Qué hay en Aspen, Estados Unidos, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — X Games Aspen, Christmas and New Year peak

• Festival

  X Games Aspen

  20 Ene – 1 Feb · normalmenteEvento deportivoMucha genteReserva pronto

  Buttermilk hosts the winter X Games over a long weekend in late January, free to spectators and hard on the town's beds. The other three mountains ski normally through it. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Independence Pass closed (1 Nov – 21 May (normalmente)), Ski season (26 Nov – 18 Abr (normalmente)), Christmas and New Year peak (18 Dic – 4 Ene)

Máxima afluencia — X Games Aspen, Presidents' Day and spring break

• Festivo

  Presidents' Day and spring break

  12 Feb – 25 Mar · normalmenteVacaciones escolaresMucha genteReserva pronto

  American school breaks stack through late February and March and they land on the deepest base of the season. The snow is the best it gets; so are the lift queues and the rates. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: X Games Aspen (20 Ene – 1 Feb (normalmente)), Independence Pass closed (1 Nov – 21 May (normalmente)), Ski season (26 Nov – 18 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Presidents' Day and spring break, Spring break en Estados Unidos

En marzo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Presidents' Day and spring break (12 Feb – 25 Mar (normalmente)), Independence Pass closed (1 Nov – 21 May (normalmente)), Ski season (26 Nov – 18 Abr (normalmente))

Temporada media — un mes normal

• Cierre

  Mud season

  8 Abr – 20 May · normalmente

  The offseason between closing day and the Maroon Bells opening: restaurants take their holiday, hotels close floors, and the trails are still under snow above 3,000 metres. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Independence Pass closed (1 Nov – 21 May (normalmente)), Ski season (26 Nov – 18 Abr (normalmente))

Temporada media — un mes normal

• Norma

  Maroon Bells reservations

  15 May – 31 OctReserva pronto

  Maroon Creek Road is reservation-only for the whole open season: a parking slot or a shuttle seat from Aspen Highlands, both booked in advance. Nothing about turning up unannounced works here. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Mud season (8 Abr – 20 May (normalmente)), Independence Pass closed (1 Nov – 21 May (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Food & Wine Classic, Summer break en Estados Unidos

• Festival

  Food & Wine Classic

  14–22 Jun · normalmenteFestival gastronómicoMucha genteReserva pronto

  Three days of tastings and seminars in tents on the park in mid-June, and the weekend the summer season really starts. Room rates roughly double and the town books out months ahead. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Maroon Bells reservations (15 May – 31 Oct)

Máxima afluencia — Fourth of July in the mountains, Summer break en Estados Unidos

• Festival

  Aspen Music Festival

  1 Jul – 23 Ago · normalmente

  Eight weeks of concerts under the tent at the Benedict Music Tent, hundreds of them free or cheap, with students practising in the open all over the west end. It runs July into late August. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Alpine wildflowers

  1 Jul – 10 Ago · normalmenteFlores silvestres

  Columbine on the Cathedral Lake and Crater Lake trails from the first week of July, later and better the higher the trail starts. Afternoon storms are the reason people walk early here. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Fourth of July in the mountains

  3–5 JulFiesta nacionalMucha genteReserva pronto

  The Fourth of July weekend is one of the busiest of the mountain summer: lodging and campsites book out and roads into town are slow. Fireworks are often cancelled or replaced by drone shows when wildfire danger runs high. Fuente ↗

• Riesgo

  Afternoon monsoon storms

  5 Jul – 5 Sep · normalmenteTemporada de tormentas

  Midsummer pulls moisture up the Rockies and builds thunderheads over the peaks most afternoons. Above tree line the rule is simple: be off the ridge by noon. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Maroon Bells reservations (15 May – 31 Oct)

Concurrido — Summer break en Estados Unidos, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Maroon Bells reservations (15 May – 31 Oct), Aspen Music Festival (1 Jul – 23 Ago (normalmente)), Alpine wildflowers (1 Jul – 10 Ago (normalmente)), Afternoon monsoon storms (5 Jul – 5 Sep (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Aspens turning, Summer break en Estados Unidos

• Naturaleza

  Aspens turning

  18 Sep – 8 Oct · normalmenteColores de otoñoMucha gente

  The stands on Independence Pass and above Maroon Creek turn in the last week of September, and the Bells reservations for those days go the moment they open.

Sigue en marcha: Maroon Bells reservations (15 May – 31 Oct), Afternoon monsoon storms (5 Jul – 5 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — Aspens turning

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Maroon Bells reservations (15 May – 31 Oct), Aspens turning (18 Sep – 8 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — Thanksgiving break en Estados Unidos

• Cierre

  Independence Pass closed

  1 Nov – 21 May · normalmente

  CO 82 over the pass shuts for the winter around the first serious storm in November and reopens the Thursday before Memorial Day. Until then the drive in from Denver goes the long way, via Glenwood Springs. Fuente ↗

• Temporada

  Ski season

  26 Nov – 18 Abr · normalmenteReserva pronto

  Aspen Mountain and Snowmass open around Thanksgiving, Highlands and Buttermilk in December, and all four run to mid-April. Highland Bowl needs a settled base and opens when it opens. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Christmas and New Year peak, Winter / Christmas break en Estados Unidos

• Festivo

  Christmas and New Year peak

  18 Dic – 4 EneNavidad y Año NuevoMucha genteReserva pronto

  The dearest fortnight of the Aspen year. Lodging goes months ahead, the town runs at capacity, and the early-season snow is rarely as good as the prices suggest. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Independence Pass closed (1 Nov – 21 May (normalmente)), Ski season (26 Nov – 18 Abr (normalmente))