The Snowmass ski area 9 miles from Aspen Colorado is bigger than our other the three other ski areas put together. Snowmass is 3342 acres and 4408 vertical feet is the longest vertical in the state of Colorado.
We have Aspen Mountain rising up from the historic town of Aspen Colorado, with 828 acres. The next mountain range is Aspen Highland ski area which has 1024 acres and is located exactly 3 miles from Aspen Mountain and Buttermilk ski area 3.3 miles from Aspen Mountain ski area coming in at 454 acres. Buttermilk is also the home of the X games. So if you add it up, Aspen Mountain, Aspen, Highlands, and buttermilk have a total of 2306 acres compared to Snowmass which has 3342 acres.
It would take at least three days of skiing to ski all the runs there. Snowmass mountain has green runs, blue runs, black runs, double black runs, and extreme runs. There’s something for the whole family from beginner to Pro. Snowmass has four different commercial areas with the original East Village Mall, which opened in 1968 to the new base village which is still being developed and opened in 2007. Snowmass has 20 lips including two gondolas.
Snowmass village is great for families. There’s 35 restaurants and bars lots of shopping and there’s free transportation back-and-forth to Aspen Colorado. Back when Snowmass started in the late 60s it was called Snowmass at Aspen. It was incorporated in 1978 as its own village.
We book many families, and lots of repeat clients, because Snowmass has something for everyone in the family. Aspen Mountain is more for advanced, intermediate, and experts. It’s only 15 minutes away if you would like to go into Aspen with 77, restaurants and bars.
There are so many events in Snowmass especially in the summer being at a little higher altitude than Aspen. It’s cooler in the summer there’s events every weekend over the upcoming holidays. There’s fireworks and torchlight ski descent. In Snowmass you can get much more for the money and vacation rentals compared to Aspen.
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