Summer Statistics on Snowmass

  • Snowmass Village is the only resort in Colorado to offer 36 holes of free on-mountain disc golf, across diverse terrain and tee boxes, water hazards and more.
  • Snowmass Village was the first Colorado resort to open lifts and trails to mountainboards in 2002. The Camp Snowmass mountainboarding program is the largest mountainboard camp in the U.S. with a staff of 5 experienced certified coaches and a fleet of 50 MBS boards. The camp sees 20 to 40 kids a day on boards throughout the summer using the custom built terrain park, the boardercross course, and the Burlingame chair lift to access the mountain trails.
  • The new 18,000-square-foot Snowmass Recreation Center may be the greenest recreation center in Colorado. Built to meet LEED requirements, the center has the largest saline pool in Colorado (eliminating the need for harsh pool chemicals), a unique solar heating and cooling system using the pool waters, and various other features. For more information,  CLICK HERE
  • The Snowmass Balloon Festival, which celebrated its 33rd event in 2008, is one of the highest altitude hot air balloon festivals in the nation.
  • Snowmass Village was the first ski resort to open a dedicated conference center in 1985. For more information on groups in Snowmass, CLICK HERE.
  • Snowmass is surrounded by the fourth largest wilderness area in Colorado, The Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness Area. 
  • The Silvertree Hotel is the largest hotel in Pitkin County (including Aspen) with 260 rooms and an adjoining 35,000-square-foot conference center.
  • At 35 years in 2008, the Snowmass rodeo is the oldest continuously running community rodeo in the state.
  • Snowmass offers over 40 miles of multi-use trails that include: 25 miles of dedicated single track for hikers and bikers; a nationally-renowned 5-acre mountaincross course used in national mountainbike competitions, B.C.-style freeride terrain trails that have elevated bridges, teeter totters, log rides and jumps; and a 2-acre mountainboarding/ mountainbiking terrain park used by the worlds' top athletes during the U.S. Open Mountainboarding Championships. Hard to believe Snowmass is only 25-square miles wide!
  • Snowmass is one of the most conveniently accessed Colorado mountain destinations by air and served by four regional airports: Aspen/Snowmass (ASE), Eagle (EGE), Grand Junction (GTJ) and Denver (DEN). For news on air service, visit the "What’s New" page of this site.
  • Champion chili cooks abound at the Snowmass Chili Pepper & Brew Fest’s district championships each June, where over 200 gallons of chili are served to the hungry masses.
  • Snowmass is known for its warm welcome to visitors. The Pokolodi Lodge was named after a Native American word meaning "The small lodge of welcome and happy dreams."
  • The Aspen Skiing Company was the first resort in the ski/snowboard industry to announce a policy to protect the climate and the first to switch exclusively to wind power to offset all electricity costs. CLICK HERE to learn more about what ASC is doing to protect the environment at Snowmass.
  • Looking to stay somewhere environmentally friendly? Try the Mountain Chalet which also boasts an on-site hydroelectric plant, the Snowmass Club Villas, or the new lodging at Base Village.
  • If you're looking for a tub with room to roam, check into the Timberline Condominiums which offers the largest hot tub in the Roaring Fork Valley.
  • Long before Snowmass was known for its fabulous slopes, the Brush Creek Valley was a ranching community. The Little Red Schoolhouse stands as a testament to those days. Formerly known as the Brush Creek School House, it celebrated its centennial in 1994 and continues to be used as an early education center today. Snowmass' renowned Anderson Ranch Arts Center, which incorporates the historic structures of the nearly century-old old Anderson Ranch, celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2006. The ski area celebrated its 40th anniversary in December of 2007, while town celebrated 30 years in 2007 as well.
  • Janis Huggins, author of Snowmass Village: Wild at Heart, won the 2006 Colorado Book Award for nonfiction. This gorgeous natural history and field guide to Snowmass and the surrounding wilderness areas is a beautiful primer on the region’s animals and plants.
  •  The Snowmass Club’s Clubhouse received the Colorado Renewable Energy Society’s prestigious 2005 Renewable Energy in Buildings Award for using heat pumps in the pond on Hole 18 to heat and cool the building. The heat pumps are powered using clean, renewable wind electricity purchased from Holy Cross Energy. The building uses 30% less water than the average Snowmass structure. The golf course is expected to achieve Audubon Environmental Certification within the next year.
  • In the summer of 2004, Aspen Skiing Company opened the first micro-hydro power plant in the ski industry in Snowmass. This plant will generate 250,000 kilowatt hours of energy annually or enough to power 40 homes per year and prevent 500,000 pounds of carbon dioxide from being emitted.
  • In 2004, the Snowmass Club opened a completely renovated new golf course designed by James Engh. This 18-hole par 72 course also includes a range facility and club house with a full-service restaurant and bar, The Black Saddle Bar and Grille. Did we mention that a golf ball flies further at altitude? The course was voted "Best New Course" by Colorado Golf Magazine in the Winter 2004 issue. The Snowmass Golf Clubhouse is one of the greenest commercial buildings in the state, beating local energy codes by more than 60%.
  • The Goldenleaf Half Marathon from Snowmass to Aspen is run annually in the fall and was selected by Trail Runner Magazine as one of “America’s 14 Most Scenic Races.”
  • Keep your eyes out on the hillsides around Snowmass and you might catch a glimpse of the Burnt Mountain elk herd which is approximately 500-strong and still migrates through the valley. That’s in addition to the deer, fox, bear, mountain lions and other mountain critters who share our valley.