{"id":2451659,"date":"2019-11-28T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=316779"},"modified":"2019-11-28T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T14:00:00","slug":"aspen-history-how-much-to-head-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/aspen-history-how-much-to-head-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspen History: How much to head up"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"860\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/history-atw-112819-1-1024x860.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/history-atw-112819-1-1024x860.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/history-atw-112819-1-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/history-atw-112819-1-768x645.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/history-atw-112819-1-1536x1291.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/history-atw-112819-1-2048x1721.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>One color photograph and one color negative of a ski school sign at the base of Highlands, February 1971.<\/strong><br \/><em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">\u201cSeason ski ticket $80 at Highlands,\u201d declared The Aspen Times on Aug. 28, 1969. \u201cA season ticket for an individual at Aspen Highlands will cost $80 if purchased prior to Thanksgiving Day, it was announced this week. From Thanksgiving on, the price goes up to $100. According to Highlands officials, the special rates apply to residents of Aspen, Basalt, Carbondale, and Glenwood Springs, as well as to condominium and other property owners. Before Thanksgiving, the family price is $160. Children under 12 years of age are included in family tickets. An additional $50 per child is charged for youngsters 12-18 years old. Skiers over 18 years of age are considered adults and will pay the $80 individual fee. The family rate after Thanksgiving is $200. Daily tickets this winter for residents of the Roaring Fork Valley will be $6. Last year, residents of the Western Slope were charged $5 for a daily ticket.\u201d The image above shows the ski school sign at the base of Highlands, circa 1970.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/magazines\/aspen-times-weekly\/aspen-history-how-much-to-head-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One color photograph and one color negative of a ski school sign at the base of Highlands, February 1971. \u201cSeason ski ticket $80 at Highlands,\u201d declared The Aspen Times on Aug. 28, 1969. \u201cA season ticket for an individual at Aspen Highlands will cost $80 if purchased prior to Thanksgiving Day, it was announced this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2451659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-19 04:23:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2451659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451659\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2451659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2451659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2451659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}