The POW, the PIX, the PEOPLE.
Go BIG, or Go Home.
November 19, 2014 As we predicted Aspen Skiing Company (ASC) has officially announced that Aspen Mountain will be open for skiing and riding 5 days early. In the press release David Perry COO of ASC remarked "We are a ski town, we have the snow and we are pleased to start spinning the lifts." The new opening day for Aspen Mountain is;
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 22. Be There!!!
Photo: Courtesy of Aspen Skiing Company
November 16, 2013 
Ski season 2013/14 got off to a tasty and early start on Aspen Mountain today. Ajax was originally slated to open on Thanksgiving, but thanks to Mother Nature we all got to go out and get some almost 2 weeks early. It's the best early season snow we've had in Aspen in recent memory. Today was a full 10 fold improvement over opening day last year.
Click 4 pix: Aspen Vert. Laboratory
4 inches of sweet,sweet, POW greeted us this morning. The Stoke was high at the Gondola, as the line started forming at about 7.30 a.m. The crowd built into a pack of howling Aspen Powder Hounds. The lifts began spinning early at about 8.45. Kudo's must be given to the Aspen Skiing Company and the mountain operations staff for getting Aspen Mountain ready for action...and then actually opening it 12 days before the scheduled opening.
AspenSpin is going on record: "it was the best 4" day of all time". And guess what? It's dumping like a MO-FO right now. So despite some tight hammy's and worked quads...we'll all be back out there tomorrow. Ripping top to bottom laps, getting the ski legs back, flossing the new gear. 3,267 vertical feet......
Click 4 Pix: ASPEN VERT. LABORATORY
Aspen Mountain, Colorado, Opening Day, aspen, skiing March 24, 2013 
Crocodile Dundees 3 peated at Fallen Friends. click 4 pix:The 5th Annual Fallen Friends Memorial was held at Aspen Highlands on Saturday. Fallen Friends is a tribute to those skiers and riders who are no longer with us. It's a celebration of the mountain lifestyle and a remembrance of those who have lost their lives in the mountains. Fallen Friends is an athletic competition, a party and a fund raiser for AVSC scholarships, but most of all its a reminder of the fragility of life.
18 teams in full costume ripped laps down the modified slope-style course on Scarlett's run, just above The Merry Go Round restaurant. Guys, gals, kids, adults...everybody threw tricks off the kickers and rails and natural features on Scarlett's.
Click for pix: FALLEN FRIENDS (& BIG Air).
Every year, those of us that live in Aspen are exposed to death in the mountains and within the community. Every ski season lives are lost in a variety of ways in the Rocky Mountains. Fallen Friends memorializes the brothers (and sisters) who have paid the ultimate price and did so pursuing the life they loved in the Rocky Mountains. Every Spring the Fallen Friends event brings the skiers and snowboarders together to throw down...to remember the good times...and to honor the lives of our Fallen Friends.
On the same night on Aspen Mountain the KickAspen BIG Air contest was held. An 80 foot kicker was built at the base of Ajax on the Little Nell run. Athletes from near and far were sending their biggest tricks in front of a packed house. Skiers and Snowboarders alike were hucking their meat under the lights for cash and prizes. Everybody was whipping out the 720 corks and 1080's from their trick bags. The best BIG Air specialists around were going for broke on the BIG Stage in Aspen.
Click for pix: FALLEN FRIENDS (& BIG Air)
They gripped and they ripped at Fallen Friends 2013. Click for pix.
The Ghost Riders at Fallen Friends 2013. Aspen Highlands. Click 4 pix.
White Trash at Fallen Friends. Click 4 pix.
Berkel & Tae went HUGE over the 80 foot kicker at KickAspen. Click 4 pix.
The kicker was enormous on Aspen Mountain. Photo: Aspen/Snowmass Clcik for more pix.
February 13, 2013 Truth be told... AspenSpin loves it when it snows. We love the BIG, fat, fluffy snow flakes that make it hard to see and hard to drive and hard to fly. We love the phat flakes that make the skiing and riding siiiiiiiiiiiiiiick. If we can't have a blizzard...it might as well be...
a BLUEBIRD Day in Aspen, Colorado.
Aspen Highlands Bowl as seen from Aspen Mountain. 2/12/13 9.15 a.m. minus 5 degrees.
Lift 6 on Aspen Mountain. The best 591 verts in skiing.
From the top of Henry's Run on 1a. Yeah...I crushed it.
Ladies of the Lifts. Expression session at Lift 1a. Aspen, Colorado.
November 23, 2012 
Wut Up? Skiing is on in Aspen. Click 4 pix.Happy Thanksgiving. Yaaaaay, the ski season is under way in Aspen. As always, the lifts in Aspen started spinning on Thanksgiving Day. There are plenty of things to be thankful for in Aspen, but awesome ski conditions is not one of them. Aspen Mountain & Snowmass had very limited terrain open for skiing and riding. Kudos go out to the snow-makers and groomers who got one run open on Aspen Mountain. It was an "old school" opening day requiring a ride on the little used Little Nell & Bell Mountain lifts to get to the ski able terrain. Spar Gulch to Little Nell were the only runs open on Ajax.
Luckily Aspen Spin got out there early, before the crowds and got some super-tasty man-made corduroy. Spar to the Bar was the run of choice for many.
This weekend should be fun packed with the Women's World Cup racers in town. Music, events and parties are on the docket...we'll try to keep up. We're are breaking out the SNOW DANCE every night, lets hope we get dumped on soon. In the meantime...
Click 4 Pix. CORDUROY EMPIRE
First Tracks on the Corduroy Empire. Aspen Mountain Opening Day. Click 4 Pix.
The Bell Mountain Chair lift doesn't get much use anymore, but it was spinning for opening day in Aspen. Click 4 pix.
When home town hero Chris Davenport talks about going BIG. He means it. In-Store at Aspen Sports. Click 4 pix.
The Coach. Bob Beattie and Mountain Man Mike Marolt at Aspen Business Luncheon. Click 4 pix.