Where the beer flows like wine

[Hannerhan]

Talking about Aspen of course, and I'm heading there in a couple of weeks. This year American finally decided to put in a non-stop route from DFW to Aspen, which eliminates one of the 3 reasons why someone wouldn't want to live in my city of Fort Worth (the others being if one is repulsed by either the hot weather or the hot women), and which is obviously a nice shot in the arm for someone who loves Aspen/Snowmass.

As I haven't been there in a couple of years, are there any recommendations on new restaurants in the area that are must-hit spots? Despite Aspen's reputation for being overly ritzy, I have always found that it's easy to enjoy good food there in all price points if you take the time.

Retail is another story...the shopping there is generally **** if you're interested in finding a deal on anything other than ski clothes, as those pesky Russians and other uber wealthy foreigners (and some Americans, to be fair) are willing to pay obscene prices for the ugliest examples of furniture and clothing. But the flipside there is that the people watching is very entertaining.

Other than skiing daily, any other activities that would be recommended?

 

[rollafan]

Krabloonik, Mezzaluna, and Syzygy are pretty good. I'd say Syzygy is the best out of 3.

I absolutely agree that the shopping in Aspen isn't good. Their Ermengildo Zegna store is a joke..

As for activities, I can't be of a much help as I usually go there during fall. However, I've heard that dog-sledding can be a good choice.

I sincerely hope your flight will not get diverted to GJT because of bad weather.

 

[Hannerhan]



Krabloonik, Mezzaluna, and Syzygy are pretty good. I'd say Syzygy is the best out of 3.

I absolutely agree that the shopping in Aspen isn't good. Their Ermengildo Zegna store is a joke..

As for activities, I can't be of a much help as I usually go there during fall. However, I've heard that dog-sledding can be a good choice.

I sincerely hope your flight will not get diverted to GJT because of bad weather.

Thanks for the recs.

Aspen weather is a crapshoot as you know, but I'd hope we would get routed to EGE if there are issues. It wouldn't be the end of the world to get a car there and make the 90 minute drive...which is what we always did anyway before this direct became available.

 

[romafan]

You should pm :foo: who was there recently. He will likely have quite a bit to say....

 

[Hannerhan]



I sincerely hope your flight will not get diverted to GJT because of bad weather.

12 inches expected over the next 36 hours and my flight is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. Maybe I should have asked about the best airport food in DFW or Grand Junction when my flight is either cancelled or re-routed.

 

[rollafan]

12 inches expected over the next 36 hours and my flight is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. Maybe I should have asked about the best airport food in DFW or Grand Junction when my flight is either cancelled or re-routed.

It looks like your flight has been cancelled... although it is not the end of the world for you if AA gave you seats from DFW to EGE (Eagle, CO about 70 miles away from Aspen) in a much more spacious aircraft than CRJ

 

[ms244]

We wanted to rent snowmobiles this year but it was like $400 a day if you go without a chaperroune.

Basically they set you out on some trails and give you a free for all.

 

[Hannerhan]



It looks like your flight has been cancelled... although it is not the end of the world for you if AA gave you seats from DFW to EGE (Eagle, CO about 70 miles away from Aspen) in a much more spacious aircraft than CRJ

And that's exactly what happened. There were 11 in our group and luckily the EGE flight at the same time had 14 open seats as of when I called American. We were out $400 for the one way car rentals to Aspen, and 2 hours of our time, but oh well. Came back today and had no such trouble, as it was 50 degrees and sunny when we took off from Aspen at 12:45 PM.

On a side note, the snow was so good that we hardly left Snowmass because we were dead tired every afternoon. Only went into town once.