Aspen Skiing Company Description
Aspen Skiing Company says, "let it snow, let snow, let it snow." The company owns and operates four ski resorts in Colorado, including Aspen Highlands, Aspen Mountain, Buttermilk, and Snowmass. In addition to skiing, the resorts offer accommodations, restaurants, and tours, as well as such summer activities as gondola rides, hiking, mountain biking, and naturalist programs. Aspen Skiing also operates the Ski & Snowboard Schools of Aspen/Snowmass. Chicago industrialist Walter Paepcke started the company in 1946 with the help of Austrian skier Friedl Pfeifer. The company is owned by Henry Crown and Company, the investment holding company of Chicago's Crown family.
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