Aspen Highlands c. 1960s-1970s

[@jeffreybeskar4545]

Good times at Aspen Highlands, 1978. My buddy and I drove from MN in my Chev Nova. Stayed 5 nights and it snowed all day and night. We had deep powder down Steeplechase all 5 days. My first taste of powder skiing and still going strong at 65 yrs.

[@eljeffe8806]

Good for you skiing at 65, good discounts on lift tickets too at 65+

[@jeffreybeskar4545]

@@eljeffe8806 Hey, thanks. I enjoy skiing just as much now and go every year with Lots of workouts prior to my trip.

[@thelonewolf2288]

I loved skiing there, and the 'Back Bowls' of Vail. Those were truly magical times. Aspen had such a fabulous funky vibe then. I feel sorry for those too young to have not known what it was like then. How I would love to go back to those times, and start all over again.

[@alpinejim2816]

Skied there in 1972. Ticket was the highest in the state, $9. Head Standards and leather buckle boots.

[@marcgleeman6743]

I LOVED teaching and skiing there!!!! I reminisce every single day!

[@Skedawg88]

How old are you?

[@tsfullerton]

Drove out there from Michigan in 1972 with three of my high school buddies. Jackson Hole in '73. Park City, Telluride and Steamboat in '74. Snowbird, Alta and Brighton '75. Rossi Strato 102's at 210cm. Season passes at Park West were $75 if bought by Halloween. Cheers.

[@bondalemecovillage6738]

Worked there 79/80 with setting gates on the ski school slope. With Buzz & Jeff Smith, worked fixing skis at L'eQuippe for Jean PAul on Hyman Avenue Mall... Lived there for 3 years, a young Aussie having the time of his life

[@patrickfort4467]

I worked there from '78 to '83, and was in Aspen until '86. I loved partying with the Aussies and the Swedes, some really fun people.

[@claudiabianca2414]

Boy we had long skis.... LOL So fun to see the familiar faces... worked in Marketing (at the stables office) 68-69

[@untectings]

I remember when 180S where a short ski in the 80S

[@JefferyDunham-fi1wy]

@@untectings You couldn't ski Outhouse ay Mary Jane without at least 185s.

[@Bill80205]

At Stein's invitation, Bob Cross and I were the first two guys on the lift opening day. We still have the press photo.

[@charleshultquist9233]

Stein Eriksen?

[@whipsnade13]

I skied there in 1973. I remember a super scary chairlift to the peak where you kind of dangled off the edge of the mountain. Also, they built a big jump near a swimming pool and skiers would fly off and do flips into the water while people cheered! What a great mountain!

[@dickiedunnscorner5552]

The "Ski Splash" was in Snowmass. Highlands had a big jump over a restaurant seating area at the base of Cloud 9.

[@jjwfndable]

Logis Peak

[@nutsackmania]

what

[@henryl5174]

Loges

[@ChrisTuckerPhotography]

While it was in the 90's I was the last Sales Director for Whip Jones and those years were some of the best of my life!

[@jdubs9922]

Had the pleasure of skiing there for most of the 90's while they had the old lodge at the bottom and the parking lot. I miss those days.

[@jetrepaz]

highlands was first place i skied in colorado, went for the winter, stayed 9 years :-)

[@Skedawg88]

That can happen!

[@brianoconnor3407]

Loved Barrymore ski films. Quite a contrast to Warren Miller's stuff with the corny and sometimes condescending narration. Having skied mostly in the Tahoe area in the 60's and 70's, I thought Aspen Highlands was more like Tahoe resorts vs. Snowmass, Aspen Mountain and Buttermilk (which is a fun little mountain as well). I taught at all four mountains the Winter of 1999-2000, mostly Snowmass and Aspen Mt, but on occasion had a private that wanted to ski Highlands. Great film illustrating that era.

[@Jlyon99]

Very nice turns, probably on 205s! Lots of memories there - my Vail friends and I would make the trek over every week for freestyle contests in the mid-70s (with real moguls back then!).

[@BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists]

Only skied there one day, but what a great place that had not been compromised by time. This was back in the late 80s. 18 inches of new snow over night over an ice base. Had to make very shallow turns to keep the speed up to plane on that snow. The stuff was so light, it was barely there!

[@TheIshavet]

Skied there season 79/80. Worked with housekeeping in Snowflake lodge. Seasonpass at Highlands. Best time ever.

[@andredegraaf1643]

That's skiing as I know it and still do it. Minus the jumping, moguls, steeps... Getting old sucks.

[@musicman102357]

Got to just love those safety bars on the chair lift 😁. Well the late '60s and '70s was when I grow up skiing. The technical aspect of the sport has come a long way since then. And let's not even talk about the equipment.

[@Skedawg88]

I am an aging but still active ski pro. I skied Aspen Highlands backing the80;s, once. I'd like to ski it one more time.

[@josephhertzberg2734]

I had epic days at Aspen Highlands season of 96-97 I wish I'd stayed in the Roaring Fork..

[@johnodo764]

Should I go skiing today?

[@rambultruesdell3412]

Snowboarded (yes 😁) Ajax 2003. i was told to 'beat it' at the gondi base. Great mountain, oh yeah! Great day. Great mountain charismatic vibe too. Even him.

[@alejandromut]

Snowboarded there 2001/2002. Don’t remember any problems tho. Plenty of snowboarders for the time.

[@LarrySmith-x5y]

Does anyone remember the name of the Grateful Dead cover band playing apres ski ca 1971?

[@jeanettecameron7530]

We would leave Grand Junction at 5AM to ski there. Early '60s. $6 lift ticket.

[@polycrase]

I don't see anybody skiing with the feet tied together style anymore. Looks so silly now😂

[@nickelodeo]

Closing party is epic

[@rudimatt3432]

Ya aspen was pretty special.

[@rudimatt3432]

@@SR-se3qw feel sorry for new gen

[@untectings]

this sounds a lot like an old Warren miller film

[@RJ2691]

"Along with man's favorite sport, girl watching" *cuts to montage of cute girls*

[@franksaunders-ot3ig]

skied there in 71

[@AntonShchegolev]

Even back then, they had a "SLOW!" signs

[@ElsaBella]

Where are their knees now...

[@llaboe]

toast... like mine When I was growing up in Aspen (right about when this was made ... AHS '76) Highlands was always my favorite mountain.

[@peterpawlak8418]

Double total knee replacements :-) .Taught skiing there in the winter of '74 - '75

[@alanroach1565]

Ive been skiing for 50yrs.............still at it at 74 and no injuries yet.

[@marcroggen4849]

Whitaker costa

[@katahdincloud9803]

Look how beautiful those moguls get without snowboarders around

[@charleshultquist9233]

HEAD 720 ;-)

[@ptr1537]

5 towers. Epic

[@eljeffe8806]

Like the emphasis on the women and the wine!

[@hawlikd]

Skinny Skis eh!

[@hawlikd]

No safety bars on the chair lifts back th err n!

[@InnocentPeacefulLake-zc5ml]

Gave my buddy a lift on my mini moter bike to get thare he had no gloves but i had two pair on 😂

[@dansage6206]

Ahh.. the view of ski slopes that don't have scraped out moguls caused by snowboarders.

[@death2pc]

Wonderful. Beautiful. And no &^%$#@* hipsters !

[@charleshultquist9233]

....and no grungy snowboarders.

[@thecommission970]

I heard there is extensive gang activity there now.

[@thecrowfliescrooked]

Not gangs, Asian tourists.

[@howardlovett233]

Before GLM...

[@death2pc]

Actually during and after...............

[@genripper-b8q]

back when long skis carved moguls so massive you could link turns on one. six day lift ticket was $77 but coke was more more expensive. go figure

[@jamess.nabozny8571]

😂Ja, it was great and affordable. Now ,skiing is almost the most costly sport! No longer for family fun,way way,to expensive. How sad,the capitalist, ruined a great sport.😢😢

[@robertclark4509]

Aspens cool but Vail rules skiing