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With 147 miles of trail, covering 3,128 acres/1,266 hectares of terrain,
you'll never run out of solid ground to ski on. The longest journey down the
slope will take you 5.3 miles/8.5 km, the steepest one being Gowdy's and AMF
with a slope angle of 40 degrees.
From easy to expert, you're sure to find the perfect comfort range for all
ages and levels in your party. From easy - 6 percent, to intermediate at 50
percent, with difficult levels amounting to 12 percent of the slopes, and
for the pro the Snowmass ski area promises to challenge at 32 percent.
The Snowmass ski area enjoys 300 inches/762 cm of fresh white precipitation
each year, enhanced by 185 glorious acres/75 hectares of premium man-made
snow.
The Snowmass ski resort contains a total of 23 lifts - 19 of them primary,
including an 8-passenger gondola, a high-speed six passenger chair, a
six-passenger pulse gondola, multiple high speed quads, three doubles, magic
carpets, special ski and snowboard lifts, and 4 secondary lifts that
include: Sheer Bliss (double), Naked Lady (triple) and two platter pulls -
Cirque and Scooper.
Lifts serve approximately 31,000 riders and hour. A huge plus about the
Snowmass ski area, is its wide-open slope spaces, with an average of two
skiers per acre/5 people per hectare.
If you're considering a vacation in the Snowmass ski area, picture the
beauty and the opportunities that only a world-class ski resort can offer.
Enjoy a day on the best slopes in North America, followed by a relaxed
evening browsing the many specialty shops. Or letting one of its many fine
chefs at any of the more than 100 area restaurants serve you up a
tantalizing meal. Then retreat to a pub, or nightclub, or catch a flick, or
take in a cultural event or a world-class competition. And there's plenty of
lodging in the Snowmass ski area for all budgets (call Stay Aspen Snowmass
at 970-925-9000 or 888-649-5985 for details).
On or off the mountain, winter or summer, there are so many family
activities in the Snowmass ski area that you'll never be short on
entertainment and good family fun.
And if you haven't heard what's new, the Snowmass ski area is proud to
announce $50 million worth of improvements to the resort this year. New to
the resort is Elk Camp Gondola, which seats 8, and quickly transports skiers
from the new base village to the peak of Elk Camp Meadows in just minutes.
With that, and last year's new Village Express 6-pack, plus the new Sky Cab,
gondola, you'll enjoy more of what you came to the Snowmass ski area for in
the first place - some of the greatest skiing in North America, with less of
the ride time. And, in the last two years the Snowmass ski area opened more
than 200 acres of in-bounds backcountry ski terrain just waiting to be
explored.
And for the snowboarder on board, the Snowmass ski area maintains three
terrain parks - Pipiline, Makaha and Scooper - a superpipe and a minipipe.
You can access more information about the Snowmass "renaissance", as well as
lift ticket prices, lodging accommodations and season pass information by
going to: www.aspensnowmass.com
Interested in ski or snowboard lessons for the kids? Ski and Snowboard
Schools of Snowmass/Aspen has programs for children, aged infants to teens.
Inquire at the ticket office.
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