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Spring skiing: Aspen Mountain to reopen Memorial Day weekend

Courtesy of Jeremy Swanson/Aspen Skiing Company

The Aspen Skiing Company announced Monday that skiers will get to enjoy last week’s winter storm. Aspen Mountain will reopen for Memorial Day weekend.  

 

SkiCo will open 130 acres of mostly intermediate terrain on the upper mountain to skiers and riders for the three-day weekend. A storm last week dropped 18 inches of snow at the resort.

The gondola will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Ajax Express is set to be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The holiday weekend also marks the start of summer sightseeing at Ajax. The gondola will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. the next three weekends before opening daily on June 17.

Aspen native Elizabeth Stewart-Severy is excited to be making a return to both the Red Brick, where she attended kindergarten, and the field of journalism. She has spent her entire life playing in the mountains and rivers around Aspen, and is thrilled to be reporting about all things environmental in this special place. She attended the University of Colorado with a Boettcher Scholarship, and graduated as the top student from the School of Journalism in 2006. Her lifelong love of hockey lead to a stint working for the Colorado Avalanche, and she still plays in local leagues and coaches the Aspen Junior Hockey U-19 girls.
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