1967 is likely to be stunned by the transformation of the resort into a destination worthy of rivaling its glitzy neighbor.
The Aspen Ski Company, operates the ski lifts on both mountains as well as nearby Aspen Highlands and Buttermilk. In little over a decade, it has added improvements including the Cirque, a surface lift serving a run named Rocky Mountain High in tribute to the late John Denver, giving Snowmass the nation’s longest lift-served vertical rise – 4,406 feet.
It introduced a new gondola that swiftly carries skiers and snowboarders from the base to the Elk Camp region of the hill, plus an open-air cabriolet that takes skiers from the new base village to Fanny Hill, the center of ski school and children’s care as well as the pedestrian-only Snowmass Mall.
