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After a full day of skiing, there's a pretty good chance you don't want to spend a full night of walking around downtown Aspen, though if thats your thing, then by all mean, go ahead. Aspen is a very safe city and you should have no problem walking the streets there no matter how late it gets. Another advantage of walking is that you don't need to worry about getting a cab or getting a designated driver if you choose to go drinking that night.

Aspen is divided into 3 regions: the West end, East end, and of course downtown. Aspen is a fairly small town, so it won't be difficult to get around town and to each area. Seeing as how small Aspen is, I strongly urge you to leave your car behind at the resort or wherever it may be that you're staying. Driving around town trying to find a spot in the limited amount of parking spaces is not fun, I assure you.

If you really don't want to walk you can always turn to public transportation. Most lodges and resorts will provide shuttles in and out of town at no extra charge, or you can catch the bus to nearly anywhere in Aspen.

WEST END

Here you will find Victorian neighborhoods, if you're into architecture this is the place to see, its quite beautiful. Also on the West end you'll find the Aspen Meadows Conference Center, the Hallam Lake Nature Preserve, The Music Tent, as well as a few educational facilities such as the Aspen Center for Physics and The Aspen Center For Enviromental Studies.

If you venture over to the East end, you'll find the majestic Roaring Fork River, surrounded by beautiful, lush, forests. You will also find a fair amount of outdoors and nature activities.

This brings us to the Downtown area. Here you will find the store fronts are dominated by bars, clubs, specialty shops, restaurants, spas, and pretty much anything else you could ask for in  a great tourist town, such as Aspen.