Aspen

Aspen, Colorado; the town of skiing and snowboarding. I tell you this little town lives and breathes on the sports. I'm not sure what they do during the summer, but I've heard these slopes are the best place in the country. Which means all the famous people and athletes invest into these grounds. 

We had lunch at this New York Style pizzeria in Aspen, and then we heard about these gondola rides and sprinted to them since they were about to close. So the gondola rides, which are these closed lifts that ride up the mountain, are free and run morning to evening. And thank goodness we made it just on time. So riding up the mountain took like ten minutes; yea it was a long ride. But ahhh it was amazing cause the view was stunning and we were so unbelievably steep. 

So as we were going up, we could see the skii lifts too. I love skiing but I can't even imagine going down these steep slopes. So steep I tell ya.

These are some the slopes at the top of the mountain. The slopes weren't open that day, not sure why. Probably not enough snow? 

Once we got to the top of the mountain, you could see the entire valley of Aspen to your right as well as mountains to your left. I guess these views are why Aspen is so popular among the celebrities. It's so beautiful and quite perfect for professional snowboarders/skiers. 

There's even a lodge at the top where we had some hot chocolate cause it was freezing cold outside. And the views at the top were stunnnnnning.

Anyway, hope ya'll make a trip one day  to Aspen, Colorado one day and find your inner peace in these mountains :).