Ajax Adventure Camp

Child Care Family Friendly Outdoor

Ajax Adventure Camp is an Aspen, Colorado summer camp offering fun outdoor adventures, including whitewater rafting, backpacking, horseback riding, and camping. They accommodate flexible schedules with day, week, and multi-week signups and punch passes. Ajax Adventure Camp is perfect for families visiting Aspen Snowmass!

Aspen Center for Environmental Studies

Family Friendly Outdoor Aspen

The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) has four locations situated in the Roaring Fork and Frying Pan Valleys dedicated to promoting an awareness of our relationship to the environment. They offer community garden space at their Hallam Lake and Rock Bottom Ranch locations during the summer. And during the winter, their winter naturalists provide a window into mountain ecology by guiding visitors on snowshoe tours on Snowmass Mountain, Aspen Mountain, and at Ashcroft. ACES also offers school programs to cultivate an understanding and love for the natural world in the younger set. Also, they invite guest speakers to give informative and educational talks, known as Naturalist Nights, on topics ranging from hydrology, forest health, birds, land ethics, and beavers. The Aspen area has a lot to offer, and so does ACES in terms of interpreting and connecting with all the natural splendor of this spectacular place. 

Aspen Expeditions

Family Friendly Outdoor

Aspen Expeditions is an Aspen, CO outdoor guide company that offers mountaineering trips on local 14,000 foot peaks, rock climbing adventures near Independence Pass, and more. Leading trips year round, Aspen Expeditions professional guides lead backcountry skiing adventures during the wintertime to backcountry huts, ice climbing trips, and avalanche courses. In addition to offering guided ski trips in and around Aspen Snowmass, Aspen Expeditions offers international ski adventures as well. For a guided trek up North Maroon Peak, South Maroon Peak, Pyramid Peak, and more, contact Aspen Expeditions.

Aspen Saturday Farmers Market

Family Friendly Outdoor Aspen Central Core

Founded in 1998, the Aspen Saturday Marketing (also known as the Aspen Farmers Market) is in downtown Aspen every Saturday from June to October. Join locals for a Saturday tradition of strolling through the market and stopping along the way to shop. Stands at the market sell Colorado-grown organic fruits and veggies, artwork, wine, cheese, honey, preserves, flowers, baked goods, jewelry, clothing, gifts, home decor, and more. The Aspen Saturday Marketing is family friendly with live music and a food court. 

June 20th through October 3rd.

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Aspen Snowmass Ski & Snowboard School

Family Friendly Outdoor Aspen Aspen Highlands Buttermilk / Tiehack Snowmass Village

When you and the family hit the slopes in Aspen Snowmass, you want to have an memorable experience. Taking a ski or snowboard lesson from one of the highly skilled Pros at the Aspen Snowmass Ski & Snowboard School is a sure way towards that extraordinary experience. During a lesson, Pros work closely with you, giving you personalized tips, so that you build confidence and gain new skills.

The Aspen Snowmass Ski & Snowboard School offers lessons for skiers and riders from age 2 and up. Choose a private lesson, an adult group lesson, or a kids and teens group lesson.

Private Ski or Snowboard Lessons
A private ski or snowboard lesson is the best way to have fun on the hill, while also becoming a better skier or rider. When you sign up for a private lesson, you decide how you want your day to go. Want to ski with the entire family, while your Pro supplies each member with personalized tips? With a private ski or snowboard lesson, you have that choice.

Adult Group Lessons
A surefire way to boost confidence is to take an adult group lesson with an Aspen Snowmass Pro. Adult group lessons for skiers and riders are offered at all levels, so whether you are getting on skis for the first time or the thousandth time, you can rest assured that you will be in a group that meets your skill level and needs.

Kids & Teens Group Lessons
The Aspen Snowmass Ski & Snowboard School provides skiers and riders as young as 2 and as old as 17 with the opportunity to explore the fun and varied terrain available in Aspen Snowmass. Like adult group lessons, your child is placed in a group where they are comfortable, yet challenged, while still having a blast in the mountains.

Aspen Whitewater Rafting

Family Friendly Outdoor

Aspen Whitewater Rafting offers Aspen, Colorado rafting trips on the Roaring Fork and Arkansas Rivers.  Plan a family rafting trip on the Middle or Cemetery stretches of the Roaring Fork River, or try your hand at more advanced rafting in Slaughter House Fall on the Roaring Fork or Pine Creek and the Numbers on Arkansas River.

Blazing Adventures

Family Friendly Outdoor

Blazing Adventures is a local Aspen guide company that leads whitewater rafting trips, horseback riding adventures, jeep tours, hiking trips, and more guided outdoor expeditions in the Aspen Snowmass area. Blazing Adventures leads outdoor adventures year round, and in the wintertime, guides snowshoe tours, snowmobile adventures, and sleigh rides. If looking for an exciting adventure in Aspen Snowmass, Blazing Adventures guided trips are certain to satisfy.

Bonnie’s

Family Friendly Outdoor Aspen

A charming European-style mountain lodge located mid-mountain on Ajax, Bonnie's is a great place to enjoy a delicious and hearty breakfast and lunch. Also popular for their dessert selection, many guests drop by Bonnie's to enjoy a slice of their famous strudel, or to warm up with a steaming cup of coffee between runs. Though the views from inside Bonnie's are spectacular, on a warm and sunny day, the deck that wraps around the exterior of Bonnie's is perfect for sipping on a drink, while gazing out at the mountain and skiers ripping down the slopes. Making a visit to Bonnie's while skiing on Aspen Mountain is a quintessential Aspen experience.

Breathtaker Alpine Coaster

Family Friendly Outdoor Snowmass Village

Snowmass Mountain is home to the Breathtaker Alpine Coaster. Hop on the alpine coaster and ride on over a mile of elevated track through an evergreen forest at speeds up to 28 mph. The Breathtaker Alpine Coaster is another fun way to experience Snowmass Mountain in the winter and summer.

The Breathtaker Alpine Coaster is located at Elk Camp. To get to there, take the Elk Camp Gondola after purchasing your activity pass at the Snowmass Base Village ticket office.

Camp Aspen Snowmass

Child Care Family Friendly Outdoor Aspen

Camp Aspen Snowmass is a kids' summer camp that offers a wide range of outdoor activities. As Camp Aspen Snowmass is located in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, the summer camp is able to offer a number of unique activities, including nature walks, mountain biking, mountainboarding, rafting, fishing, and camping. In addition, kids attending Camp Aspen Snowmass can build rockets, play tennis, enjoy arts and crafts time, and play a game of paintball. Camp Aspen Snowmass is available to children between the ages of 3 to kids in their teenage years. If your child is looking for the summer camp experience while on vacation in Aspen and Snowmass, then look no further than Camp Aspen Snowmass.

Free Snowmass Summer Concerts

Cultural Family Friendly Nightlife Outdoor Snowmass Village Slopeside Mall

The free Snowmass summer concerts on Fanny Hill are held on Thursdays during the summer season. Fanny Hill is an amphitheater venue at 8500 feet with a 4000 person capacity. Each week, a new band performs a free, outdoor concert, and musicians range from rock 'n' roll to funk to R&B to country. Check out one or all of these free concerts, since there's nothing like spending a beautiful summer evening on Fanny Hill, listening to live music. The Snowmass free summer concerts welcome new names each summer, so you're guaranteed to discover a favorite, new band year after year. 

Concerts are held on the Fanny Hill Concert Stage at the end of the Snowmass Mall. We recommend taking the free RFTA bus service from Aspen and the Intercept Lot, or the free Village Shuttle service throughout Snowmass. It is best to get off at the Snowmass Mall stop.

River Valley Ranch Golf Club

Family Friendly Outdoor Carbondale River Valley Ranch

River Valley Ranch is a golf and tennis community in Carbondale, Colorado. With a critically-acclaimed golf course, an excellent tennis program, a fitness center, and more, River Valley Ranch is a family-friendly community known for its active outdoor lifestyle. Open to the public, the River Valley Ranch Golf Club is a beautiful Colorado Rocky Mountain golf course with challenging terrain and spectacular views of Mt. Sopris. Visit River Valley Ranch and the River Valley Ranch Golf Club in Carbondale today to learn more about this idyllic mountain community.

Schneetag

Family Friendly Outdoor Snowmass Village

What better way to close out the end of a spectacular ski season than by watching, or participating in, an outrageous on-mountain event involving DIY watercraft and a pond? Schneetag, which is German for "snow day", has become a popular closing day activity on Snowmass Mountain. The activity involves teams barreling down a run on Snowmass Mountain in a homemade watercraft. Sometimes, these fun DIY watercraft make it over the pond, but there are also times when engineering fails the participants, and leaves them swimming their way out of a chilly man-made pond. Check out Schneetag during all of the Snowmass Mountain closing day festivities!

The New Krabloonik Dogsledding

Family Friendly Outdoor Snowmass Village

A Krabloonik Dog Sled Tour is the best way to explore the pristine Colorado backcountry. For over an hour, our Snowmass sled rides twist and wind not far from Aspen through Snowmass backcountry on an exciting, once-in-a-lifetime journey. Morning and Afternoon Dogsled Rides, Twilight Rides, and ATV Safari options available. $345-$375 per adult and $195 per child, ages 3-9.  Our dogs and guests are the most professional and skilled that you will find in the industry. Krabloonik has been in business for 46 years and we feel that we are top notch.  Our trail is thrilling and the dogs are the sweetest you will find.