apres someone elses skiing - View this location on map with alpenglow illuminating the wheeler opera house (1889) and the elks building dome (1891), saunter through this 19th-century victorian mining town, while enjoying the crisp mountain air and window shopping at stores like fendi (fur flip-flops?). though you didnt earn it, join the apres ski action at the 39 degrees lounge in the sky hotel (970-925-6760; www.theskyhotel.com), where a young, windburned crowd gathers by a crackling fire in wool hats to watch teton gravity research movies on flat-screen tvs. the footage of death-defying flips is a perfect way to get revved up. so are the drinks, including the botox martinis ($10, red bull included) and the rita deluxe made with julio 1942 tequila and grand marnier 150 ($45). New York Times 709 east durant avenue, Aspen, CO Nightlife, Historical

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