Evenings · Aspen Highlands
Cloud Nine, Aspen Highlands
The most requested table on the mountain: lunch at 10,750 feet, then the champagne après. How the booking actually works.
Photo: Wolfgang Moroder, CC BY-SA 3.0 · All credits
The most requested table on the mountain: lunch at 10,750 feet, then the champagne après. How the booking actually works.
Photo: Wolfgang Moroder, CC BY-SA 3.0 · All credits
Cloud Nine Alpine Bistro sits at the top of the Cloud Nine lift on Aspen Highlands. It is ski-in, ski-out with limited foot traffic, and reservations are strongly recommended, made on Tock. For 2026–27 it is open December 12 to April 11. Aspen Snowmass lists lunch seatings at 11:30 and 11:45 a.m. and an après seating at 1:45 p.m.; the après is 21 and over, with valid ID checked at the door.
Seatings, rules and contacts from Aspen Snowmass's Cloud Nine and snowcat dinner pages, checked October 21, 2026; season dates checked November 8, 2026. Highlands, and Cloud Nine with it, opens December 12, 2026.
Paul Montiel · Aspen · Updated November 2026
We watch the Tock release for your dates and book the seating, then handle the rest: rentals delivered to the house, a car to the Highlands base in the morning and home afterwards, so nobody drives after the champagne. A table is never guaranteed; we tell you straight away if your day is gone. Send your Highlands day.
The calmer of the two: the fondue, a long table and the view down the valley. Right for families and anyone under 21, and for groups who still want to ski the afternoon.
This is the dancing-on-the-benches seating. It is 21+ with ID checked, so a mixed-age family splits up or chooses lunch.
Cloud Nine is reached on skis. Aspen Snowmass offers a snowmobile experience for non-skiers to reach après, billed as a limited-time offer; ask before relying on it.
Eleven or more go through cloud9reservation@aspensnowmass.com, not Tock. Weddings and private events: ASC Catering, asccatering@aspensnowmass.com.
Around Cloud Nine
In the evening, Aspen Snowmass runs public snowcat dinners: you ride a snowcat up Aspen Highlands after the lifts close and dine at 10,750 feet on the Swiss menu and wine list. Reservations are on Tock.
Days, times and prices for the 2026–27 snowcat dinners were not published on October 21, 2026. See snowcat dinners in Aspen for both venues.
Holiday weeks, Presidents' Day and spring-break Saturdays go first. Aspen Snowmass lists reservations as recommended; on a peak day, walking in isn't something to count on.
Tock links a separate refund policy for Cloud Nine; read it when you book, as charges can apply to late cancellations.
After après, most people ski down to the Highlands base. Have a car waiting at the bottom; Highlands parking is limited and the drive back to town is short.
Book one. Aspen Snowmass lists reservations as recommended, on Tock, and peak seatings go first. Groups of 11 or more email cloud9reservation@aspensnowmass.com.
Aspen Snowmass lists Cloud Nine open December 12, 2026 to April 11, 2027, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., with the Highlands season.
Aspen Snowmass lists the après seating at 1:45 p.m., with lunch seatings at 11:30 and 11:45 a.m. Après is 21 and over, with valid ID checked.
At the top of the Cloud Nine lift on Aspen Highlands, at about 10,750 feet. It is ski-in, ski-out with limited foot traffic.
Aspen Snowmass offers a snowmobile experience for non-skiers to reach après, as a limited-time offer, and evening snowcat dinners.
Yes. We book the seating on Tock when it opens for your dates, and arrange rentals, the morning car and the ride home. Availability is never guaranteed.
Skis at the house, a car each way and dinner later.
Reservations, timing, a driver and a picnic for Maroon Bells or a day in the valley, arranged around your group.
Fitted at the residence, not in a shop queue.
A car and driver on call for dinner and the night out, so nobody hunts for a taxi at midnight.
A private lesson matched to the skier and the mountain.
When the winter tables open, and which dates go first.
Written from Aspen by Paul Montiel. A few letters a season, only when something matters. Leave any time; we never share your address.Aspen Snowmass: Cloud Nine Alpine Bistro · Aspen Snowmass: Snowcat dinners · Aspen One: 2026–27 season dates (Sept. 9, 2026) — checked November 8, 2026.
Tell us the date, the seating and how many. We book the table if it's there and handle the day around it.
Plan the day
