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The Aspen Snowmass Nordic trail system began over 30 years ago with a group of volunteers setting trail on the Aspen Golf Course. This group has grown and developed into the Aspen Snowmas Nordic Council, a 501 (c)(3) whose main mission is to advocate fro and guide the ski trail system. In addition to advocating for Nordic skiing, the Aspen/Snowmass Nordic Council supports special trails projects to improve the overall skiing experience. As a nonprofit, the NOrdic Council accepts donations that are used to augment the Pitkin County Open Space and Trails funding.Our Nordic Trail System began almost 30 years ago with a few volunteers setting tracks with a snowmobile on the Aspen Golf Course. Thanks to years of vision, effort, and collaboration, today, our system offers 90km of FREE cross country skiing for the enjoyment by our residents and visitors.

Since 1889, the Wheeler Opera House has been Aspen’s community performance venue. From The Eagles, Jerry Seinfeld, Oprah Winfrey and Sheryl Crow to locally-created performance experiences, the Wheeler is the Roaring Fork Valley’s premiere site for concerts, movies, festivals, lectures, community events, opera, and a whole lot more. Plus, the Wheeler in recent years has been a leader in bringing exceptional festivals to Aspen, celebrating the comedy arts, global issues, and the craft of songwriting. Quite simply, there is no other venue like the Wheeler, large or small, big city or rural hamlet.

The Aspen Golf Club provides a challenging 18-hole course set in the heart of the Rockies and minutes from downtown Aspen. This public, championship course is complete with a PGA award-winning golf shop, a state-of-the-art golf academy with practice area, full service restaurant, and full-service locker rooms. Our highly skilled PGA staff offer group and private instruction as well as golf school to elevate your game. Call to register for a clinic or schedule a private lesson today. The fabulous Red Mountain Grill serves an array of fine foods and refreshments and has an amazing patio that overlooks the course.

The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC. Its mission is to foster leadership based on enduring values and to provide a nonpartisan venue for dealing with critical issues. Every summer is the Aspen Ideas Festival which brings in hundreds of top global leaders from around the world.

The most photographed mountains in North America are right here in Aspen! Located 10 miles from Aspen up Maroon Creek Road, they are not to be missed, whether you are visiting Aspen for an hour or 3 months they are sure to be a highlight of your trip. Their accessibility is limited by car depending on the time of year, check with your concierge or website for further details.

Founded in 1949, the Aspen Music Festival and School is regarded as one of the top classical music festivals in the United States, noted both for its concert programming and its musical training of mostly young-adult music students. The typical eight-week summer season includes more than 300 classical music events—including concerts by five orchestras, solo and chamber music performances, fully staged opera productions, master classes, lectures, and children’s programming—and brings in 70,000 audience members. In the winter, the AMFS presents a small series of recitals and Metropolitan Opera Live in HD screenings.

Belly Up Aspen was opened by owner Michael Goldberg in January of 2005, two years after his brother Steve acquired the original Belly Up in Solana Beach, CA. Belly Up Aspen has over 300 live concerts a year and features musical talents such as: Widespread Panic, John Prine, The Flaming Lips, Jane’s Addiction, Thievery Corporation, The Raconteurs, Ben Harper, B.B. King, Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, Pitbull, SEAL, ZZ Top, Chris Isaak, Gomez, G Love, Bassnectar, John Legend, Damian Marley and Nas, Stephen Marley, Lucinda Williams, Snoop Dogg, Tiësto, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Joe Cocker, Wyclef Jean, Ice Cube, Umphrey's McGee and many, many more.

The Aspen Art Museum is a non-collecting institution presenting the newest, most important evolutions in international contemporary art. Our innovative and timely exhibitions, education and public programs, immersive activities, and community happenings actively engage audiences in thought-provoking experiences of art, culture, and society.