Snowmass Village, Colorado Town of Snowmass Village, Colorado Location in Pitkin County and the state of Colorado Location in Pitkin County and the state of Colorado Snowmass Village is a Home Rule Municipality in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States.
A prominent winter resort locale for skiing and snowboarding, the town is well known as the locale of the Snowmass ski area, the biggest of the four close-by ski areas directed collectively as Aspen/Snowmass.
In 2010 the accidental discernment by a bulldozer operator of fossilized elements of a Pleistocene ecosystem in the ice age lake bed at the Ziegler Reservoir (commonly referred to as the Snowmastadon site) put Snowmass Village prominently on the paleontological map of North America. Snowmass Village is positioned at 39 12 51 N 106 56 43 W (39.214104, -106.945288). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 25.6 square miles (66 km2), of which 25.5 square miles (66 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (0.35%) is water.
Snowmass Village is to the north and at the base of the Snowmass Ski Area.
It is positioned on Brush Creek, not Snowmass Creek.
Within the region of the town, Owl Creek and Brush Creek join and then flow north into the Roaring Fork River.
Neither Snowmass Mountain nor Snowmass Peak, at the headwaters of Snowmass Creek, are visible from Snowmass Village.
Snowmass Village and adjoining Wildcat have a huge populace of black bears which feed on the acorns and berries of the south-facing slopes.
After a school was assembled in Brush Creek valley, she attended the Brush Creek Frontier School, now called the Little Red Schoolhouse, positioned on Owl Creek Road.
The Anderson Ranch Art Center on Owl Creek Road uses many of the initial buildings from the Hoaglund Ranch, although not in their initial location, farther down stream on what is now Snowmass Club Circle.
Under the leadership of Bill Janss and DRC Brown, the American Cement Company advanced Snowmass Village as a ski resort starting in 1966.
Brush Creek is an unappealing name for a ski area, so they titled the resort Snowmass after the valley to the west of Brush Creek.
Fritz Benidict acted as the architect of the Snowmass ski area.
The Campground Chairlift serving the edge of the ski area, actually does extend into the Snowmass Valley.
The Snowmass ski region first opened on December 16, 1967.
The Snowmass Wildcat Fire Protection District was established in 1971 and the firehouse assembled on Owl Creek Road.
Notorious serial killer Ted Bundy abducted and murdered Caryn Campbell in Snowmass Village on January 12, 1975.
In 1977, the improve incorporated as the Town of Snowmass Village.
The Snowmass Chapel was assembled near the firehouse on Owl Creek Road in 1988.
Today, Snowmass Village has experienced a building boom, as new condominiums, luxury homes, mountain peakside mansions, and Base Village have recently been constructed.
Snowmass Village is also experiencing a rising influx of wealthy tourists and skiers.
Snowmass Ski Area State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives.
Snowmass: A History Beyond and Between the Slopes | Snowmass Village Snowmass Village, CO: Snowmass Village Community Fund.
Town of Snowmass Village website CDOT map of the Town of Snowmass Village Snowmass Village Press (official website) Snowmass Village City Guide Snowmass Ski Resort (Snowmass articles and reviews) Snowmass Colorado (part of All - Apsen.com travel guide) Municipalities and communities of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States
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