O que acontece em Aspen, Estados Unidos, ao longo do ano

Lotação máxima — X Games Aspen, Christmas and New Year peak

• Festival

  X Games Aspen

  20 Jan – 1 Fev · normalmenteEvento esportivoLotadoReserve cedo

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Independence Pass closed (1 Nov – 21 Mai (normalmente)), Ski season (26 Nov – 18 Abr (normalmente)), Christmas and New Year peak (18 Dez – 4 Jan)

Lotação máxima — X Games Aspen, Presidents' Day and spring break

• Feriado

  Presidents' Day and spring break

  12 Fev – 25 Mar · normalmenteFérias escolaresLotadoReserve cedo

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: X Games Aspen (20 Jan – 1 Fev (normalmente)), Independence Pass closed (1 Nov – 21 Mai (normalmente)), Ski season (26 Nov – 18 Abr (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Presidents' Day and spring break, Spring break em Estados Unidos

Nada novo começa em março.

Ainda em andamento: Presidents' Day and spring break (12 Fev – 25 Mar (normalmente)), Independence Pass closed (1 Nov – 21 Mai (normalmente)), Ski season (26 Nov – 18 Abr (normalmente))

Meia-estação — um mês comum

• Fechamento

  Mud season

  8 Abr – 20 Mai · 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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Independence Pass closed (1 Nov – 21 Mai (normalmente)), Ski season (26 Nov – 18 Abr (normalmente))

Meia-estação — um mês comum

• Regra

  Maroon Bells reservations

  15 Mai – 31 OutReserve cedo

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Mud season (8 Abr – 20 Mai (normalmente)), Independence Pass closed (1 Nov – 21 Mai (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Food & Wine Classic, Summer break em Estados Unidos

• Festival

  Food & Wine Classic

  14–22 Jun · normalmenteFestival gastronômicoLotadoReserve cedo

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Maroon Bells reservations (15 Mai – 31 Out)

Lotação máxima — Fourth of July in the mountains, Summer break em 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. Fonte ↗

• Natureza

  Alpine wildflowers

  1 Jul – 10 Ago · normalmenteFlores silvestres e floradas

  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 ↗

• Feriado

  Fourth of July in the mountains

  3–5 JulFeriado nacionalLotadoReserve cedo

  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 ↗

• Risco

  Afternoon monsoon storms

  5 Jul – 5 Set · normalmenteTemporada de tempestades

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Maroon Bells reservations (15 Mai – 31 Out)

Movimentado — Summer break em Estados Unidos, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em agosto.

Ainda em andamento: Maroon Bells reservations (15 Mai – 31 Out), Aspen Music Festival (1 Jul – 23 Ago (normalmente)), Alpine wildflowers (1 Jul – 10 Ago (normalmente)), Afternoon monsoon storms (5 Jul – 5 Set (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Aspens turning, Summer break em Estados Unidos

• Natureza

  Aspens turning

  18 Set – 8 Out · normalmenteCores do outonoLotado

  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.

Ainda em andamento: Maroon Bells reservations (15 Mai – 31 Out), Afternoon monsoon storms (5 Jul – 5 Set (normalmente))

Movimentado — Aspens turning

Nada novo começa em outubro.

Ainda em andamento: Maroon Bells reservations (15 Mai – 31 Out), Aspens turning (18 Set – 8 Out (normalmente))

Movimentado — Thanksgiving break em Estados Unidos

• Fechamento

  Independence Pass closed

  1 Nov – 21 Mai · 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. Fonte ↗

• Temporada

  Ski season

  26 Nov – 18 Abr · normalmenteReserve cedo

  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 ↗

Lotação máxima — Christmas and New Year peak, Winter / Christmas break em Estados Unidos

• Feriado

  Christmas and New Year peak

  18 Dez – 4 JanNatal e Ano-NovoLotadoReserve cedo

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Independence Pass closed (1 Nov – 21 Mai (normalmente)), Ski season (26 Nov – 18 Abr (normalmente))