Rocky Mountain High: A Visit to Aspen & Snowmass

If you’re familiar with the classic movie Dumb & Dumber, chances are that you may remember a now-famous quote about the little mountain town that we recently visited. According to Jim Carrey/Lloyd, he and Harry need to travel to “A place where the beer flows like wine. Where beautiful women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano. I’m talking about a little place called Aspen.” There is zero chance that I could write this post without quoting those hilarious lines.

Patrick and I flew to Colorado (I wrote about it here), and we spent a week seeing family and enjoying Snowmass Village and Aspen. We tested out the “flowing” beer, recalled the familiar “pizza” and “French fry” movements of skiing, and sampled lots of delicious food at local restaurants. In typical Colorado fashion, we had summer-weather-like days and also some snow. We were in town to celebrate my brother’s and Patrick’s birthdays (they are just a day apart), so we spent a good amount of time relaxing, hot tubbing, and, of course, cheers-ing. Read below to see the travel, activity, and restaurant details of our seven-night stay.

For the first part of our trip, we stayed in Snowmass Village (about twenty minutes from Aspen). We didn’t rent a car since we were visiting my brother and his fiancé and we could use theirs, but there is an easy, free shuttle bus system…