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Snowmass Housing for Operations Personnel [SHOP]

They Keep You Skiing.
Help Keep Them Here.

Snowmass Housing for Operations Personnel (SHOP) provides long-term, stable homes for Aspen Skiing Company.

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Project Update – August 2026

It’s very rare for a housing project to reach the finish line unchanged. Over the course of the review process, Aspen One agreed to changes that kept the SHOP moving toward approval. Some have made the project better; others simply made it smaller. Those decisions reduced the number of homes we will ultimately be able to provide—including homes planned for the Aspen School District—but they preserve the project’s central purpose: creating workforce housing for the year-round employees who keep Snowmass Mountain operating. 

What’s Changed

  • Reduced from 30 to 20 homes, and 30 to 25 bedrooms
  • Reduced maximum occupancy from 36 to 30 residents
  • Smaller building with more distance from the Ditch Trail
  • Shorter retaining walls and resized infrastructure

What Hasn’t Changed

  • 100% workforce housing
  • 100% privately funded
  • Located close to residents’ jobs
  • Transit, bike, roadway and environmental commitments remain

It is the right…

…Location

On Divide Road at Aspen Skiing Company’s existing maintenance facility, an industrial site already approved for a larger warehouse. Not open space. Undesirable land already used for operations.

…People

Full-time, year-round Snowmass operations employees. The snowmakers, lift mechanics, groomers, and emergency responders who keep the mountain running. 

…Scale

20 employer-funded homes on land the company already owns, built specifically for the workforce Snowmass depends on.

…Time

Snowmass is short 383 housing units. This project won’t solve the entire crisis, but it’s a real step forward.

If we can’t support this, what can we support?

“As a Snowmass business owner, this feels like common sense. The people who keep the mountain running have a reasonable chance to live there. It’s good for our workforce, good for our economy, and good for the community.”

—Dwayne Romero, Romero Group CEO

Wait… why would anyone say no to this?

Good question. The Snowmass Town Council actually is at “yes” by a 3-2 vote count. But due to code requirements, this project needs a supermajority (four out of five votes) to move forward. We are one vote short. 

Public support can tip that balance. Across three different votes, the Snowmass public has made clear it wants to see more workforce housing. Town Council needs to hear that support again, this time directly from the citizens’ mouths. 

If you want workforce housing, now is the time to speak up. 

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A Practical Solution with Community Benefits

This Project Supports Snowmass by:

BUILDING
20 units without public funding

ENHANCING
transportation connectivity to the SHOP

SUPPORTING
safe, reliable ski operations

EASING
pressure on Snowmass workforce housing

CREATES
residences for Aspen School District employees*

20

units for Aspen Skiing Company employees

100

privately funded by Aspen Skiing Company, no taxpayer dollars

The Housing Crisis

203 people on the waitlist in Snowmass. 300+ homes needed by Aspen Skiing Company to sustain core operations on all mountains. 4000+ units short valley-wide. Snowmass can’t solve its housing shortage alone.

SHOP is part of the solution.

The Housing Reality
 *Aspen School District will have the opportunity to purchase three units.

Snowmass Wants and Needs Housing

According to a 2022 Town of Snowmass Village Community Survey, 89% of residents say increasing housing is important.

Broad Community Support