Alakaʻi Kaʻahele Ola: Aspen, Colorado

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• Hiamoe maikaʻi
• Noho I Ke Kinohi
• Wahie kāu huakaʻi
• E hoʻouna iā ʻoe ʻoiai e piʻi ka pōhaku
• Pākuʻi
• Hoihoi Pono
• E paʻi i nā pali
• ʻO Après, 0f Papa
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Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Aspen, ʻo Colorado no kona hanohano: nā kūlana ski maʻemaʻe akā paʻakikī a me ka pāʻina ʻana luxe après e hiki mai ana i ka hoʻoilo. hanana culinary a me nā hanana waho e like me ka Classical Food & Wine hiki mai ke kauwela; a me kahi kahua mokulele liʻiliʻi me nā mokulele ponoʻī e kiko ana i kahi alaloa e malu ai e nā kuahiwi i kēlā me kēia makahiki. (ʻAʻohe mea kupanaha e ʻākoakoa nā poʻe kelepila A-list ma laila!)

Akā ʻaʻole ʻoe e pono i kahi uku uku Hollywood e lele i kahi kipa i kahi huakaʻi mua o Colorado. E kipa aku i ka wā "kau malū" mai ka waena o Mei a waena o Iune, ma mua o ka pā ʻana o ka pūnāwai i ke kauwela - a e ʻike ʻoe i ka paradaiso kūlohelohe, me kahi kumukūʻai kumukūʻai. E noʻonoʻo: nā kahawai a me nā kahawai i ko lākou piko no nā kaupoku waipuna, nā kayakers, a me nā SUPers; nā ala hele a me nā ala hou mai ka hoʻoilo, hoʻokipa i nā poʻe paikikala a me nā holoholo; heʻuʻuku ka poʻe i hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolilo i ka manawa hou i ka hoʻopili ʻana me Mother Nature; menus kau ma nā hale ʻaina mahiʻai i ka papaʻaina; a kūlike ʻole, ʻike 360-kekelē o ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā kau. Hoʻohui ʻia, hui nui nā hōkele he nui e hana i nā pūʻolo hōʻemi i kēia manawa.

E hoʻolilo i kāu kālā a me kou manawa i kēlā me kēia kau me kēia alakaʻi i ka waiwai a me ka huakaʻi a Aspen. (A mai alo i kā mākou alakaʻi i nā kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe e like me Jackson Hole, WY!)

Hiamoe maikaʻi

E nānā i ka Hōkele Hotel Jerome (kiʻi ʻia ma luna, hema) ma ke kaona ʻo Aspen a e hoʻokipa ʻia ʻoe me kahi kīʻaha wai wai koloke, e ʻōlelo ʻia e kōkua i ka lawe ʻana i ka oxygen ma loko o kou kino (kahi mea a kou kino e hoʻoikaika ai e hana kiʻekiʻe. kiʻekiʻe). ʻO ia wale kekahi o nā ala he nui i hoʻokumu ʻia ai kēia hoʻokumu posh i ka mea hoihoi i waho. Hoʻonohonoho ka hōkele i nā ʻano huakaʻi like ʻole no ka poʻe kipa, e like me nā huakaʻi glamping (hoʻomoana glamorous - ʻe, e ʻoluʻolu!) A me nā piʻi mauna Rocky Mountain i hui pū ʻia me nā ʻaina gourmet. (ʻO ka Jerome kahi o nā Hōkele he nui e kau i ka Fitness ma mua.)

ʻO ka Limelight Hotel (kiʻi ʻia ma luna, ʻākau), ka waiwai o ke kaikuahine i ka mea i kaulana ʻo Little Nell, kahi kūpono loa e hoʻokū ai iā ia no kekahi mau lā i kēia pūnāwai kekahi. A ʻaʻole ia e wāwahi i ka panakō! He mau kapuwaʻi wale nō mai Aspen mauna, nona ka waiwai e Aspen Skiing Co., ʻo ia hoʻi ua loaʻa nā pōmaikaʻi āpau ma ka lima e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻolālā i kēlā me kēia huakaʻi i waho e noʻonoʻo ʻia mai nā holo kaʻa i SUP. (I ka hoʻoilo, hiki i nā malihini hōkele ke komo i kahi papahana i kapa ʻia ʻo "First Tracks," kahi e heʻe ai ʻoe i ka mauna ma mua o ka wehe ʻana. pia a me nā hale ʻaina distillery pono ma ka pūnaewele. He aha ka mea aloha ʻole?

Noho I Ke Kinohi

E ʻike ka poʻe hoʻomaka a me nā pono i nā ala he nui e hou ai ka hou i nā mauna i ka wā spring. E aloha nā mea holo kaʻa mauna paʻakikī i ke Alanui Aupuni - kahi piʻi paʻakikī e piʻi i luna ma kahi heʻe ski ʻo Snowmass, ma o nā holo ski, ma waena o nā evergreens mānoanoa i ka wahi ski ʻo Buttermilk, a me nā coastering ma waena o nā ululāʻau aspen. ʻO Rio Grande Trail (kahi 40-mile ka nui o ke ala kele ʻia; ma luna, ʻelua mai ka hema) kahi holo māmā a he mau tona ku i ke ala no ka pīkino!

Makemake e hike ma kahi o ka paikikala? ʻO Ute Trail (kiʻi ʻia ma luna) ʻaʻole no ka nāwaliwali o ka puʻuwai — he kūmau ia, he mile ka lōʻihi o ka piʻi piʻi piʻi ʻana me nā switchbacks, he 1000 mau kapuaʻi kū i kahi pohaku i waho. ʻOi ka waiwai o ka nānaina! A ʻo nā alahele maʻalahi e like me Hunter Creek, he 6.5 mile i hoʻokahi ala, e kīkēkē i kāu mau ʻanuʻu 10,000, e lawe iā ʻoe ma waena o nā kula alpine a me nā keʻena i haʻalele ʻia, me nā kiʻekiʻe e piʻi aku ana i 10,400 kapuaʻi!

E hoʻi hou me kahi papa yoga yoga mauna ma Aspen Mountain e nānā pono ana i ka Elk Mountain Range ma 11,212 kapuaʻi. ʻO ka kipa ʻana ma waho o ke kau kau wela ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo e haʻalele ʻoe i kekahi Aspen zen; ma kahi o, e hele i O2 Aspen no kahi kahe yoga wela, e hoʻolōʻihi a noʻonoʻo, a i ʻole ka papa Pilates, a i ʻole ke poʻo i kekahi o nā kau kuahiwi i loko o ka Sundeck moe ma luna o Aspen Mountain i ka manawa o nā lā papa hoʻoilo i wae ʻia.

Wahie kāu huakaʻi

ʻAʻole piha kahi huakaʻi i Aspen me ka ʻole o kahi huakaʻi iā "Restaurant Row." Inā ʻoe e hele ana, e kū ma kahi ʻāina ʻo Meat & Cheese punahele i ka lā no kahi mea ma waho o ka papa ʻaina lawelawe papa ʻaina (e noʻonoʻo: ʻo ka niu niu Thai, salakeke hua ʻai ʻekolu, a i ʻole 13-hola char siu brisket) a i ʻole e kiʻi nā mea maikaʻi e like me nā ʻiʻo kūloko a me nā tīhi i kiʻi ʻia mai nā mahiʻai paʻa kokoke. Hiki iā ʻoe ke noho i lalo no ka lawelawe ʻana i ka ʻaina awakea-a inā he laki ʻoe, e hoʻopili ʻoe i kahi pākaukau i makemake ʻia ma ka pā pā o waho. No kahi koho kiʻekiʻe loa, e hoʻāʻo i ka steak, ka waina, a me nā ʻaoʻao kaila ʻohana ma Toro ma ka Viceroy Hotel ma Snowmass a i ʻole ke poʻo i Clark's Oyster Bar no nā iʻa kupaianaha kupaianaha ʻole.

A uhi ʻia nā mea ʻai paʻakikī e hoʻomaikaʻi iā Spring Cafe Organic Food a me Juice Bar, kahi ʻaina kakahiaka a me ka ʻaina awakea e lawelawe wale ana i ka 100 pākēneka mau meaʻai a me nā mea hoʻohui. ʻO ka hale ʻaina ka mea ʻai (a ʻaneʻane vegan, akā lawelawe lākou i nā hua i loaʻa kūloko i ke kakahiaka!) Ma loko, hele ka lumi kuke i ka kamaʻilio me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kuke kila-ʻaʻohe ona aluminika a me nā metala ʻino ʻē aʻe. A ʻo nā ea āpau i hoʻohana ʻia he BPA-ʻole. No laila e kiʻi i kahi wai inu ʻōmole aniani i kēlā me kēia lā-e noho i waho ma waho, a nānā i nā hiʻohiʻona o Aspen Mountain ʻoiai ʻoe e mimi.

Ke pā nei i nā pali? ʻO Bonnies, kahi hale ʻaina mauna mauna ma Aspen Mountain, kahi pancakes oat hearty pono ke ala aʻe.

E hoʻouna iā ʻoe ʻoiai e piʻi ka pōhaku

ʻO Aspen's Independence Pass, he kīloi pōhaku wale nō ia mai ke kaona, hāʻawi i nā hanana heʻe haneli he nui no kēlā me kēia ʻano piʻi. Kūpono kekahi mau alahele-ʻo ia no ka pani ʻana o ke ala nui o Independence Pass i ke kaʻa i ka hoʻoilo, e wehe hou ana ma ka hopena o Mei - akā hiki iā ʻoe ke hele a kaʻa kaʻa i ke kaʻa i kēia manawa (kahi manawa maikaʻi loa e hana ai no ka mea ua maloʻo ka nui a maloʻo nō naʻe. pani ʻia i ke kaʻa kaʻa!). ʻO nā piʻi piʻi makahiki he Classy Cliff, Master Headwall, Dragon Rock, ka Dump Wall, Outlook Rock, a me Monitor Rock. E kāomi i kahi ʻoihana e like me Aspen Alpine Guides no kahi mākaʻikaʻi i mākaukau ʻia e ka loea. (Mai makaʻu: Eia ke kumu e hoʻāʻo ai ʻoe i ka piʻi pōhaku i kēia manawa)

ʻAʻole mākaukau e paʻi i ka paia pōhaku maoli? E ʻoki i kou mau niho (er ... mau lima?) Ma ka Elk Camp Rugs Ascent Climbing Wall ma Snowmass (kiʻi ʻia ma luna) a i ʻole ka hiʻohiʻona hou loa o ka Limelight Hote: kahi pā e piʻi pōhaku ʻelima mau papa i loko me ʻekolu mau ala belay ponoʻī i hoʻohālikelike ʻia. ma hope o ka wahi kaulana ʻo Grotto ma Independence Pass.

Pākuʻi

I ka hoʻokumu ʻana o Mary lāua ʻo Pat Scanlan lāua ʻo Mark Kleckner iā Woody Creek Distillery, ua makemake lāua i ka hapa nui o nā mea āpau e hana i ka vodka maikaʻi. I kēia lā, hiki i ko lākou ʻuhane ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa i ka ʻoi loa o ka honua. I Malaki, ua loaʻa ka Woody Creek Colorado 100% Potato Vodka ($ 30; applejack.com) i ka mekala gula pālua a me ka hōʻoia no ka vodka maikaʻi loa ma ka 15th makahiki World Spirits Competition ma Kapalakiko. I kou hele ʻana i loko a i ʻole ma waho o ke kaona, e mākaʻikaʻi i ka distillery a hoʻāʻo i nā ʻuhane iā ʻoe iho (hiki iā ʻoe ke omo, hoʻohiki mākou!) Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻoluʻolu e pili ana i kāu splurge pū kekahi: ʻoiai he nui nā mea hana vodka e kuʻi i nā ʻuhane me nā mea ʻono hana a i ʻole hoʻolei iā ia i kahi kiko e haehae ʻia kona ʻono, ulu ʻo Woody Creek a ʻohiʻohi i kā lākou mauʻuala ponoʻī he ʻewalu mile ka mamao mai ka distillery! -And kaohi i kēlā me kēia ʻāpana o ka hana, e hōʻoia ana ke inu nei ʻoe me ka maʻemaʻe. (Hoʻonāukiuki! Super Refreshing Low-Calorie Spritzers no ke kauwela.)

I ka hoʻoilo, e noʻonoʻo i ka heʻe hau ʻana ma ka Silver Circle Ice Rink ma ke kūlanakauhale, a laila e moe ana ma kahi puka ma Marble Bar Aspen (kiʻi ʻia ma luna), kahi manaʻo Marble Distilling Co. a me ka lumi hoʻāʻo i loko o ka Hyatt Residence Club Grand Aspen..

Hoihoi Pono

Kaomi ʻiʻo ʻoe e ʻike i kahi spa ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o Remède Spa ma St. Regis (ʻo iauaLoipālākiō i ka helu hoʻokahi spa ma ka honua eHuakaʻi + Leisure).ʻO ka plush, nā mea hoʻonaninani hoʻowahāwahā ʻia a Colorado i loko o ka lumi oxygen - kahi lumi hōʻoluʻolu me nā moena o ke ao a me kahi kapuahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻopili i nā mīkini oxygen e kōkua ai e hoʻomaʻa i ko Aspen kiʻekiʻe - hana i kahi ʻano maluhia. A ʻo nā lawelawe e like me ka maka o ka oxygen, ka hoʻōla hoʻōla CBD, a me ka Rocky Mountain Ritual (kahi mālama exfoliating a me ka lomilomi) lawelawe i ka noʻonoʻo pono. Inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i ka hoʻomaha a i ʻole ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana, e loaʻa iā ʻoe ma o ka papa kuhikuhi o nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau a me nā mea pono e like me nā ana mahu, nā ʻauʻau wela, a me nā luʻu anu.

Makemake ʻoe e hana i kahi hopena pule piha? Hāʻawi ka spa ma ka Viceroy Hotel i ka yoga, ka ʻōlelo aʻo ʻana i ka meaʻai, a me kahi spas 7,000-square foot spa i ʻike ʻia i nā holistic spa treatments a me nā lawelawe, me nā hana i hoʻoulu ʻia e nā hana kahiko ʻo Ute, Nordic, a me ʻAsia. E ho'āʻo i ka lomilomi chakra-balance a i ʻole ka ʻili ʻana o ka lepo mauna e hōʻoluʻolu a hoʻomaha hou. (Bonus: He ski-in ka spa, ski-out, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaha i ke awakea no ka lomilomi ma mua o ka hoʻi ʻana i waho e hoʻopaʻa i kekahi mau holo hou.)

E paʻi i nā pali

Me ʻehā mau mauna nui e koho ai—Buttermilk, Snowmass, Aspen Highlands, a me Aspen Mountain (ʻo kēlā me kēia me ka ʻāina ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī)—he pāʻani no ka aneane kēlā me kēia pae o ka skier. Pono nā tikiki ma kēlā me kēia, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke paʻi i hoʻokahi mauna no ka First Tracks a laila hoʻopau i ke awakea ma kekahi ma mua o ka hele ʻana i après. Hoʻonui i kāu huakaʻi i kekahi mau lā e ski ma luna o kēlā me kēia a helu i kahi uku hoʻēmi he nui lā. Nā wāwae ʻeha? Hoʻokuʻu i ka ski ski i hoʻokahi lā a koho i kahi huakaʻi holo hau.

ʻO Après, 0f Papa

Inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei e hoʻomaha me ka ski après cocktail, hike, a i ʻole kaʻa kaʻa, ʻo Shlomo's bar side bar and grill ma ke kumu o Aspen Mountain kahi noho maikaʻi ma waho, nā cocktails ʻoluʻolu, a—yep—shotskis.

A mai poina i nā wahi wela o ke kaona: J-Bar, me kona Old West vibes (e ho'āʻo i ka Aspen Crud—he whiskey, vanilla ice cream, a me ka waiū—e pili ana i nā lā o ka pāpā ʻana) a i ʻole Bad Harriett, ka chic speakeasy ma ka papa haʻahaʻa o ka hale nūpepa ʻo Aspen Times.

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