Hotel Reservations in Aspen and Snowmass Village
Town has grown from a silver boom town of the 1800's to one of the great ski mountains of North America. Come visit the Mines of Yesterday or try Paragliding over town.

Despite the virtually limitless recreation opportunities in the surrounding mountains, there's not all that much to do in the town itself. Even so, sitting around the town's leafy pedestrianized streets, watching the world go by, or browsing in the chichi stores and galleries is a pleasant way to spend a couple of hours. In summer, the Historical Society Museum, 620 W Bleeker St, offers walking tours of downtown and nearby ghost towns. The Art Museum at 590 N Mill St holds changing exhibits, lectures and special events; Center for Environmental Studies , 100 S Puppy Smith St, is a wildlife sanctuary, which gives guided nature tours of some of the taller peaks in the Elk Mountain Range.

The mogul-packed monster of Aspen Mountain , looming over downtown, is for experienced skiers only. But, to Ski Aspen in every skiers dream. Many experienced skiers come to ski Aspen Mountain just to find prices on Hotels in Aspen out of reach; Buttermilk is great for beginners, with an excellent ski school that offers a three-day guaranteed "Learn to Snowboard" program; the wide-open runs of Snowmass , though mostly for intermediate skiers, feature some testing routes. Highlands has some new high-speed lifts and offers excellent extreme skiing terrain. Daily lift tickets for all mountains are available. Rental of skis, boots and poles usually costs around $18 a day - you can also rent snowshoes in which to trek up and down the mountains. However, the town's best value has to be its fifty miles of groomed Nordic ski trails - one of the most extensive free cross-country trail networks in the US.

Cycling is the main summer pursuit; The Hub, 315 E Hyman Ave, has a wide range of bikes, while Timberline, 204 S Galena St, is the cheapest for mountain bikes, and also organizes tours. The Roaring Fork River , surging out of the Sawatch range, is excellent for kayaking and rafting, but sections can be dangerous and every summer sees a few fatalities. Blazing Paddles does half-day float trips. While not the lowest-priced company, they do have a good safety record.

If you fancy walking in the mountains, the Silver Queen gondola climbs from 601 Dean St to the summit of Ajax, where guided nature walks set off on the hour from 11am to 3pm. Occasional free lunchtime concerts and talks are held up here, and there's a good restaurant. Even more alluring is the landscape around the twin purple-gray peaks of the Maroon Bells , fifteen miles southwest, soaring above the dark-blue Maroon Lake. The road is closed between 8.30am and 5pm, except for overnight campers with permits, travelers with disabilities and RFTA buses, which leave daily from the Rubey Park transit center every 30min 9am-4.30pm. Details on hiking are available from the ranger station.Some of the Hotels in Aspen have beautiful views of the surrounding mountains including Ajax.

From inauspicious beginnings in 1879, this pristine mountain-locked town developed slowly, thanks to its remote location, to become one of the world's top silver producers. By the time the silver market crashed fourteen years later, it had acquired lodging, tasteful residential palaces, grand hotels and an opera house. In the 1930s, when the population slumped below seven hundred, it was, ironically, the anti-poverty WPA program that gave the struggling community the cash to build its first crude ski lift in 1936. Entrepreneurs seized the opportunity presented by the varied terrain and plentiful snow, and the first chairlift was dedicated on Ajax in 1947. Skiing has since spread to three more mountains - Highlands, Snowmass and Buttermilk Mountain, and the jet set arrived in force during the 1960s. Development is a burning political issue: tight architectural constraints have been placed on businesses (McDonald's is forbidden to have a neon sign), but the last decade has seen yet more Scandinavian-style lodges, condo blocks and giant houses that remain empty for most of the year.

Rooms in Aspen Colorado come in a varity of sizes from small rooms for one person to Grand Family Condo. There are some great family owned and operated Hotels in Aspen where you can deals. Aspen Hotel Reservations are always recommended for your families Aspen Ski Vacation. Snowmass Village Reservations are a must during the winter but, in the summer you can still find rooms at the last moment.

Thousands of people come each year to ski Aspen Mountain and Snowmass Village. Most Skiing in Snowmass Village will get their lodging near Fanny Hill. Those who only want to ski Aspen Mountain will generaly stay in hotels in Aspens central core. But many first time travelers will make the mistake of booking Aspen Hotel Reservations when they really wanted to stay in Snowmass Village. When you are looking for lodging and want Aspen Hotel Reservations check the address of the Hotel to see with town it is really in.

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