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Coffee-table magazines might have you believe that a
tollgate outside ASPEN only
admits film stars and the super-rich. This elite ski
resort , two hundred miles west of Denver via
Leadville, is indeed home to the likes of Cher, Jack
Nicholson and Goldie Hawn, but it can be an affordable
and very appealing place for anyone visit in summer -
unless you're on an absolute shoestring budget. Visiting
in winter requires more cash, though you can save money
by commuting to the slopes from Glenwood Springs, less
than fifty miles away.
From inauspicious beginnings in 1879, this pristine
mountain-locked town developed slowly, thanks to its
remote location, to become one of the world's top silver
producers. By the time the silver market crashed
fourteen years later, it had acquired tasteful
residential palaces, grand hotels and an opera house. In
the 1930s, when the population slumped below seven
hundred, it was, ironically, the anti-poverty WPA
program that gave the struggling community the cash to
build its first crude ski lift in 1936. Entrepreneurs
seized the opportunity presented by the varied terrain
and plentiful snow, and the first chairlift was
dedicated on Aspen Mountain (now known as Ajax )
in 1947. Skiing has since spread to three more mountains
- Aspen Highlands, Snowmass and Buttermilk Mountain, and
the jet set arrived in force during the 1960s. Development
is a burning political issue: tight architectural
constraints have been placed on businesses ( McDonald's
is forbidden to have a neon sign), but the last decade
has seen yet more Scandinavian-style lodges, condo
blocks and giant houses that remain empty for most of
the year.
The town and the mountains
Despite the virtually limitless recreation opportunities
in the surrounding mountains, there's not all that much
to do in Aspen itself. Even so, sitting around the town's
leafy pedestrianized streets, watching the world go by,
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