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The area leading to South Aspen is open, with a small concrete area where one of the first lift boats was displayed in the past. Opposite the lift station is an unpaved parking lot. The station itself is an L-shaped steel latticework structure with the long end running parallel to the ground for 30 feet (10 m) at a height of 10 feet (3 m).
Aspen Mountain (often called by its former name of Ajax among locals) is a ski area in the western United States, located in Pitkin County, Colorado, just outside and above the city of Aspen. Situated on the north flank of Aspen Mountain (for which it is named), its summit elevation is 11,212 feet (3,417 m) above sea level .
The Aspen Skiing Company established the Aspen Mountain Ski Resort on the mountain of the same name, above the town of Aspen, Colorado. The first chair lift, Lift-1, opened on December 14, 1946, and was the world's longest chairlift at the time.
Aspen Mountain is a mountain summit in the Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 11,212-foot (3,417 m) peak is located in White River National Forest , 1.4 miles (2.2 km) south-southeast ( bearing 162°) of downtown Aspen in Pitkin County , Colorado , United States .
Aspen Snowmass Ski Resort, Colorado Aspen Snowmass in the town of Aspen, Colorado, offers four equally enticing mountains to ski: Aspen Mountain, Aspen Highlands, Buttermilk and Highland Bowl.
Name Nearest city Skiable area (acres) Top elevation (feet) Base elevation (feet) Vertical (feet) Runs Lifts Snowfall (in/year) Date Statistics Updated
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Art Pfister developed Buttermilk Mountain ski area in 1958. [1] It was part of the original Aspen trio of 1960s: Aspen Mountain (ski area), Aspen Highlands, and Aspen Buttermilk. [citation needed] Buttermilk is anchored by three high speed quads. The Summit Express services trails in the Main Buttermilk section of the mountain.