Aspen Mountain Yoga returns for summer at Aspen Snowmass

Aspen Snowmass is leaning hard into summer as a full mountain lifestyle, not just a ski-resort offseason, and the return of Aspen Mountain Yoga sits right in the middle of that push. The 2026 season will stretch from May through early October and fold in scenic gondola rides, live music, expanded bike park capacity, family offerings and a packed events calendar, with wellness used as one more reason to spend the day on the mountain.

Aspen Mountain Yoga will run Monday through Friday from June 22 through September 4, with classes scheduled from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. atop Aspen Mountain at 11,212 feet. The sessions will be open-air Hatha yoga taught by Jayne Gottlieb and the Aspen Shakti Team, with Aspen Snowmass positioning the series as a partnership with Shakti Yoga and, new this year, Aspen Collection. The setup is straightforward and practical: mats and blocks are provided, while guests are told to bring a hat, sunscreen and water.

The pricing stays relatively accessible for a premium alpine experience, which is part of the point. Classes will cost $25 cash or $27 by credit card to the instructor, plus a gondola ticket. Aspen Collection will give registered guests 15 percent off retail items and a free matcha or coffee, adding a simple pre- or post-class perk without turning the outing into a spa package. Aspen Snowmass also says participants can stay for grab-and-go lunch at the Sundeck afterward, or hike up and ride the gondola down for free.

That combination is what makes the offer fit the summer strategy. The Silver Queen Gondola delivers visitors from downtown Aspen to about 11,200 feet, where sightseeing, on-mountain dining and the yoga deck all share the same alpine backdrop. Aspen Snowmass is also pushing activity across the broader resort, including e-bike access on select Snowmass trails from June 21 through September 7, and Snowmass Bike Park with more than 25 miles of lift-accessed freeride and technical trails, plus a mid-mountain learning center, clinics and bike school.

For yoga, the draw is not a standalone studio class transplanted onto a hillside. It is the easy-entry mountain session that gives hikers, riders and sightseers one more reason to linger. Aspen Mountain has been part of the resort identity since it opened on January 11, 1947, and this summer’s yoga schedule shows how Aspen Snowmass keeps turning that legacy into something usable for a new warm-weather crowd.