Cosa c'è in programma a Aspen (Stati Uniti d'America) durante l'anno

Folla al massimo — X Games Aspen, Christmas and New Year peak

• Festival

  X Games Aspen

  20 gen – 1 feb · di solitoEvento sportivoAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Independence Pass closed (1 nov – 21 mag (di solito)), Ski season (26 nov – 18 apr (di solito)), Christmas and New Year peak (18 dic – 4 gen)

Folla al massimo — X Games Aspen, Presidents' Day and spring break

• Festività

  Presidents' Day and spring break

  12 feb – 25 mar · di solitoVacanze scolasticheAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: X Games Aspen (20 gen – 1 feb (di solito)), Independence Pass closed (1 nov – 21 mag (di solito)), Ski season (26 nov – 18 apr (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Presidents' Day and spring break, Spring break in Stati Uniti d'America

In marzo non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Presidents' Day and spring break (12 feb – 25 mar (di solito)), Independence Pass closed (1 nov – 21 mag (di solito)), Ski season (26 nov – 18 apr (di solito))

Media stagione — un mese nella media

• Chiusura

  Mud season

  8 apr – 20 mag · di solito

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Independence Pass closed (1 nov – 21 mag (di solito)), Ski season (26 nov – 18 apr (di solito))

Media stagione — un mese nella media

• Regola

  Maroon Bells reservations

  15 mag – 31 ottPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Mud season (8 apr – 20 mag (di solito)), Independence Pass closed (1 nov – 21 mag (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Food & Wine Classic, Summer break in Stati Uniti d'America

• Festival

  Food & Wine Classic

  14–22 giu · di solitoFestival enogastronomicoAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Maroon Bells reservations (15 mag – 31 ott)

Folla al massimo — Fourth of July in the mountains, Summer break in Stati Uniti d'America

• Festival

  Aspen Music Festival

  1 lug – 23 ago · di solito

  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. Fonte ↗

• Natura

  Alpine wildflowers

  1 lug – 10 ago · di solitoFiori e fioriture

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Fourth of July in the mountains

  3–5 lugFesta nazionaleAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

• Rischio

  Afternoon monsoon storms

  5 lug – 5 set · di solitoStagione dei temporali

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Maroon Bells reservations (15 mag – 31 ott)

Affollato — Summer break in Stati Uniti d'America, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In agosto non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Maroon Bells reservations (15 mag – 31 ott), Aspen Music Festival (1 lug – 23 ago (di solito)), Alpine wildflowers (1 lug – 10 ago (di solito)), Afternoon monsoon storms (5 lug – 5 set (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Aspens turning, Summer break in Stati Uniti d'America

• Natura

  Aspens turning

  18 set – 8 ott · di solitoFoliage autunnaleAffollato

  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.

Ancora in corso: Maroon Bells reservations (15 mag – 31 ott), Afternoon monsoon storms (5 lug – 5 set (di solito))

Affollato — Aspens turning

In ottobre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Maroon Bells reservations (15 mag – 31 ott), Aspens turning (18 set – 8 ott (di solito))

Affollato — Thanksgiving break in Stati Uniti d'America

• Chiusura

  Independence Pass closed

  1 nov – 21 mag · di solito

  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. Fonte ↗

• Stagione

  Ski season

  26 nov – 18 apr · di solitoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Folla al massimo — Christmas and New Year peak, Winter / Christmas break in Stati Uniti d'America

• Festività

  Christmas and New Year peak

  18 dic – 4 genNatale e CapodannoAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Independence Pass closed (1 nov – 21 mag (di solito)), Ski season (26 nov – 18 apr (di solito))