Relax and take a ride as we drive from Glenwood Springs to Aspen Colorado on a beautiful winter day via CO82.
'Aspen is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 7,004 at the 2020 United States Census. Aspen is in a remote area of the Rocky Mountains' Sawatch Range and Elk Mountains, along the Roaring Fork River at an elevation just below 8,000 feet (2,400 m) above sea level on the Western Slope, 11 miles (18 km) west of the Continental Divide. Aspen is now a part of the Glenwood Springs, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Aspen remains popular as a yearround destination for locals, secondhome buyers and tourists. Outdoor recreation in the surrounding White River National Forest serves as a summertime counterpart to the city's four ski areas. Prime residential real estate in Aspen is the most expensive of any ski resort in the world on a persquarefoot basis, according to a study of 44 global ski resorts. Aspen is the world's secondhighestrated ski resort in terms of "the quality and reliability of their conditions and their capacity to withstand climate change."'
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