Time to get serious about bootpacking! Snow totals in the Highland Bowl are around 16” and the ski patrol is mid week of our annual skills refresher week. We plan on assessing conditions early next week with hopes of bringing in packers middle of next week. Please keep checking this site for more updates early next week. We will post updates here when we have more definitive dates. Thanks for your patience as we gear up for another great bootpacking season.
Greetings Bootpackers
The mid week storm deposited around 8″ of new snow in the Highland Bowl. While there is enough snow to get excited about the upcoming bootpacking season, we need a bit more snow before we bring in pro packers. We will continue to monitor snow totals and update this site as a potential start date gets closer. Thanks for your patience as we prepare for another season.
Greetings Bootpackers!
We are looking forward to another season of basal layer compaction and shear plane disruption! We still have a few weeks to go until the early season snow starts piling up and we have to get to work. In the meantime we want to share some basic info about the program:
We will have our annual meet and greet / informational meeting on October 17th at 4:00pm outside at the Highlands base area. Whether you are a seasoned veteran or green as a gourd, we encourage everybody to attend. It’s a great way to learn about the program prior to day one, learn about any changes from years past, and also meet fellow bootpackers. In the meantime keep your eyes on highlandspatrol.com for any informational updates regarding the program.
If you haven’t already, please sign up on the “Bootpacking” tab above and learn more about the program prior to the meeting. Pending storms and snow accumulation we hope to be able to start bootpacking the first or second week in November–Stay Tuned!
Please try to save your questions for the meeting so we do not have to repetitively answer the same questions, if you are unable to attend or have a question that can’t wait please direct your question to highlandspatrol@gmail.com with “bootpacking question” in the subject line.
Thanks again for your interest in the program and we look forward to working with you all this season.
Aspen Highlands Ski Patrol
Registration is now open for Inferno 19!! Be sure to register HERE and read all race rules below. Come party with the Highlands Patrol after the race with a BBQ and refreshments on the deck! See you all there!
Greetings Boot Packers,
If you are planning to attend the boot packer party tonight and would like to park in the Highlands parking lot, please take a ticket when you enter the lot and validation tickets will be available at the party. Speak to one of the Snow Safety team at the party and they will have validations tickets available.
We hope to see everyone at the party.!
There will be a boot packer party Wednesday, December 20th starting at 5:30 pm at the Alehouse at the base of Aspen Highlands.
Pizza and beer will be provided courtesy of the Aspen Highlands Ski Patrol.
Come one, come all. Thank all of you boot packers for everything you do.
You guys are awesome!!
There is a pair of ARMADA skis at the top of the Exhibition lift. They have been there for a number of days.
If they belong to a boot packer, please contact us and we can make arrangements to reunite you with your skis. Anyone that may have any insight into the owner of the skis, please email us at highlandspatrol@gmail.com.
Thank You
Greetings Boot Packers,
Tomorrow will most likely be the last boot packing day for this season. We have had an incredible turnout and we have disrupted the layers of the snow in most all the terrain within our ski area.
Thank you all for your hardwork.
We want to issue all of the vouchers you have earned. If you have not done so already, please email highlandspatrol@gmail.com to start the voucher request process.
Please include the following information:
Name….Date of Birth…..number of days that you boot packed ….and…..type of credit you prefer:
credit toward a season pass….
credit toward a parking pass…or
credit toward single day lift tickets.
You may not mix and match different types of credit.
Boot packer credit can only be issued for one type of voucher to each boot packer.
Boot Packer credit is transferrable and may be issued to family and friends. If you want a voucher issued in the name of a family member or a friend….please include their NAME… DATE OF BIRTH…mailing address, phone number and email.
Thanks again for all of your help. Keep checking this website…rumor has it that the infamous boot packer party may be brought back sometime soon.
Kind Regards,
Aspen Highlands Snow Safety Team
Greetings Boot Packers,
Just when you thought it was over, its not over. Boot packing season has been extended through Friday this week.
There will be boot packing tomorrow, Wednesday, Decemeber 13, 2023.
There will be boot packing Thursday, December 14, 2023.
There will be boot packing Friday December 15, 2023.
We do not have any plans for continuing boot packing after Friday, but you never know.
Boot packers that want to add to their total number days on their voucher, please hold off redeeming your voucher until after talking with OJ. (You may also email questions to highlandspatrol@gmail.com)
We may be able to adjust the value of the voucher before it is redeemed, it will be more difficult or impossible to adjust the voucher after it is redeemed.
Thank You
Aspen Highlands Snow Safety Department
Potential future boot packers,
The final two days of boot packers will be for experienced boot packers only. You are welcome to boot pack if you have been boot packing previously this season. We will not be accepting new boot packers, who want to begin boot packing this week.
Thank You,