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Snowmass Village: A Relaxed Mountain Getaway For Fall
09.10.2023 - 13:45 / forbes.com
When you fly into Aspen Airport, you know you’ve arrived in one of the most beautiful locales in Colorado. When you arrive in the fall, you know you’ve chosen the best time to be there. Snowmass Village, just seven miles from the airport, is waiting to greet you, with hiking and biking trails, new shops and restaurants, and those legendary mountains swathed in gold.
This next-door neighbor to Aspen offers all the beauty without the pressure to impress. Yes, Snowmass has its celebrities and certainly its wealth, but here, they look like you and me – jeans, flannel shirts, hiking boots, fleece. Snowmass is the relaxed alternative to posh Aspen. It’s small, easy to navigate, quiet, and family friendly. And it’s close enough to Aspen (take the 30-min free shuttle bus) to still enjoy that town’s fine dining, couture shopping, and nightlife.
Start your Snowmass visit by getting acquainted with the village. Carved into the mountains with gondolas and pathways that take you through Snowmass Base Village and to the outskirts of town, Snowmass is in many ways your typical ski village, which isn’t a bad thing. It feels comfortable, small-town, and just rustic enough. Base Village, with its ski, biking, and hiking shops, no-reservations restaurants, and bars, was just completed in the last five years. It’s a wide-open space where you can unroll a mat and practice yoga on the green with The Collective Snowmass, pull up a chair and listen to live music, or buy a bottle of wine to sip on the slopes.
From Base Village, take the Skittles gondola (so named for its bright yellow cars) up to Snowmass Mall, where you’ll find your choice of lodging from a standard hotel room for one or two at Viewline to three bedrooms for the whole family at Timberline Condominiums. In the fall, you’ll find no shortage of activities here, from free live concerts on Fridays to the Golden Leaf half-marathon and the Snowmass Balloon Festival where you can snap photos of 30 hot air balloons as they rise above the autumnal trees.
For mountain biking trails and breathtaking views, don’t miss the most photographed peaks in North America - the Maroon Bells. Blazing Adventures offers private sightseeing tours and bike rides to view the fourteeners that are made all the more stunning reflected in the lake at their base. The basin was sculpted by Ice Age glaciers, and the distinctive maroon mountains get their color from hematite.
While in the area, hike through White River National Forest and take it all in, but be sure to make reservations for the viewing area in advance. Your best chances to visit are mid-week, when crowds thin a bit. And if you’d like to be on your own without the time restrictions of a tour, catch a bus with the Roaring Fork
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