Luxury Hotels In Aspen

Yes. A sightseeing ride on the Silver Queen Gondola at Aspen Mountain or the Elk Camp Gondola at Snowmass brings mountain views without requiring a ski descent. Guided snowshoe outings with Aspen Center for Environmental Studies offer another way to explore the winter landscape. Choose the sightseeing ride for views, or the guided walk when you want a more active outing. Arrange that experience around the non-skiers' interests rather than expecting everyone to follow the ski day.

Start with Buttermilk for gentle greens and blues, Panda Peak and dedicated learning areas. Aspen Highlands offers a different kind of skiing: Highland Bowl is double-black-diamond terrain reached by a hike. Choose the mountain around the skier's experience before making it the focus of the hotel stay.

Use the 4 Mountain Connector for travel between the ski mountains. City of Aspen Free Shuttles serve journeys around town, while the Snowmass Village route and Village Shuttle serve different village trips. Match the route to the journey and check the seasonal timetable and hotel stop; the operator's free four-mountain travel scope is separate from a down-valley or airport journey.

The Aspen Art Museum focuses on contemporary art through exhibitions and cultural programming. Choose it for a gallery visit between mountain outings, using the exhibition program to decide what interests you. It adds a public art experience to the hotel stay without requiring an excursion to a different Colorado city.

The Maroon Lake trail brings you close to the lake and meadow, while the route toward Crater Lake climbs through steeper, rocky terrain. Choose the lake-side outing for scenery rather than making the longer mountain hike the default. Arrange current access to the scenic area separately: shuttle reservations and road restrictions affect how you reach the starting point.