A glittering winter wonderland, a glamorous outdoor playground, a once-forgotten mining town brought back to life with an influx of celebrities and cash: While all the things you’ve heard about Aspen are true, somehow none of them manage to fully capture its mood.
Perhaps that’s because the little town perched high in Colorado’s central Rockies is much more than the sum of its parts—a Silver Boom town turned hedonist resort village that is quaint yet cosmopolitan. Its big-deal restaurants and world-class art scene mix with a mystifying blend of wild natural beauty, modern prosperity, and raw cowboy grit for something uniquely Aspen.