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Aspen Travel Guide: Reviews, photos, & videos
Locals say there are really three Aspens—the real town, the ski town and then those three weeks around Christmas when this 19th-century Victorian mining town turns in to celebrity town and some houses rent for a quarter million dollars a week. Yeah, we know, that’s our mortgage too. During those weeks, you might feel slightly out of place if you’re not wearing designer snow boots and carrying a small dog.
But the rest of the time, the focus is on the skiing on the area’s four main peaks—Aspen (nicknamed “Ajax”), Snowmass, Aspen Highlands and Buttermilk. While Buttermilk is the beginner’s mountain, Ajax’s “Elevator Shaft” trail will test even the most advanced skier. Aspen draws around one and a half million visitors each season, which sounds like a lot, but is actually a million less than Vail, and as a result, trails are surprisingly uncrowded and waits marginal.
