Aspen

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monelts Aspen Colorado is at the top of the Roaring Fork Valley.

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Get in

Aspen-Pitkin county airport Aspen airport.

Get around

Car-rentals are available at the local airports.

Transportation Service:
Van services are available at the local airports.

  • Colorado Mountain Express - 800-525-6363 or 970-926-9800
  • High Mountain Taxi/Limousine - 800-528-8294 or 970-925-8294

Free buses operate within and between the cities of Aspen and Snowmass Village.

Hotels have vans for their customers generally.

See

Do

Winter

  • Ski
  • Sleigh rides
  • Sledding
  • Snow shoeing
  • Snowmobiling

Summer

  • Mountain bike
  • Hike
  • Golf
  • Fly fishing
  • Hot air ballooning
  • Rodeo
  • Paint ball
  • Paragliding
  • Music

Shopping

Downtown Aspen has a lot of quaint shops for unique and upscale shopping. Snowmass Village also has a multi-tiered outdoor shopping center where you can buy sporting goods, clothes, art and any number of knicknacks. There are regular open-air markets in each of these towns.

Restaurants

Have lunch at Woody Creek Tavern, in "downtown" Woody Creek. This is the former haunt of the late great Hunter S. Thompson. It's about 15 miles from Aspen.

Drink

It isn't hard to find a drink in Aspen

Place to Stay

To view all the lodging in the area go to the go to the Lodging page. Or to add a review about a particular place to stay go to the Lodging Review page.

External links

Aspen Chamber Resort Association [1]

Aspen Skiing Company [2]

Aspen on Wikitravel.org [3]


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