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.
Oyvind Kirkhus of Norway does a practice run before competing in the Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle event on Day 3 of the X Games Aspen 2026 at Buttermilk Ski Resort in Aspen, Colo., on Jan. 25, 2026. Jamie Squire/Getty Images/TNS
Flying to Aspen, Colorado, has always meant rolling the dice on weather. But the conversation has shifted in recent years. Gone are the days when you wondered if snowstorms would prevent your flight from landing. Now you worry about whether there’s enough snow on the ground to ski at all.
