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Location Information:
Aspen
Mountain is a mountain in the Rocky
Mountains of Colorado in the United
States. One of the foothills of the
Elk Mountains, it is located just
south of the town of Aspen, which is
situated at the foot of the mountain
at the southeast end of the valley
of the Roaring Fork River in Pitkin
County. The mountain is noted as the
location of the Aspen Mountain ski
area, one of four adjacent ski areas
operated collectively as
Aspen/Snowmass.
The mountain is not particularly
high but nonetheless looms over the
town of Aspen because of the
proximity of the town, which was
founded as a silver mining camp in
1879 during the Colorado Silver
Boom. The mountain flank was the
site of intense mining activity in
the late 1880s and early 1890s, with
many remains of mining activity
below and on the surface of the
mountain. In the middle 20th century
it became the site of recreational
downhill skiing. In 1946, the
newly-formed Aspen Skiing Company,
founded by Walter Paepcke, built the
first chairlift to the top of the
mountain and opened the ski area
that bears the name of the mountain.
The chairlift was later replaced by
a gondola lift, which begins in
downtown Aspen, allowing skiers to
ascend the mountain from the center
of town.
Aspen Mountain is alternatively
called Ajax by the locals
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