Just a bit of an insider comment, re: Aspen. Our daughter lives there, right in the core, about three blocks from the base of Ajax. She works in the local ski business in a very senior role {I am sworn to provide zero details}.
She has been spending as much time as possible away from Aspen, as she can work remotely, and what she sees going on for behavior horrifies her. She told me that she went for a run the other day, and she saw mord private jets that ever before lined up on the sides of the runway.
Friends in the real estate business are having record weeks, months, seasons. One of her friends had closings on over $100Mil in a week. To.....International buyers in many cases, who had never seemthe homes. One paid something like $500K over asking.
Bars are open illegally. Caterers are working very large private parties; the caterers wear masks, nobody else. Lots of beautiful people hugging.
Her 32 year old roomate, and four of their friends have tested positive. Partying, being very social, entitled.
So.....before you plan on a visit, the REAL facts are that Aspen SkiCo wants very much to have a good season, and host many visitors....and it seems like the puzzle pieces are getting rearranged every day. So much unknown and “possibly subject to change.”
One issue is that so many well to do familes have flipped from Aspen as their vacation retreat to Aspen as “home”, often selling a $6-7Mil vacation home for a bigger $20Mil home, that there is huge pressure on the schools...both public {often the top rated in CO} and the private school, which was full up early last spring.
My observation is that it might be a different year there. Hope not too different.
Our daughtef typically skis at least an hour or two every day of the season. Not planning on that this year. Yet.
And yeah, I have driven from the MA coast to Aspen and Vail a number of times. The older we get, the more we would like to stop. Not in these times. One of our adult children and SO just did it non stop. Slept quite a bit when they “landed.”
Odd times.....we have family in Aspen, Jackson, Steamboat, Vail and in MT. Looks like we’ll be taking a year off from heading in that direction. Family advice is “Don’t bother...”
Ugh.