Is Aspen Over? Another Year of Poor Snow Has Loyalists Rethinking Trips
There’s no way to sugarcoat it: This season has been terrible for resorts in the U.S. West. And it’s not just Aspen.
Øyvind Kirkhus of Norway does a practice run before competing in the Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle on day three of the X Games Aspen 2026 at Buttermilk Ski Resort on Jan. 25, 2026, in Aspen, Colorado. Jamie Squire/Getty Images/TNS
Flying to Aspen, Colorado, has always meant rolling the dice on weather. But in recent years the conversation has shifted: Gone are the days when you wondered if snowstorms would prevent your flight from landing. Now you worry whether there’s enough snow on the ground to ski at all.
