The Aspen Highlands bowl offers backcountry skiing in bounds. Sitting at 12,392 feet beautiful views all around. There is no chairlift to the top so you have to hike. They do run a snowcat during certain times that will get you part of the way up. There’s around 20 different runs down the bowl. At the end you come out to a catwalk that will take you to the Deep Temerity chairlift. With a around 2000 vertical feet of skiing this bowl is for expert double black skiers only. The bowl is its own microclimate and tends to get the most snow of any of the runs at our four different ski areas. You can ski the Highlands bowl on a powder day and then take a free bus from the base area to the Buttermilk ski area for some untracked afternoon powder on the Tiehack side. Make sure you’re in really good shape If you’re going to hike up the bowl which can take experts upwards of 45 minutes to reach the top.
Aspen Highlands Bowl
