Colorado High Country Culinary Celebration

Tours & Treks

Colorado High Country Culinary Celebration

Curated Adventure with AAA Travel

Overnight Trek = Ambitious

In recent years, Colorado’s Roaring Fork Valley has become an epicenter for a shifting culinary scene in the Rocky Mountains. While many restaurants have long featured local game and fish from the surrounding mountains and rivers, myriad organic farms, dairies and wineries have popped up in this awe-inspiring landscape. Meanwhile, the Rocky Mountains of Colorado are widely considered the birthplace of the American craft beer movement. We’ve based this culinary experience in Snowmass, in the heart of the Roaring Fork Valley. Visits to the famous Maroon Bells, backcountry Jeep tours, a walking food tour, silver mine and even a sunset barbecue with bonfire are all on the agenda. But that’s not all…this culinary experience features a side dish of adventure! So hang on for a thrilling getaway in Colorado’s High Country!

Includes three nights’ mountainside accommodations, daily breakfast at the lodge, gentle Maroon Bells hike, picnic lunch, hybrid cruiser bike tour to Aspen, multi-course and locally sourced dinner, Aspen food tour with lunch, backcountry Jeep tour, historical tour of Ashcroft, Smuggler silver mine tour, sunset barbecue dinner and bonfire, craft brew and spirits tasting. Provide your own transportation to the starting location and during tour.

Itinerary:

Wednesday, September 23
Arrival & check-in, Snowmass
Aspen Mountain
Taylor Pass
Historical tour of Ashcroft
Spirit tasting
Multi-course dinner in Aspen

Thursday, September 24
High-country breakfast
Independence Pass
Smuggler mine
Aspen Foodie Tour with lunch

Friday, September 25
High-country breakfast
Maroon Bells hike
Picnic lunch
Hybrid cruiser bike tour to Aspen (alternate transfers provided if preferred)
Barbecue sunset dinner
Brew & spirits tasting
Bonfire

Saturday, September 26
High-country breakfast
Check-out & individual departures