Aspen Mountain to Open Early for the Weekend of November 16-17

         Snowmass and Aspen Mountain to Open Daily for the Season November 23

Early Season Snow Allows Both Mountains to Open Before the Scheduled Thanksgiving Day Opening

Aspen/Snowmass, CO., November 10, 2013 – Aspen Mountain will open for the weekend Saturday and Sunday, November 16 and 17, twelve days earlier than the scheduled opening on Thanksgiving Day. Aspen Mountain and Snowmass will be open daily for the season on Saturday, November 23, five days before the scheduled opening.

 

Early season snow and cold temperatures have allowed crews to work around the clock and get the mountains ready. Aspen Mountain will open with top-to-bottom skiing down both the Spar Gulch and Copper Bowl sides of the mountain. Skiers and riders will enjoy more than 200 acres of terrain, 3,267 of vertical on an 18 inch base. The Silver Queen Gondola and Ajax Express Chair will be open as will the Sundeck and Ajax Tavern.