Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Aspen, Verenigde Staten

Topdrukte — X Games Aspen, Christmas and New Year peak

• Festival

  X Games Aspen

  20 jan – 1 feb · meestalSportevenementDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Independence Pass closed (1 nov – 21 mei (meestal)), Ski season (26 nov – 18 apr (meestal)), Christmas and New Year peak (18 dec – 4 jan)

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

• Feestdag

  Presidents' Day and spring break

  12 feb – 25 mrt · meestalSchoolvakantiesDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: X Games Aspen (20 jan – 1 feb (meestal)), Independence Pass closed (1 nov – 21 mei (meestal)), Ski season (26 nov – 18 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — Presidents' Day and spring break, Spring break in Verenigde Staten

In maart begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Presidents' Day and spring break (12 feb – 25 mrt (meestal)), Independence Pass closed (1 nov – 21 mei (meestal)), Ski season (26 nov – 18 apr (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

• Sluiting

  Mud season

  8 apr – 20 mei · meestal

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Independence Pass closed (1 nov – 21 mei (meestal)), Ski season (26 nov – 18 apr (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

• Regel

  Maroon Bells reservations

  15 mei – 31 oktBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Mud season (8 apr – 20 mei (meestal)), Independence Pass closed (1 nov – 21 mei (meestal))

Topdrukte — Food & Wine Classic, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

• Festival

  Food & Wine Classic

  14–22 jun · meestalEet- & drinkfestivalDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Maroon Bells reservations (15 mei – 31 okt)

Topdrukte — Fourth of July in the mountains, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

• Festival

  Aspen Music Festival

  1 jul – 23 aug · meestal

  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. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Alpine wildflowers

  1 jul – 10 aug · meestalWilde bloemen & bloei

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Fourth of July in the mountains

  3–5 julNationale feestdagDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Risico

  Afternoon monsoon storms

  5 jul – 5 sep · meestalOnweersseizoen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Maroon Bells reservations (15 mei – 31 okt)

Druk — Summer break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Maroon Bells reservations (15 mei – 31 okt), Aspen Music Festival (1 jul – 23 aug (meestal)), Alpine wildflowers (1 jul – 10 aug (meestal)), Afternoon monsoon storms (5 jul – 5 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Aspens turning, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

• Natuur

  Aspens turning

  18 sep – 8 okt · meestalHerfstkleurenDruk

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Maroon Bells reservations (15 mei – 31 okt), Afternoon monsoon storms (5 jul – 5 sep (meestal))

Druk — Aspens turning

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Maroon Bells reservations (15 mei – 31 okt), Aspens turning (18 sep – 8 okt (meestal))

Druk — Thanksgiving break in Verenigde Staten

• Sluiting

  Independence Pass closed

  1 nov – 21 mei · meestal

  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. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Ski season

  26 nov – 18 apr · meestalBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Christmas and New Year peak, Winter / Christmas break in Verenigde Staten

• Feestdag

  Christmas and New Year peak

  18 dec – 4 janKerst & nieuwjaarDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Independence Pass closed (1 nov – 21 mei (meestal)), Ski season (26 nov – 18 apr (meestal))