På gång i Aspen, United States under året

Mest folk — X Games Aspen, Christmas and New Year peak

• Festival

  X Games Aspen

  20 jan – 1 feb · vanligtvisSportevenemangTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Independence Pass closed (1 nov – 21 maj (vanligtvis)), Ski season (26 nov – 18 apr (vanligtvis)), Christmas and New Year peak (18 dec – 4 jan)

Mest folk — X Games Aspen, Presidents' Day and spring break

• Helg

  Presidents' Day and spring break

  12 feb – 25 mar · vanligtvisSkollovTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: X Games Aspen (20 jan – 1 feb (vanligtvis)), Independence Pass closed (1 nov – 21 maj (vanligtvis)), Ski season (26 nov – 18 apr (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Presidents' Day and spring break (12 feb – 25 mar (vanligtvis)), Independence Pass closed (1 nov – 21 maj (vanligtvis)), Ski season (26 nov – 18 apr (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

• Stängt

  Mud season

  8 apr – 20 maj · vanligtvis

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Independence Pass closed (1 nov – 21 maj (vanligtvis)), Ski season (26 nov – 18 apr (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

• Regel

  Maroon Bells reservations

  15 maj – 31 oktBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Mud season (8 apr – 20 maj (vanligtvis)), Independence Pass closed (1 nov – 21 maj (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Food & Wine Classic, Summer break i United States

• Festival

  Food & Wine Classic

  14–22 jun · vanligtvisMat- & dryckesfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Maroon Bells reservations (15 maj – 31 okt)

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

• Festival

  Aspen Music Festival

  1 jul – 23 aug · vanligtvis

  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. Källa ↗

• Natur

  Alpine wildflowers

  1 jul – 10 aug · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Fourth of July in the mountains

  3–5 julNationell helgdagTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

• Risk

  Afternoon monsoon storms

  5 jul – 5 sep · vanligtvisStormsäsong

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Maroon Bells reservations (15 maj – 31 okt)

Mycket folk — Summer break i United States, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Maroon Bells reservations (15 maj – 31 okt), Aspen Music Festival (1 jul – 23 aug (vanligtvis)), Alpine wildflowers (1 jul – 10 aug (vanligtvis)), Afternoon monsoon storms (5 jul – 5 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Aspens turning, Summer break i United States

• Natur

  Aspens turning

  18 sep – 8 okt · vanligtvisHöstfärgerTrångt

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Maroon Bells reservations (15 maj – 31 okt), Afternoon monsoon storms (5 jul – 5 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Aspens turning

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Maroon Bells reservations (15 maj – 31 okt), Aspens turning (18 sep – 8 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Thanksgiving break i United States

• Stängt

  Independence Pass closed

  1 nov – 21 maj · vanligtvis

  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. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Ski season

  26 nov – 18 apr · vanligtvisBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

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

• Helg

  Christmas and New Year peak

  18 dec – 4 janJul & nyårTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Independence Pass closed (1 nov – 21 maj (vanligtvis)), Ski season (26 nov – 18 apr (vanligtvis))