Top of Highlands Bowl with Maroon Bells in the background

Aspen Highlands officially opened its lifts today to blue skies and warmer temps. Not warm enough to start melting snow, but one could sure feel it on the hike up the Bowl. Yup, that’s right, we formed a #contentcrew posse and hiked up to the top of the Bowl for some afternoon laughs and photos. Pat Sewell, Casey Vandenbroek, Lars Zimmerman, Meredith Mckee, A.J. Hobbs and myself joined Jeremy Swanson for a quick lap in the G-Zones. This north-facing, tree-lined set of steep runs on the skier’s-right flank of the Bowl were the only zones open, and they were a little hairy. Some turns were deep, some had rocks, but I was worried about jamming my ski tip into a stump or under a log. Surprisingly, after a few quick turns down the slope, we had no injuries or even any close calls, and we called it a day with some high fives thrown in for good measure. We even topped off the afternoon with some free beer courtesy of Strafe Clothing at their base of Highlands storefront grand opening party.

Tags: aspen highlands, contentcrew, G-Zones, highlands bowl, Jeremy Swanson, Trew Gear