The Eco Music Festival takes over the entire Snowmass ski resort Fourth of July weekend (June 30-July 3) to showcase some of the most vibrant musical acts and corporate eco-trendsetters of this generation. Mountainside concerts, guided hiking tours, an Innovation Village, and poolside cocktails make up a festival designed for positive impact for both festival…
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Aspen: More Skiing! Ski til 6pm
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!…
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…
7 Unconventional Reasons to Love Aspen
1. Aspen Boarding Kennel & Animal Shelter: summer camp for dogs year round. The best place to board a dog, ever. Sweet staff, easiest drop off ever (literally, you don’t even have to call ahead!). PLUS, doggie webcam while you’re gone!! 2. Hitchhikers: ok, not really hitchhikers, but random people will still stop to give…
Austin & Aspen: Oscar Watch Parties
I’ve gone Oscar-crazy over at EndlessBeauty.com, telling you how to throw your own party, but for the local effect in Austin, stop by J. Black’s for a Moet & Chandon-sponsored party … … and if you have $160 to spend on the Oscars, check out the Aspen Film party at The Viceroy in Snowmass:
Aspen: Snowmass Restaurant Week!
Eating on the cheap in Aspen (/Snowmass) can be a challenge, so I’m thrilled they’ve introduced Restaurant Week to Snowmass! More than 25 restaurants (who knew Snowmass had that many?!) are participating with prices at $20.11 … cute. Started on Saturday, runs through February 18. My top three picks: GARNISH (American) Open Daily for Après…
Aspen: Venga Venga Slopeside in Snowmass
The latest Richard Sandoval modern Mexican restaurant (click here for a HuffPo article on Sandoval), Venga Venga fills the slopeside void in Snowmass. Literally the slope-iest a restaurant could get, it sits right at the old mall, beckoning you with the promise of margaritas, which somehow sound delicious even when it’s -14 degrees outside. Trust…
Aspen: Pray for Snow Party in Snowmass
Because nothing in Aspen is ever online, I had to snap an iPhone pic of the event poster: I know little more than what the poster tells you: Base Camp Bar & Grill is apparently opening under new management with a bang, serving FREE BEER and live music for the price of a canned good.…
Aspen: Golden Leaf Half Marathon
I had full plans to run the Vasque Golden Leaf Half Marathon, named by Trail Runner as one of “America’s 14 most scenic races”, which gains 970 feet in elevation on a narrow, winding singletrack before peaking out at 9,400 feet above sea level … but then I ran the Aspen Valley Half Marathon in…
Aspen: Off-Season Eatin’
One of the best things about off-season in Aspen (the time between summer and winter where no one comes here because it starts to snow but not enough to ski, so it’s supposedly just miserable … I’ll keep you posted) is the amazing deals the usually too-expensive-for-my-budget restaurants have. Check out EatAspen‘s full list of…