Join us for festive music, seasonal drinks, and other fun holiday activities as you watch the annual torchlight parade and fireworks display. Ski instructors and mountain patrollers put on a light show as they ski down the slopes to the base area with bright torches. Then, an impressive fireworks display lights up the night sky over a snow-covered mountain.
Event Type: Ski & Snowboard
Santa and Mrs. Clause Visit the Mountain
Santa and Mrs. Claus are making a stop at Purgatory Resort before the big night of gift deliveries! Bring your little ones by the Beach area on Thursday, December 22nd from 2:00pm to 3:30pm and get those Christmas wishes in!
Adaptive Sports Association Open House and Ugly Sweater Showcase
Join the Adaptive Sports Association crew for an Ugly Sweater Showcase and Open House at the ASA Office at Purgatory Resort. Join us for hot cocoa and s’mores as you meet the ASA team, tour the Dave Spencer Center at Purgatory Resort (base of the Columbine Learning Area), and ring in the holiday season in “style”. This event is open to all members of our community! If you’ve been thinking about getting involved at ASA, now is a great time to join us!
Vail Mountain’s Opening Day
Serving up a season full of Vintage Vail starting Nov. 10th! Join us for Vail Mountain’s 60th Anniversary Season with Seven Legendary Back Bowls, classically Vail Après, two NEW chairlifts, and excitement around every turn.
HELLA HECTIC
CALLING ALL THOSE LOOKING TO GET HELLA HECTIC!Hella Hectic is the evolution of a classic ski and snowboard cross event. We reimagined the course seen at resorts around the globe and restructured the competitive divisions; from Men’s and Women’s Snowboarders and Skiers to Adaptive heats and even a whole division dedicated to Teams.Competitors will face off in heats of 4 riders on a course full of banked turns, rollers, drops and step-ups. Winner takes all in each division, with a pond skim finish line to seal the victory!It will be fast, competitive, and most important… HECTIC!With a $35K prize purse on the line, make sure you’re waxed up and ready to rip. It all goes down April 23rd at Copper Mountain, Colorado. Let’s get Hectic and hopefully stay dry!Spectators welcome to watch up close next to the pond skim and alongside the course.
Youth Ski League Championships
Youth Ski League (YSL) is the earliest developmental branch of U.S. Ski & Snowboard for aspiring Alpine ski racers. YSL introduces young ski racers to the competition experience, to learn, progress, and have fun.The YSL Championship will take place on Lower Hughes and will encompass age classes U8, U10, U12, U14, and U16 competing in Slalom and Giant Slalom. These races will focus on the FUNdamentals of ski racing. The Championships will feature one Giant Slalom run, one Slalom run and a Skills Quest activity. Races will be on Lower Hughes and Skills Quest on Larry Sales.
Swimwear Day
Celebrate spring by joining us to ski or ride in your favorite pool-side attire and beachwear!
75th Anniversary Party
This season is Arapahoe Basin’s 75th anniversary and you’re invited to help us celebrate! Join us for three days of celebratory events on the mountain, in the base area, and in our 6th Alley Bar & Grill.There will be fun, games, shenanigans, music, great food and drink, and good times with friends old and new. Check out the weekend itinerary below and help us celebrate 75 wonderful years of being The Legend.
Jump and Freeze presented by Red Bull
Red Bull Jump & Freeze will make a splash for the first time in Copper’s Center Village on April 16. Adventuresome skiers and riders are invited to don their most exciting outfits and launch themselves into a pool of icy cold water in front of an on-looking crowd.
Bud Light Hi-Fi Concert Series – The California Honeydrops
The always anticipated FREE Bud Light Hi-Fi Concert Series returns to the base of Aspen Mountain to kick off Spring Jam on March, 25 2022. Enjoy free live tunes at the base of Aspen Mountain with The California Honeydrops, a blues and R&B band out of Oakland, California. In addition to the Bud Light Hi-Fi Concert series, celebrate our 75th Anniversary with KickAspen Night skiing on March 25th and Saturday, March 26th.The California Honeydrops don’t just play music—they throw parties. Led by dynamic vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Lech Wierzynski, and drawing on diverse musical influences from Bay Area R&B, funk, Southern soul, Delta blues, and New Orleans second-line, the Honeydrops bring vibrant energy and infectious dance-party vibes to their shows. Assembling from 7 to 8 musicians, the band delivers an eclectic performance and innovative recording style. Since 2008, Honeydrops have released 7 studio albums, 3 live albums and 2 cover albums. Their forthcoming album is set to release in the late summer of 2022.