In Town Events
Summer means outdoor markets, music festivals, culinary & arts experiences, and an Aspen original, the Aspen Ideas Festival. If it's happening, it's happening here!
WELCOME TO SUMMER Gain an elevated perspective at Aspen/Snowmass this summer. Your adventure is waiting to happen. Use the links to the left to discover all the exciting activities, dining and cultural experiences that Aspen/Snowmass has to offer in the summer.
How close did the helicopter get to the action while shooting the Snowmass segment for "The Art of Flight"? Real close. -Dave.
G4 WEEKEND IN SNOWMASS
JUNE 22 - 24, 2012
Snowmass Base Village
Half Price Day Lift Tickets All Weekend!
Schedule of Events
Friday, June 22
4:30 pm: Goldsprint Series in Snowmass
The Goldsprint Series, formerly known as Downhill Fridays, is back once again in Snowmass, inviting riders to clock their best time from the top of Elk Camp down to Snowmass Base Village. This seven-race series of downhill mountain bike races will be held June 22, July 6, 20, 27 and August 10. There will be a men’s, women’s and junior (16 & under) division. The course will follow the Vapor Trail and then alternate routes between a variety of trails on the lower half of Snowmass including Snowmass Way, Valhalla (formerly Gravity Logic) and Easy Rider (formerly Alpine Funnel). The route for each week will be announced on Wednesday prior to the race. Registration will be open at the Snowmass Ticket Office until 4:30 pm. The last gondola ride up to the course is at 5 pm and the race will start at 5:30 pm. The cost for one race is $25 or $150 for all seven races. The weekly prize purse for each division is $100 for 1st place, $50 for 2nd place and $25 for 3rd.
5 - 8 pm: Music with 'DJ Ronnie' & Cole St. Peter on drums.
Saturday, June 23
9:30 am and 12 pm: Free Downhill Mountain Bike Clinics
Call to register in advance (970) 923-8790. $20 Insurance will be required (payable on the day)
2 - 6 pm: Kids' Zone presented by Camp Aspen/Snowmass - Bounce house, face painting, discounted Eurobungy trampoline
2 - 6 pm: Beer Garden Benefiting Challenge Aspen
3 - 6 pm: Music with David Jacobs-Strain
David Jacobs-Strain is a virtuosic slide guitar player and a storyteller with a passionate one-man show that is both humorous and deeply lyrical. A bridge between today’s indie folk troubadours and the delta guitar slingers of the 1930's, David plays with precision and sings with emotional abandon. He’s a six-foot-two Jewish blues singer from Oregon, a Stanford drop out in a trucker hat, and a left coast poet.