News this Winter in Snowmass
2008/09 Winter Season
	Expanded Service on Delta.  Delta Air Lines will offer customers more choices for a ski vacation beginning Dec. 20 with the return of expanded seasonal service between the slopes of Aspen/Snowmass, Colo. and the world’s largest airline hub in Atlanta. Delta is the only airline to offer nonstop service from the East and provides convenient connecting service from around the world to Aspen/Snowmass. For more information, CLICK HERE
	Snowmass is # 1. Readers of onthesnow.com, the oldest and most-visited snow sports portal on the Internet, voted Snowmass Village the number one family resort and the best overall resort in the Rocky Mountains. For more information, CLICK HERE
	New Restaurant. The first restaurant in the new $1 billion base village development is slated to open this winter. The Sweet Life, located in a landmark red barn, is a two-story sweets shop and family diner that includes such unique touches as over 250 flavors of ice cream made on-sight, an 8-top S'mores table where the goods are delivered by train, and finger-lickin' finger food. For the press release CLICK HERE To view the menu CLICK HERE
	New Restaurant. The first restaurant in the new $1 billion base village development is slated to open this summer in mid-June. The Sweet Life, located in a landmark red barn, is a two-story sweets shop and family diner that includes such unique touches as over 250 flavors of ice cream made on-sight, an 8-top S'mores table where the goods are delivered by train, and finger-lickin' finger food. For the press release CLICK HERE To view the menu CLICK HERE
	New restaurant at Sam's Knob. Slated to open for the 2008/09 season, this new $9 million facility will seat about 160 people indoors with another 50 seats outdoors on the deck. The 7,800-square-foot restaurant at the top of the Village Express six passenger lift and the Sam's Knob quad,  will feature sit-down service by staff, a barbecue-style smokehouse (along with other fare), a dedicated espresso bar, and a wall of windows on the west side with spectacular views of Garret's Peak, Mount Daly, and the surrounding backcountry.
	New Sheer Bliss Lift. Slated to open for the 2008/09 season, this new $7 million lift will carry riders 2,212 vertical feet, 155 feet more than the old Sheer Bliss chair and will have a ride time of just over nine minutes. The lift can carry 2,000 people per hour. For more information, CLICK HERE
	New base village dining. The first restaurants in the new $1 billion base village development are slated to open in 2008. In summer 2008, look for the opening of The Sweet Life in the landmark red barn (CLICK HERE for details). The new restaurant Junk and new nightclub Liquid Sky are slated to open next door for the 2008/09 winter season by Scott DeGraff, co-owner of the N9NE Group (N9NE Steakhouse, Ghostbar, Nove Italiano, and Moon Nightclub). Junk will feature a natural and organic fast-food venue, and Liquid Sky, an indoor-outdoor lounge for all-day dining, après-ski and special events, will have the perfect apres-ski deck at the base of the new gondola. The Aspen Skiing Company will open a new $9 million restaurant in Capital Peak “A” Lodge (Building 2A) directly on the plaza at the base of Fanny Hill. Specifics are still being finalized at this time, but the restaurant will feature a lively après scene, outdoor seating and a family-friendly menu.For more information, CLICK HERE
	New lodging. As many as 400 new condominium pillows will open up for the 2008/09 season in the Capital Peak buildings in the new base village.
	New shopping. 2008/09 is slated to see the completion of all retail spaces in the Capital Peak base village phase, including Performance Ski and Four Mountain Sports.
2007/08 Winter Season
	New Air Service. Frontier airlines announced February 14, 2008, that it will begin new service to Aspen/Snowmass starting May 15 with five daily departures from Aspen (from 7 a.m. to 7:15 pm with the last return flight leaving Denver at 9:45 p.m.). Aspen/Snowmass is the first and only ski resort destination in Colorado to be served by Frontier, which is the first low-cost carrier to offer service to some mountain resorts and regional destinations. The airport will be served by the 70-seat Bombardier Q400 turboprop, which is quieter than other aircraft and burns 40 percent less fuel than comparable aircraft, in addition to being more reliable for such mountain destinations. Frontier flies to 63 destinations, including 53 U.S. cities, six cities in Mexico, two in Canada and one in Costa Rica.
	Free Bus Service to Aspen. Aspen/Snowmass announced on February 14, 2008, that the Roaring Fork Transit Authority will run free buses between Aspen and Snowmass this summer and fall, and possibly next winter, making it easier than ever to get around the Aspen/Snowmass area.
	The Mountain The Elk Camp Meadows Beginner Area will be a dedicated learning area with a new quad chair, two new surface lifts and a new ski school meeting area for beginners. The area will be at the top of the Elk Camp gondola giving beginners better snow conditions and a complete alpine experience that they did not have before. New trail alignments will ensure that there is no cross traffic in this area, making for an ideal learning environment. The Snowmass Terrain Park and Pipe is being relocated and improved this summer. The new Snow Park Technologies layout will allow for a longer, continuous line with no cross traffic. A new bridge will be built over Lunchline, allowing park users the unique experience of riding over the skiers and snowboarders below. New dirt work, snowmaking, snow cats and features will make for a truly world-class experience. For more information, CLICK HERE
	The Treehouse Kids Adventure Center Aspen Skiing Company Unveils the phenomenal new $17 million Kids Treehouse Adventure Center scheduled this season. For more information, CLICK HERE
	Base Village: A New Viceroy for Snowmass A Viceroy Hotel was approved recently to be built in the base village development. It will be one of the first LEED Silver certified hotels in America. For more information, CLICK HERE
	New Dining From the Lynn Britt Cabin, which will now be open for lunch (in addition to its snowcat dinner rides) to the heavenly bakery scents emanating from the new Spencer's restaurant in the Snowmass center, to the first restaurant to open in Base Village, Snowmass offers new dining this season.
	The Lodging By December, lodges will have spent over $35 million this year in renovations on everything from exterior work to new conference facilities to updated room interiors and over $65 million since 2005. For more information, CLICK HERE
	Getting Here: United Express offers a third daily nonstop flight from Chicago and and a second daily nonstop flight from Los Angeles. For more information, CLICK HERE
	The Town The Town of Snowmass Village has spent over $30 million dollars in enhancements ranging from at new town hall to new athletic facilities. For more information, CLICK HERE
	New Accolades! The Snowmass Club was designated #7 in the top 50 ski hotels in the U.S. by Conde Nast Traveler’s 12th Annual Best Places to Ski and Stay Reader’s Poll (December , 2007).  This honor is the highest of any property in the Aspen/Snowmass resort and, along with the Little Nell and the St. Regis, makes Aspen/Snowmass the only resort in the nation with three hotels in the top 10!
2006/07 Winter Season
	The Mountain Elk Camp Gondola: The new Elk Camp Gondola scheduled to open mid-December will feature spacious eight passenger cabins that will transport guests from the base of Fanny Hill to the alpine scenery of Elk Camp in 7.5 minutes. The gondola boasts an angle station at the base of Funnel which allows mid-way loading and unloading on the uphill leg only. The cabins are black with silver trim and lettering. Length: 8,583 ft. Vertical Rise: 1,372 feet Ride Time: 7.5 minutes Cost: $13 million Coney Terrain Park: Improvements are planned for the superpipe and terrain park on Coney Glade including dirt features and additional snowmaking. Assay Hill Realignment: The Assay Hill chair on Snowmass will be realigned to give easy access to the angle station on the Elk Camp Gondola at the base of Funnel. It will be upgraded from a fixed grip double to a fixed grip quad allowing beginners easier unloading. For more information, CLICK HERE
	The Entry This $21 million project in 2006/2007 includes a paved 300-plus space free parking lot with shuttle service to the slopes, a new recreation center with a 2,500 sq. ft. fitness facility and four outdoor pools, and a new 3,000-sq-ft transit depot building with a manned visitor information booth and a state-of-the-art information Kiosks which can translate maps, lodging, dining menus, and more into 13 languages.
	Cross Country Skiing Aspen/Snowmass is home to one of the largest networks of free groomed trails in the U.S., and this year the Snowmass Cross Country Center moves to a brand new location in the Snowmass Club’s gorgeous new golf building. With new amenities, better teaching terrain, a bigger shop, three full moon evening tours, and a new rentals, lessons, and lunch package (Sage restaurant offers a “Gourmet Glide” package: for $60, winter enthusiasts get a lesson and rental from the cross country center, and a 3 course prix fixe lunch), the Snowmass Cross Country Center has entered a grand new phase.
	Friendly Faces Snowmass, in conjunction with Aspen, has launched a new customer service initiative. In its first year, the plan aims to benchmark guest services in the community, create guest services tools for local businesses, establish an award program for outstanding guest service, and implement a service recovery program. Keep your eye out for How To Aspen/Snowmass, a new booklet due out this year with suggestions, factoids, bargains, service stories and more helpful tidbits about the area.
For winter press releases and news on Snowmass, CLICK HERE For information on Base Village & the Renaissance of Snowmass, CLICK HERE For additional media information, contact Snowmass Village PR Director Allison Johnson