Aspen Mountain (Colorado)

Aspen Mountain (Colorado)

Infobox Mountain
Name=Aspen Mountain
Photo=DSCN2976 aspenmountain e 600.jpg
Caption=Aspen Mountain, seen from the northwest showing the lower ski runs of the Aspen Mountain ski area
Elevation=11,212 feet (3,417 m)
Location=Colorado, USA
Range = Elk Mountains
Prominence =
Coordinates = coord|39|10|34|N|106|49|43|W|type:mountain_region:US
Topographic
USGS Aspen
Type=|Age=
First ascent= | Easiest route=

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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