Not your typical ski outfits at the Exhibition chair
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Not your typical ski outfits at the Exhibition chair
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The sign says it all.
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The sign says it all.
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A lifeguard with his flamingo was ready to help skiers onto the Thunderbowl lift.
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A lifeguard with his flamingo was ready to help skiers onto the Thunderbowl lift.
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You never know when an alligator might get on the chair with you.
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You never know when an alligator might get on the chair with you.
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Highlands patrol director Mac Smith found a bear named Jessie wandering by patrol HQ.
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Highlands patrol director Mac Smith found a bear named Jessie wandering by patrol HQ.
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A couple of cool cats rode the snowcat to the Bowl.
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A couple of cool cats rode the snowcat to the Bowl.
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A unicorn and friends celebrate at the top of the Bowl.
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A unicorn and friends celebrate at the top of the Bowl.
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The blustery weather at the Bowl’s summit didn’t deter people from hanging out.
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The blustery weather at the Bowl’s summit didn’t deter people from hanging out.
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Cloud 9 lift was in party mode.
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Cloud 9 lift was in party mode.
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Where partiers instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano.
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Where partiers instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano.
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Keeping a reptilian eye on shenanigans at Cloud 9—one last time to spray Champagne this season.
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Keeping a reptilian eye on shenanigans at Cloud 9—one last time to spray Champagne this season.
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A cat brings down the last of the partiers from Cloud 9.
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The deck outside the Highlands Alehouse; yes, it bounced.
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There’s always a neigh-sayer in every crowd.
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A cat brings down the last of the partiers from Cloud 9.
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The deck outside the Highlands Alehouse; yes, it bounced.
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There’s always a neigh-sayer in every crowd.
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And that’s a wrap. Thanks for a great season, Highlands patrollers!
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And that’s a wrap. Thanks for a great season, Highlands patrollers!
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A pod of dolphins heads to Highlands.
The Obermeyer one-pieces, the tutus, the animal costumes, and more came out in full force for Aspen Highlands’ annual closing party*. The lifties got in the spirit, too, cranking out dance music at the bottom of each lift and stuffing chairs in offbeat outfits. At the top of the Bowl, despite blustery winds, skiers and riders cracked open and shared beers, cocktails, and bottles of bubbly to celebrate the near-end of one of the snowiest seasons in recent memory; soft, powdery turns awaited on the descent. Cloud 9 (no surprise) hosted a raucous dance party on its deck, with plenty of Champagne spraying and chants of “one more song, one more song” when it seemed the DJ was close to wrapping up the beats. The parties at the base were in full swing by the time the lifts closed at 4. Hundreds gathered on the deck at the Highlands Alehouse, while lines at the bar inside were 10 deep. When the ski patrol skied down around 5:15., announcing their presence by setting off a few avalanche explosives part way up Jerome, the crowd was at full frenzy, ready to whoop it up for these awesome men and women of the mountain for their hard work all season.
* Highlands will open for two three-day bonus weekends, April 19–21 and 26–28
