{"id":2458867,"date":"2020-05-26T23:33:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T05:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=326360"},"modified":"2020-05-26T23:33:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T05:33:00","slug":"aspen-mountain-looks-to-june-12-opening-for-summer-operations-snowmass-likely-june-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/aspen-mountain-looks-to-june-12-opening-for-summer-operations-snowmass-likely-june-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspen Mountain looks to June 12 opening for summer operations; Snowmass likely June 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/05\/Mountainsopen-atd-052518-2-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/05\/Mountainsopen-atd-052518-2-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/05\/Mountainsopen-atd-052518-2-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/05\/Mountainsopen-atd-052518-2-1-325x216.jpg 325w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/05\/Mountainsopen-atd-052518-2-1-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><\/p><figcaption><strong>The Silver Queen Gondola in Aspen.<\/strong><br \/><em>Anna Stonehouse\/The Aspen Times<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Aspen Skiing Co. plans to launch summer operations at Aspen Mountain on June 12 with some concessions to construction and the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Silver Queen Gondola will start operating June 12 and run daily through Sept. 6, Skico Senior Vice President John Rigney said Tuesday at an Aspen Chamber Resort Association meeting. The gondola will continue to operate on weekends through Oct. 4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">At Snowmass, the Elk Camp Gondola will start operating June 21 with daily rides through Sept. 6 and then weekends through Oct. 4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Skico\u2019s plans still need to be reviewed by state and local regulatory agencies to make sure they adhere with proper health precautions, company officials said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row at-donation at-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWith the gondolas, we\u2019re lucky because we\u2019re able to load by families or known parties traveling together,\u201d Rigney said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Individuals who want to ride alone will be accommodated, he said. The gondola cabins will be cleaned and disinfected each day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Aspen Mountain is looking at disruptions to usual summer activities for reasons that have nothing to do with the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cAll along we were going to have construction atop Aspen Mountain and our calendar kind of got accelerated a little bit, but there\u2019s still going to be plenty going on,\u201d Rigney said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Skico is <a id=\"N0x2273da0N0x21e6ac0:N0x2273da0N0x21b7fe8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/aspen-skiing-co-s-kaplan-assesses-coronavirus-hit-to-skico-and-valley\/\">replacing the roof on the Sundeck<\/a> and undertaking other projects on the upper mountain, including expanding the snowmaking system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">There will be hiking, a sightseeing deck and \u201climited activities\u201d on the lawn, Rigney said. The Sundeck will offer \u201cgrab-and-go\u201d food only. Bathrooms will be available inside and seating outside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The goal is to reopen the Sundeck in mid-July, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Skico is <a id=\"N0x2273da0N0x21e6b20:N0x2273da0N0x21b8228\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/shift-happens-snowmass-begins-to-plan-summer-activities-amid-pandemic\/\">anticipating more normal operations at Snowmass<\/a>. The gondola will provide access to the bike park, hiking trails and the Lost Forest \u2014 which will open the climbing wall, the alpine coasters and the challenge course. There will be no canopy cruiser for the time being, Rigney said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThe bike park, we\u2019re looking forward to a great opening,\u201d Rigney said. \u201cYou can see bikers were all over the place in Snowmass this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Buttermilk is being considered as the venue for a one-off event or a series of events with collaborators, Rigney said. Details are still being worked out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Realistically, he concluded, the number of guests will be limited this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe\u2019re focusing on the drive-to market,\u201d Rigney said. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to see as much air traffic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Pricing and other details of Skico\u2019s summer activities will be released later this week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/aspen-mountain-opening-june-12-for-summer-operations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Silver Queen Gondola in Aspen.Anna Stonehouse\/The Aspen Times Aspen Skiing Co. plans to launch summer operations at Aspen Mountain on June 12 with some concessions to construction and the coronavirus. The Silver Queen Gondola will start operating June 12 and run daily through Sept. 6, Skico Senior Vice President John Rigney said Tuesday at [&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-2458867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-17 07:10:04","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\/2458867","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=2458867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458867\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2458867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2458867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2458867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}