In this issue ... Ski Season Specials World Cup Racing Returns! Remodeling at Aspen Square It's an Olympic Year NEPSA Music & Art Awards Thanksjibbing Celebration Cirque D' Aspen

Lifts Open in Three Weeks!
IT WAS A SNOWY SUNDAY...
The mountains around Aspen received a good snowfall this past weekend, with several inches reported on top on Sunday. Even the lower slopes are white with snow. Can winter be far off? Come on, ski season!

As temps drop in November, the snow will start to build up. Most of the fall leaf color is gone now, but wow -- it was a magnificent leaf season, and we got terrific pictures! The photo below is the bottom of Little Nell, and the Gondola Building across the street from Aspen Square. Now, winter is on the way…

INTERNET SPECIALS FOR NOVEMBER
With a slower late fall pace now, and the crisp days of early winter, this is a fun time to visit Aspen--and save! There are great specials still available in many of the Aspen shops and restaurants, and the colder weather is "just right" for a walk through town. Aspen Square offers great reduced rates for early November:

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	IT'S TIME TO THINK ABOUT SKI SEASON
Thanksgiving Package Special Aspen and Snowmass open for the season on Thanksgiving Day, and as the ski season gets started we have terrific rates to help you enjoy an early winter get-away! These are some of the lowest lodging and lift rates of the season, and it is a fun time to be in Aspen as the Christmas decorations go up all over town, and we are not yet too busy with holiday visitors. Thanksgiving Package Special: Fireplace Studio: 3 nights lodging, 2 days skiing Just $318 per person plus tax package available November 24 - 30, 2004 Rates are per person, double occupancy. Similar rates for longer stays and larger condominiums. This is our lowest package rate of the whole winter season! We have similar great rates for early December:  Just $362 per person for three nights lodging in a Fireplace Studio Suite, plus two days skiing. (Double occupancy, valid until December 15, service fee and tax additional.) Call us for details! Enjoy Aspen as the season begins and save! For details or reservations, just give us a call! 1-800-TO-ASPEN

	WORLD CUP RACING RETURNS
For those who like Fast Women, the weekend of December 9 - 11 is the time to be here! Women’s World Cup ski racing returns to Aspen and Aspen Mountain including Slalom, Giant Slalom and Super G events. The best women ski racers in the world will be here, and it will be fun! In addition to racing on the mountain, there will be a whole schedule of music, events and fun in Aspen to celebrate the start of the World Cup season. Come join your friends at Aspen Square, and be part of this exciting weekend! Special World Cup weekend package:$362 per person for three nights lodging in a Fireplace Studio Suite, plus two days skiing. (Double occupancy, valid until December 15, service fee and tax additional.) REMODELING AT ASPEN SQUARE! We are always working to make things better at Aspen Square! This fall, several condominiums were totally remodeled, and other updating work was done in several more. The interior hallways of our studio building have been totally remodeled, and they look terrific! Our condominiums look great, and we are ready to welcome you this winter! IT’S AN OLYMPIC YEAR ! Yes it is, and our own Olympic Racer, Chris Klug (son of General Manager Warren Klug) is already racing and getting ready to compete in Turino Italy in February. He has a full schedule of races this winter, including qualifiers for the US Olympic team, and he is ready! His health is good, he is riding better and more confidently than ever before, and it should be a great season for Chris. Check out his progress on his Web site, chrisklug.com. We are ready to ring those cow bells and cheer him on! NEPSA VIDEO and ART AWARDS November 26th at the Wheeler Opera House This exciting and outrageous event will bridge the gap between what you know and what you think you know about today's core winter sports culture. Talented athletes are invited to independently create fresh multimedia presentations using music, video, photography and other mediums to interpret this year s lifestyle theme: Technology. Local participants include skiers Peter Olenick, Chris Davenport, Frank Shine & Kiffor Berg and snowboarders Doran Laybourn, Mitch Stout, Jessie Wright, Avery Karas, Wyatt Stasinos and Justin Bartle. $3,500 in prize money will be awarded. In partnership with the Aspen Art Museum, the NEPSA Awards also feature the Technoactive art exhibit with submissions displayed in the lobby of the Wheeler. Pieces are submitted by some of the valley s best artists competing for $1,500 in prize money. Last year's event sold out so get your tickets soon! THANKSJIBBING CELEBRATION IN ASPEN Thanksjibbing will throw the start of the winter season into high gear, November 25-26, 2005 with art, music and a new school jib event.  The third annual NEPSA Awards on Friday evening will feature multimedia presentations created by young athletes combining music, video and photography to expose their ever-changing lifestyles.  Thanksjibbing, held on Saturday evening, will provide cutting edge rails, boxes and jib features at the base of Aspen Mountain .  This event will introduce our team of athletes, Team Aspen/Snowmass who are leaders in their respective disciplines.  Live music to follow with the first installment of the Hi-Fi concert series.

	CIRQUE D' ASPEN
An extraordinary circus event including sixteen international performers that have come together to amaze and inspire Aspen for three shows only. The Aspen Youth Center is bringing an incredible show to the Roaring Fork community for a fundraiser to benefit our local kids.  Cirque d’ Aspen will be a dazzling Cirque-esque performance by internationally acclaimed artists. Sixteen performers from across the world are coming together for this special show, a show for the entire family! Aspen High School Gym, CO December 28 - 30, 2005

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