Hva som skjer i Aspen, United States gjennom året

Toppsesong — X Games Aspen, Christmas and New Year peak

• Festival

  X Games Aspen

  20. jan – 1. feb · vanligvisSportsarrangementMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Independence Pass closed (1. nov – 21. mai (vanligvis)), Ski season (26. nov – 18. apr (vanligvis)), Christmas and New Year peak (18. des – 4. jan)

Toppsesong — X Games Aspen, Presidents' Day and spring break

• Helligdag

  Presidents' Day and spring break

  12. feb – 25. mar · vanligvisSkoleferieMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: X Games Aspen (20. jan – 1. feb (vanligvis)), Independence Pass closed (1. nov – 21. mai (vanligvis)), Ski season (26. nov – 18. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Presidents' Day and spring break, Spring break i United States

Ingenting nytt starter i mars.

Fortsatt på gang: Presidents' Day and spring break (12. feb – 25. mar (vanligvis)), Independence Pass closed (1. nov – 21. mai (vanligvis)), Ski season (26. nov – 18. apr (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

• Stengt

  Mud season

  8. apr – 20. mai · vanligvis

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Independence Pass closed (1. nov – 21. mai (vanligvis)), Ski season (26. nov – 18. apr (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

• Regel

  Maroon Bells reservations

  15. mai – 31. oktBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Mud season (8. apr – 20. mai (vanligvis)), Independence Pass closed (1. nov – 21. mai (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Food & Wine Classic, Summer break i United States

• Festival

  Food & Wine Classic

  14.–22. jun · vanligvisMat- og drikkefestivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Maroon Bells reservations (15. mai – 31. okt)

Toppsesong — Fourth of July in the mountains, Summer break i United States

• Festival

  Aspen Music Festival

  1. jul – 23. aug · vanligvis

  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. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Alpine wildflowers

  1. jul – 10. aug · vanligvisVillblomster og blomstring

  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. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Fourth of July in the mountains

  3.–5. julNasjonaldagMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

• Fare

  Afternoon monsoon storms

  5. jul – 5. sep · vanligvisStormsesong

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Maroon Bells reservations (15. mai – 31. okt)

Travelt — Summer break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Maroon Bells reservations (15. mai – 31. okt), Aspen Music Festival (1. jul – 23. aug (vanligvis)), Alpine wildflowers (1. jul – 10. aug (vanligvis)), Afternoon monsoon storms (5. jul – 5. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Aspens turning, Summer break i United States

• Natur

  Aspens turning

  18. sep – 8. okt · vanligvisHøstfargerMye folk

  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.

Fortsatt på gang: Maroon Bells reservations (15. mai – 31. okt), Afternoon monsoon storms (5. jul – 5. sep (vanligvis))

Travelt — Aspens turning

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Maroon Bells reservations (15. mai – 31. okt), Aspens turning (18. sep – 8. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — Thanksgiving break i United States

• Stengt

  Independence Pass closed

  1. nov – 21. mai · vanligvis

  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. Kilde ↗

• Sesong

  Ski season

  26. nov – 18. apr · vanligvisBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Christmas and New Year peak, Winter / Christmas break i United States

• Helligdag

  Christmas and New Year peak

  18. des – 4. janJul og nyttårMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Independence Pass closed (1. nov – 21. mai (vanligvis)), Ski season (26. nov – 18. apr (vanligvis))