Aspen Highlands closes tomorrow.
Sorta.
Since the snow is still so good and there's still so much of it, Highlands closes tomorrow and then reopens for the weekends of 4/19-20 and 4/26-27.
But since tomorrow is still officially closing day, tomorrow will be the big blow-out closing day party. I mean, the BIG BLOW-OUT closing day party.
Yesterday morning when we were driving back upvalley, we passed a Coors truck towing a Coors trailer with multiple taps. Steve said, "I'll bet they're going to Highlands for the party Sunday."
Sure, enough, today when we went to Highlands to meet some friends, there was the Coors trailer set up on the deck at the base.
Along with 10 or so porta-potties.
Today dawned a pretty grey day so ordinarily we would not have wandered out to go skiing. But friends from Breckenridge called last night to say they would be up at Highlands today so I prevailed upon Steve to do the social thing and go into his office on his day off.
We had fun. The snow conditions were variable, crunchy then soft then sticky but, if you paid attention, you could avoid the yucky stuff.
There was, however, an event yesterday which cast a very sad pall over the mountain. Wallace Westfeldt, a 22 year old local professional snowboarder who grew up in Aspen and whose father used to run the Aspen SkiCo ski schools, died during a film shoot yesterday out of bounds near Highlands.
Very tragic.
Sorta.
Since the snow is still so good and there's still so much of it, Highlands closes tomorrow and then reopens for the weekends of 4/19-20 and 4/26-27.
But since tomorrow is still officially closing day, tomorrow will be the big blow-out closing day party. I mean, the BIG BLOW-OUT closing day party.
Yesterday morning when we were driving back upvalley, we passed a Coors truck towing a Coors trailer with multiple taps. Steve said, "I'll bet they're going to Highlands for the party Sunday."
Sure, enough, today when we went to Highlands to meet some friends, there was the Coors trailer set up on the deck at the base.
Along with 10 or so porta-potties.
Today dawned a pretty grey day so ordinarily we would not have wandered out to go skiing. But friends from Breckenridge called last night to say they would be up at Highlands today so I prevailed upon Steve to do the social thing and go into his office on his day off.
We had fun. The snow conditions were variable, crunchy then soft then sticky but, if you paid attention, you could avoid the yucky stuff.
There was, however, an event yesterday which cast a very sad pall over the mountain. Wallace Westfeldt, a 22 year old local professional snowboarder who grew up in Aspen and whose father used to run the Aspen SkiCo ski schools, died during a film shoot yesterday out of bounds near Highlands.
Very tragic.
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