Located in the heart of the White River National Forest and surrounded by the peaks of the Elk Mountains, Aspen is well known as a ski destination, but this town offers so much more. Aspen lives up to its winter reputation with its four ski mountains which make up the terrain for the world-renowned Aspen Snowmass resort. Aspen Mountain, locally referred to as Ajax, rises directly from downtown, bringing a whole new meaning to ski-in/ski-out. During summer, snowy slopes are replaced with meadows of wildflowers and activities shift to mountain biking, hiking, ziplines, ropes courses, family-friendly Sightseeing, and the Breath taker Alpine Coaster, all concentrated on Snowmass and Aspen Mountain.
