GOOD MORNING FROM THE INNSBRUCK ASPEN!
It's another 24 hours of snow here in the Aspen/Snowmass area, and it's still snowing. Aspen Mountain, as of 6AM this morning, had another 6" dump, and Snowmass 5.4"....no report yet on Highlands and Buttermilk, but you can bet it's plenty pow pow in all 4 areas. As I said, it's still snowing! What a season, Springtime in the Rockies, skier/rider heaven!
THE TIME HAS COME, 1st closure of the season will be this Sunday, April 6, at Buttermilk, but they are going out in style with the annual Buttermilk Bacon Appreciation Day, we've posted the schedule below provided by AspenSnowmass.com.
**However, you never know if there will be any extensions on closures of the 4 mountains due to the extreme snow we have received all year...and this past week. We'll keep you posted as we find out the scoops!**
BUTTERMILK BACON APPRECIATION DAY – SUNDAY,
APRIL 6TH – CLOSING DAY
Bacon Appreciation Day at Buttermilk will feature bacon
snacks and samples all day. The goodies will include bacon waffles, bacon
samples, sundaes with bacon sprinkles and a bacon-and-beer happy hour.
Buttermilk’s closing
also will include the Grudge Match Rail Jam at the rail garden from 2 to 4 p.m.
The format is a head-to-head bracket-style snowboard competition. The winner
will receive $1,000, and the top four competitors will take home prizes.
Registration is free in person at Radio Boardshop, located at 400 E. Hopkins
Ave. in Aspen, or by calling 970-925-9373.
The rail jam will be
followed by the Bacon Bartenders’ Brawl, where Skico bartenders will compete to
make the best bacon-inspired cocktail.
For skiers and snowboarders looking to "pig out" on
bacon at Buttermilk, here is Sunday’s schedule:
9 a.m. — Bacon
waffles at the top of Summit Express chairlift
11:30 a.m. — Bacon
samplers at the bottom of the mountain’s three lifts as well as No Problem
Cabin and patrol headquarters
12:30 p.m. —
Bacon-wrapped scallops at patrol headquarters
Lunch hour — Bacon
specials at Cliffhouse and Bumps restaurants
2 to 4 p.m. — Grudge
Match Rail Jam
2:30 p.m. — Bacon
dessert at the Beach at Bumps, bacon-and-beer happy hour at Bumps
3:30 p.m. — Kids’
games in the base area
4 p.m. — Bartenders’
Brawl, with Skico bartenders duking it out to make the best bacon-inspired
cocktail. Purchase five tickets to sample each drink (five bartenders) for $15,
and vote for your favorite.
There is a cost associated
with lunches, happy hour and the Bartenders’ Brawl. All other bacon items are
free.
ACES:
Go online and check out the Aspen Center for Environmental Services (ACES) website www.aspennature.org for the amazing nature and environmental activities for everyone. They are also still scheduling their snowshoe and ski tours.
We are beginning to get schedules of activities for April and for the Summer months, so be sure to check out our blog so you can plan your Aspen/Snowmass getaways!
COME JOIN US...Summer is going to be incredible this year...ride bikes, take hikes, get on the rivers and raft or kayak or fish in one of our Gold Medal rated rivers, paraglide or take a hot air balloon ride or just come to Aspen/Snowmass and chill!
