Month guide · January 2027
Aspen in January 2027
The coldest, most reliable skiing of the year, with a quiet stretch after the holidays and two of Aspen's biggest weeks at the end.
The coldest, most reliable skiing of the year, with a quiet stretch after the holidays and two of Aspen's biggest weeks at the end.
January is deep winter: average highs of 32°F, lows of 10°F and about 28 inches of snow in town. After the holiday rates end around January 4, the first half of the month is one of the season's quieter stretches. Then the calendar fills: Aspen Gay Ski Week (January 17–24, its 50th year) and X Games at Buttermilk (January 29–31).
Weather from NOAA's 1991–2020 normals for Aspen 1 SW; event dates from the organizers; season dates from Aspen Snowmass. Checked October 2, 2026.
Paul Montiel · Aspen · Updated October 2026
We arrange the parts around the events: a driver between Buttermilk, town and the house on finals nights, dinner for the group, late cars after the parties, and rentals and lift tickets sorted before you land. Send your January dates.
This winter, month by month
Once the holiday fortnight ends, around January 4, demand drops. It's one of the easiest times of the season to get lessons, tables and a car at short notice.
The third weekend brings families for the long weekend and the Gay Ski Week crowd for the whole week. Lodging partners and party tickets go early.
One of the busiest weekends of the winter. Houses, airport cars and Saturday tables go weeks ahead, and there is no parking at Buttermilk.
The house and the cars first, then evening tickets (general admission from $159 for three days, Gold Lounge from $1,150, per the official ticketing in September).
The passes or events you care about most, then a driver for the late nights.
Book the first half of the month and you can leave lessons and dinners later than any other time this season. Private ski instructor
The coldest kit of the trip: a warm insulated jacket, base layers, a neck gaiter or balaclava for the lifts, heavy gloves or mittens, hand warmers and insulated boots for town. For X Games evenings, dress for standing outside on snow at night. The full packing list.
Average highs of 32°F and lows of 10°F, with 28.1 inches of snow in an average January (NOAA 1991–2020 normals, Aspen 1 SW).
Yes. All four mountains are open, the snow is cold and consistent, and the first half of the month, after the holidays, is one of the quieter windows of the season.
January 29–31, 2027, at Buttermilk. Daytime is free until 4 p.m.; evening sessions need a ticket.
January 17–24, 2027, the event's 50th year.
Early January after the holidays is quiet. MLK weekend (January 16–18), Gay Ski Week (January 17–24) and X Games (January 29–31) are busy.
Drivers for the big nights, rentals at the house and mornings planned around the snow.
A car and driver on call for dinner and the night out, so nobody hunts for a taxi at midnight.
Fitted at the residence, not in a shop queue.
Skis fitted at the house the night before, the gear carried to the lift in the morning and collected when the lifts close. You ski; we handle the equipment.
Come in from the mountain to the fire lit, something warm to drink and a spread laid out: set up while you ski by our chef or caterer, from groceries already in the house.
X Games schedule and Gay Ski Week releases, plus the quiet windows worth booking after the holidays.
Written from Aspen by Paul Montiel. A few letters a season, only when something matters. Leave any time; we never share your address.A quiet ski week or the big weekends: tell us the plan and we'll handle the parts that sell out.
Plan January
