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Introducing Aspen/Snowmass
Aspen's reputation precedes it. It is a place known as much for its Hollywood stars as for its starry nights, as much for its social scene as for its skiing, as much for its multimillionaires as its mountains. And while skiing and people-watching may be the headline activities at this fabled resort, Aspen is a year-round destination, a town that is rich not only in natural resources but in history and culture. with galleries, museums, international conferences, and festivals celebrating music, art, and food and wine, there is so much going on that, even in winter, many people come to "do the scene," and don't even ski.
If you look beyond the soap-opera lifestyle of the glitterati and the media hype, you'll find that Aspen is a real community, inhabited by real people with very strong ideas. Here, your waitress may hold a Harvard Law degree, your lift op may be a former navy pilot, and the guy next to you at the sushi bar may have left his Silicon Valley start-up for less stressful climes. But these people aren't hiding from the real world; they live here for the same reasons you spend your annual two weeks here.
They just think you're about 50 weeks shy of perfect bliss.
