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Aspen is one of North America's most exciting resorts, surrounded by dramatic and beautiful peaks and dominated by the Maroon Bells. Aspen is one of the all time greats of world-skiing where anyone will feel at ease with the choice of four mountains on one lift pass and connected by an efficient bus shuttle. Aspen offers the perfect ingredients for a great ski holiday.

The skiing is divided into four areas.  Buttermilk is best for beginners with lots of greens and blues.  The eastern side of the mountain is given over to black runs, although they are manageable by most intermediates too.  This area also features a massive terrain park.  Snowmass is the largest area and suits all abilties.  It has a 1343m drop and the upper mountain is best for the advanced among you.  Aspen Highlands is just a 9 minute ride from the resort and features some rugged skiing.  Beginners and intermediates can amuse themselves at the lower part of the mountain, but generally the area is suited to the more daring with a series of vertiginous runs served by the Deep Temerity.  Finally Aspen Mountain is the home of the expert with pretty much all rus classed as black.  This being said confident intermediate can handle some full length descents on smooth slopes.

In Aspen there is shopping and partying aplenty.  The town is lively with a great selection of shops, bars and restaurants and overlooked by incredible pistes. Here you will find the best apres ski from convivial 'spit-n-sawdust' cowboy bars, cheap and cheerful restaurants to gourmet cuisine and stylish nightclubs.  There is an amazing variety of shops and boutiques to browse around.