Sleigh rides take place at the T-Lazy-7 Ranch with Maroon Bells Outfitters and Lodge (920-4677). The T-Lazy-7 leads snowmobile tours around the Maroon Bells and through the ghost town of Independence. For winter fly-fishing trips call Aspen Outfitting Co. (925-3406), Oxbow Outfitting Co. (925-1505) or Aspen Sports (925-6332).

The 83,000-square-foot Aspen Recreation Center (544-4100) near the base of Aspen Highlands has an NHL-sized ice rink for public ice skating (skate rentals available), an aquatic area with a six-lane, 25-yard competitive swimming pool, a leisure pool with a two-story water slide, hot tubs, steam rooms, a 32-foot climbing tower, weight room, batting cages, locker rooms and a concession stand. You also can ice skate across from the transportation center at Silver Circle Ice Rink (925-6360) and indoors at Aspen Ice Garden (920-5141).

The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (925-5756) is a non-profit organization that holds many interesting programs, including Naturalist Nights every Thursday evening and Potbelly Perspectives, tales of travels and adventures, every Wednesday. They also have snowshoe tours on top of Aspen Mountain and Snowmass.

Cooking School of Aspen offers classes from Aspen’s finest chefs for adults and kids (920-1879). More winter cooking classes are given by the chef at Olives Restaurant in the St. Regis Hotel (920-7356). Kids and adults can make and paint their own ceramics at Kolor Wheel (544-6191) at 720 E. Durant.

The Wheeler Opera House (920-5770) hosts a variety of big-time entertainers throughout the season. Belly Up Aspen (450 So. Galena; 544-9800) is a live music venue for major attractions, such as Ben Harper, B.B. King, Joe Cocker, Jurassic 5

When you’re in Aspen you expect the best, the most state-of-the-art, the highest quality and the trendiest. SpaAspen delivers all that and more. By purchasing a SpaAspen service at the 77,000-square-foot Aspen Club & Spa (952-8900 or 866-484-8245), you have access to The Aspen Club for the day, which encompasses a health and fitness center and the Aspen Club Sports Medicine Institute. The facilities include everything you’d expect and more: 34 treatment rooms, swimming, tennis, child care, relaxation lounges and healthful food at the Variety Cafe. Services include 17 types of massage, seven types of body treatments, numerous skin care programs and a full salon. Signature services are the high altitude and apres-ski massages (both $125 for 50 minutes), and the Alpine rejuvenator body treatment ($180 for 80 minutes). Acupuncture, sports medicine, nutrition, lifestyle assessment, mental performance training and other well-being programs are available as are health and fitness programs including yoga, qi gong, Feldenkrais and others. John Clendenin’s Ski and Board Doctors provide one-hour skiing and snowboarding lessons on a machine here.

Remède Spa at the St. Regis Resort Aspen (920-3300) is a 15,000-square-foot facility that includes a fitness center with on-staff certified trainers and nutritionists, full-service salon and full-service spa with 15 treatment rooms for massages, facials and body treatments. The spa offers signature treatments incorporating Aspen’s Alpine and mineral environment. Other amenities include complimentary oxygen in the post-treatment oxygen rooms, chilled champagne and truffles. The spa’s unique water feature, the Confluence, is reminiscent of the hot springs found throughout Colorado.

Many winter visitors to Aspen never touch the slopes during their stay. This place is a shopper's paradise. It's Beverly Hills and New York City in the Rocky Mountains. Even if you can't afford the mostly high-end merchandise, browsing is part of the fun. High on the browsing scale is Boogie's, 534 E. Cooper St. for funky clothes, jeans and other stuff. Boogie Wienglass also owns Tomorrow's Laundry (303 So. Galena) filled with jeans and tops to go with them. Les Chefs D'Aspen, on the corner of Cooper and Hunter, sells imported kitchenware plus local gourmet foods and coffee. Aspen Leaf Soap Factory on the Hyman Mall makes all soaps, lotions and potions by hand. There's also Aspen Potters for ceramics; A Great Find for, well, great finds for the home; and Daniels for antiques.

Clothing and accessory stores are abundant and filled with unusual items. Some of our favorites: Bandana Kids & Woman, Goldies and the Kids, D&E Women, Mark Richards, Pitkin County Dry Goods, Misstyx, Midland Clothing Co, Prada, and Aspen Sports.

Don’t miss a visit to Explore Booksellers and Bistro, 221 E. Main. It’s a legend in Aspen. Here you can pick up your favorite novel or ski guidebook and have dinner too (see Dining).

Most of Aspen's 30 art galleries are within a four-by-three-block area between Spring and Monarch Streets and Hopkins Ave. and Durant St. Our favorites are Omnibus Gallery for vintage poster art; Galerie Du Bois for Impressionism; Highline Gallery for glass art; Pam Driscol Gallery for life-size bronze sculptures; and Baldwin Gallery for contemporary collections.

The Ultimate Taxi (927-9239) is a unique way to tour Aspen. This disco on wheels probably will top your list of Aspen memorable experiences.