Rotating across the mountains are extended lift hours: ’til 6pm or later! Even better? Each of the late days has a theme and a party!! What could be better?? Lifts: Summit Express Hours: Lift serviced skiing until 6:00p.m. Theme: St. Patrick’s Day Party: Cliffhouse until 6:00p.m. then the party moves to Bumps at the base!…
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Aspen: TWO Extreme Mountain Mountaineering Competitions!
Power of Four Ski Mountaineering Race Holy extreme! This event has participants covering 11,000 vertical feet of climbing and ski descents on Snowmass, Buttermilk, Aspen Highlands, and Aspen Mountain—without ever getting on a bus. Aspen has a lot of extreme events, but this is serious! It’s the first year, so it should be interesting to…
This is what I did over Thanksgiving …
Look how fast I am going!! I’ve already skiied 3 days since last Thursday, and I plan on a weekend of skiing too. Wahoo! As for workouts, I’ve been in the gym but trying not to do anything explosive that would put too much pressure on the ankle … no small task for a CrossFitter!…
[UPDATED] Aspen: Aspen Mountain Opens Saturday
BREAKING UPDATE: I’ve heard from a reliable source that the mountain is NOT opening this weekend. Thanks to some serious dumps of snow the past couple of days, “rumor” has it Aspen Mountain is opening Saturday!! Skiing four days earlier than we thought! SkiCo hasn’t officially announced it, but everyone knows it’s true!! Of course,…
A blister on the bottom of my foot: hiking in Vibrams
3,000 vertical feet, around 3 miles, 1 hour and 45 minutes This is Aspen Mountain, and me hiking that really steep trail you can see. Also rocky. No one told me that the first 2/3 of the hike was basically like a stairmaster: straight vertical, on a road, no interesting scenery. Luckily, the hike got…
Aspen: Hiking Ajax (Aspen Mountain)
It’s one of those things that you really have to do in order to be considered a local, in order to be able to say, “yeah, I’ve hiked Aspen before.” But unless you’re purely out for the fitness, once is enough I think. After a little over 3,000 vertical feet ad right at an hour…
Aspen: Um, duh? Food & Wine Classic Weekend
It’s this weekend, kids. If you didn’t have the $1,185 to buy the big tickets, or even the $295 to buy a 1-day pass (steal! if that’s your cup of tea anyway), you can still enjoy the Food & Wine melee with the rest. Word on the street is that there are over 100 private…
Aspen: this is life in … photos from spring in aspen
Yep, while Austinites are sweating it out because there is almost no spring in Texas, Aspenites are enjoying some cray-zay weather, going from bluebird skies and temps in the 70s to freezing rain in mere minutes. Springtime in Aspen is notoriously fickle, but the 70s days far outnumber the downpour that was yesterday, so it’s…