Snowmass Colorado

Just booked a trip to Snowmass Colorado in March. This is a special celebration trip for myself & wife.

Really appreciate any comments or advice on any aspect of the mountain or resort from anyone who has been there in recent years.

We are intermediate skiers.(well to be honest wife is advanced intermediate now!)

You get 4 mountains to play on, all linked by a regular free shuttle service.
Snowmass is an intermediate's heaven, with lots of wide cruisers, set amongst the aspen and fir trees. Several pistes are seriously wide - probably close to 100m - so it never felt very crowded. (I was there mid Feb 2009). I particularly liked the Elk Camp and Two Creeks area. You have a choice of several groomed or ungroomed runs and the pistes have a gentle natural undulation which is ideal for wide carving turns.

Buttermilk Mountain is where the Winter X-Games is hosted, so the terrain parks are obviously world-class. The rest of that mountain is graded mostly green and blue, but here too I found a great sense of space, perfect for cruising and a bit of speed (if you want) on the steeper areas.

Aspen Highlands is a bowl,where the locals go - lots of off-piste and back-coutry opportunities.

Although Aspen town itself is pretty, the pretentious set-up put me off a bit and consequently I didn't ski the 4th mountain, Aspen Mountain. Quite a few good black runs, I hear, but it also looked by far the busiest area.

I'm sure you'll have a great time, I certainly did.

Really interesting & useful.

Thanks

Snowmass is one of my favorite mountains. Absolutely take the guided tour with the mountain hosts. In addition at least once, line up for when they drop the ropes on the noon groomer, take a lap or two and then go for lunch.