North of Nell, Aspen

The best skiing ...

Aspen - despite the abundance of botox, furs and gaudy jewellery, what a great place. We got the timing right as the conditions were ''best ever'' - planning a sequel now!

Holiday Heaven

Extraordinary terrain.

Vast array of accomm options.

A full gammet of entertainment options.

The friendliest people on and off the slopes Wonderful yoga school (Arjuna) Easy transfers between mountains. A truly wonderful holiday for everyone, regardsless of skiing/boarding prowess

Aspen 13 - 27 February 2010

By local standards Aspen snow cover was poor in February 2010.  However by Australian standards it was still excellent.  Steady snowfalls occurred most days which made for excellent conditions each morning in the fresh snow on top of the groomed.  During the time the party of 6 was there Aspen experienced record low temperatures overnight. The weather meant Aspen airport was closed regularly and my air travel into Eagle Vail was delayed by 30 minutes holding between the continuing snow showers.  However that is better than a bus ride from Denver arriving at 3.00 am as happened to two of the group.  The steady snowfalls meant there were almost none of the sunny blue Colorado days that you see in the brochures.  Patronage on the slopes was low, lift lines were virtually non existent and a PR Executive commented that the Resort was being held together this year by the skiers from Australia and Brazil.  As always we had a great time and Aspen remains value for money for Australians.  North of Nell is excellent value, well located and entirely suited for our self catering.  The City Market and The Grog Shop are convenient and stock a wide range of the essentials for Australian on a ski holiday in the US.