Aspen, Colorado is a small town with a gigantic reputation. It is one of the most popular year-round ski resorts in the United States and is a favorite playground for the rich and famous. At an elevation of 7,908 feet, Aspen is a winter wonderland with spectacular scenery, fine dining, shopping boutiques, and of course, skiing. Although skiing is what Aspen is most known for, there are plenty of other fun activities to partake in. Wintertime activities include downhill and cross-country skiing, sleigh rides, ice-skating, and, in January, the Winterskol Carnival. Winter sports are what Aspen is known for but the town is a popular summer destination also. Prices are significantly lower and the resort is less crowded. Warm-weather activities include biking, hiking, horseback riding, white-water rafting and fishing. Every summer from late June to late August, Aspen is host to the Aspen Music Festival with more than 100 classical music performances. Aspen is a small town that is basically divided into three main sections: Downtown, the West End, and the East End. Snowmass Village is a resort with its own identity but since it is only 10 miles from Aspen they are often closely associated.
Downtown
where the action is. Old renovated Victorian houses and brick buildings house the many ski shops, trendy boutiques, chic restaurants, and pubs that keep the area hopping along the tree-lined streets. Trails on the ski slopes of Aspen Mountain actually end right in town.
East End
The East End is a quiet residential neighborhood that is situated among the trees and is divided by the Roaring Fork River.
Snowmass Village - a world-class resort of its own right with 32 restaurants and bars, 25 retail shops, a golf course, outdoor festivals, and a wide variety of lodging options. Complimentary shuttle buses serve the entire village.
West End
Many of Aspen's hotels, rental condos, and bed and breakfasts are located in the West End. The neighborhood is mainly a quiet residential area.
Cherie and Vincent Rose's home in Belize. Their home and crocodile sanctuary were recently burned to the ground by an angry mob acting of the advice of a local psychic.
The Garfield County commissioners on Tuesday rejected the latest plan to jump-start development of one of the lower Roaring Fork Valley's most visible and troubled properties.
As the last people filtered out of Town Park at the end of the 2010 Jazz Aspen Snowmass Labor Day Festival, memories lingered of three great days of music on the big stage and in the festival dance tent.
The Aspen Institute's Fund for Innovation, Effectiveness, Learning and Dissemination , a project of the Economic Opportunities Program, announces the publication of its on-line searchable directory of almost 700 US microenterprise programs.
Local schools could face a serious cash-flow problem if Colorado voters approve Amendment 61 in the November election, the board of education learned Tuesday night.
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Oktoberfest at Snowmass Mall Snowmass CO September 11, 2010. Photo: Brad Krehbiel You've no doubt heard about the fall colors of Snowmass / Aspen Colorado, well how about combining those gorgeous vistas with a holiday to celebrate the harvest season? Come for a weekend getaway to Oktoberfest on Saturday, September 11, 2010.
Might Mort Zuckerman be baking pies to welcome his new neighbor at 950 Fifth Avenue, the exclusive seven-unit co-op he calls home? According to city records, the duplex on the eighth and ninth floors once belonging to Goldman Sachs alumnus and the former president of the Whitney Museum, Robert Hurst, has sold for a clean $25 million, $4 million ...
Aspen, CO-based adventure photographer Tyler Stableford tried a daredevil stunt of his own this year, expanding his skill set to include documentary filmmaking alongside his chops as a stills shooter.
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Workers are installing the "loop field" or coils for the new geoexchange system for energy-efficient cooling and heating of the residence halls at Colorado Mountain College in Glenwood Springs-Spring Valley.
Actor Charlie Sheen on Wednesday went to a Los Angeles hospital where his wife was being treated for a high fever, boosting reports that the couple want to reconcile after a violent Christmas Day quarrel.
This weekend, Aspen audiences will get a vivid glimpse of the power of a song. Somewhere during Lynyrd Skynyrd's Sunday evening set at the Jazz Aspen Snowmass Labor Day Festival - if they have a flair for the dramatic, it will be the finale of their set, and thus the closer to the weekend - a slide guitar riff will start up, the singer will deliver ...
As the Aspen public schools opened their doors to students this past week, there wasn't much quiet about it: elementary school kids squealed in delight on the playground; middle-schoolers slammed their lockers and roamed the halls in packs; high school students hit the books and the playing fields.
