Aspen Highlands Reviews

• Overall Rating 5
• Family Friendly 4
• Downhill Terrain 5
• Terrain Park 1
• Nightlife 4

Date Visited: Dec, 2007

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Highlands is the absolute bomb. I used to be scared to climb the Bowl, mostly because the ski out was narrow and dangerous -- no place to stop and hard to slow down, and if a snowboarder was in your path around a blind corner -- look out! No more. With the new Deep Temerity lift, you still gotta hike up (thankfully, otherwise it would be more crowded even than its already become), but you can get down without risking your tuchus. I took my nine-year-old daughter (expert skiier and game for anything) up there twice last year, and she was so stoked! Its the most beuatiful place in ski-land, a challenge to access, and when the snow's good, a non-stop hoot on the way down. We live for powder days we can can get up there and yoyo, even though the round trip takes maybe 90 minutes and you're sweating at the top, no matter how cold...

Plus, Highlands has the best food, the friendliest faces, and lots of other great terrain (as long as you stay away from the lower mountain, which is usually either icy or slushy). Try Deception if you really want to ski some Volkswagens!

Uh, wait a minute, if I say nice things, it will get more crowded. Check all that, I hate the place. It bites royally. Don't go there unless you are brainless and love bad skiing...