Monday, June 15, 2009

Aspen



Aspen www.aspenchamber.org is memorably situated in a mountain bowl up the Roaring Fork Valley from Glenwood. It’s the epitome of Colorado: chic, hip and happening in town with a fabulous four season outdoorsy back yard that includes some of the best skiing out there in winter and sublime mountain hiking, biking and views in summer. We ascended Aspen Mountain (top) to drink in the views of the surrounding snow capped Rockies at 11,200 elevation, explored the Colorado mountain icons of the Maroon Bells in their Shangri-la valley (middle) and broadcasted my weekly radio Travel Shows from the Little Nell Hotel www.thelittlenell.com at the base of Aspen Mountain in the lively company of Alex de L’Arbre (bottom). We stayed at the Hotel Jerome, hoteljerome.rockresorts.com/ a lovingly restored and ornate Victorian luxury hotel that still boasts the first elevator west of the Mississippi!

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