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Thanks to guests, locals and employees for another amazing winter season at Aspen/Snowmass! All four mountains are now closed for the season. Click here to learn about summer activities at Snowmass & Aspen Mountain!

2009-2010 Operating Dates:
Snowmass & Aspen Mountain: November 26, 2009 - April 11, 2010
Aspen Highlands & Buttermilk: December 12, 2009 - April 4, 2010


Daylight savings time means extended lift hours at all four mountains! Hours extended until 4 p.m. on Elk Camp Gondola, Village Express and Sheer Bliss chairs at Snowmass, Silver Queen Gondola and Ajax Express on Aspen Mountain and the Exhibition lift at Aspen Highlands. On Aspen Mountain, the Bell Mountain chair will run until 5 p.m. weekends, weather permitting.


Sixty-plus years after dedicating the first chairlift on Aspen Mountain, Aspen/Snowmass continues to deliver.

Aspen/Snowmass has invested $35 million in capital improvements for the 2008-2009 season, including two new restaurants at Snowmass, a new high-speed quad Sheer Bliss lift, 22-foot Olympic-sized halfpipe at Buttermilk and additional terrain at Aspen Highlands. In addition, the new Snowmass base village being developed by Related WestPac will reveal new restaurants, ski-in/ski-out condos and new conference space.

Aspen/Snowmass, anywhere else this would be four separate vacations. It’s not just one mountain – it’s Snowmass, Aspen Mountain, Aspen Highlands and Buttermilk. With four choices and 5,303 acres, decide which mountain fits your passion. Snowmass, so many runs, so much variety – cruisers, steeps, glades, off-piste, terrain parks, superpipe and the longest lift-served vertical rise in the United States. Rising out of the heart of downtown Aspen and famous for its steeps, bumps and incredible views, Aspen Mountain and its double-black and tree runs are fun for skiers and snowboarders alike. Known as the locals’ favorite mountain, Aspen Highlands features extreme terrain, groomed cruisers and breathtaking views of the Maroon Bells. For the ultimate ski/snowboarding experience, hike up and drop into Highland Bowl. Home of the ESPN Winter X Games through 2010 (for an unprecedented nine consecutive years!), Buttermilk also remains North America’s best family learning center. While experts frolic in the X Superpipe and terrain park, the rest of the family can cruise on the wide, rolling trails. Aspen/Snowmass. Experience the Power of Four.

With quadruple peaks - SNOWMASSASPEN MOUNTAIN, ASPEN HIGHLANDS, and BUTTERMILK - Aspen/Snowmass goes off by a Power of Four.


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Gretchen Bleiler
Gretchen Bleiler
Superpipe Champion
Gretchen Bleiler is one of the most accomplished female snowboarders in the world. In addition to being a three-time X Games Gold Medalist, Gretchen won the Silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy... more
Ski Patrol
When in need of Ski Patrol, take off your skis and cross them in the snow above you.