Families grow and evolve, and the family photos you take to represent your Christmas 2024 trip to Snowmass, Colorado won’t look the same as ones you take in 2025 and will change even more in 2026. As much as we look forward to the new phases in our lives, however, there is always going to be some small part of you that looks wistfully back on this Christmas getaway, remembering all the good times you enjoyed, all the comfortable moments you experienced, and all the wonders of spending Christmas in our Timberline Condominiums holiday hideaways. To make sure you get the best pictures and retain the best memories, this guide to where you can take family holiday photos in Snowmass has been created!
Where to Take Family Holiday Photos in Snowmass
Snowmass Village offers an idyllic backdrop to photos at any time of the year, but at Christmas, it is pure magic, offering charming shops and businesses decked out in their holiday best, the snow-covered mountains providing their strong presence and beauty, and in town, the Snowmass Village Christmas trees providing a little extra bling to make your photos shine bright. It will be cold this time of year, of course, so be sure to stop in Two Creeks Café for a hot cocoa fix that will warm you right to your soul.
But More Specifically, the Rink in Snowmass Village
Gliding around the icy outdoor rink under the stars, sipping hot cocoa as you sit in front of outdoor fireplaces, and capturing the glow in your children’s eyes as they realize how close Christmas is. Romantic for couples, fun for families, a spin around the rink may make you feel as if you are the star of your own Hallmark movie. The pics you take here may not be the posed family portraits you have paid lots of money for in previous years, but they will be the best representation of your family at its happiest during this holiday season, and who can ask for anything more than that?
Lights, Camera, Action!
This next section isn’t as much a guide to where you can take the pictures but more one that provides hints and tips about how to take your holiday pictures to the next level of excitement—again, reflecting your family at its best while helping to create memories that will never be forgotten.
Snowmobiles Add Color to your Shoot
T-Lazy-7 Ranch and Snowmobiles offers a large selection of snowmobile rentals, allowing guests to ride out to the most scenic spots in Snowmass and take family photos that will make everyone you know jealous of your Colorado adventures. Pose as a group, the snowmobiles forming a half moon circle with the snow covered trees, landscape, and mountains in the background and discover the excitement of the extraordinary!
Dashing Through the Snow
Families come in all shapes and sizes, and if your family consists of just the two of you, the romance of a one-horse open sleigh ride will lead to the best family photos of all! Aspen Carriage does it right, offering trips through the snow-covered landscape that include stops for hot chocolate (of course) and photos that will serve as a wonderful reminder of your vacation in our winter wonderland. If your family is a larger one, never fear, because their two-horse open sleighs offer room for up to six adults, meaning that even large families with lots of small children should be able to enjoy this exciting family friendly experience which also includes hot chocolate and photo stops.
Daredevils on Ice
For the families who just don’t feel alive unless they are doing something extra, ice climbing may provide an exciting adventure and a new way to “pose” for those family portraits. Aspen Expeditions takes you to rocky ice topped cliffs, offering adventures for ice climbers of all levels of experience, and the pictures taken during this activity can be the generic poses standing in front of the cliff you just climbed, but we think individual shots of each family member in action would create a gallery wall of thrills in your home!
At Home in Your Timberline Condo
Our condos, filled with luxury and comfort, will provide many opportunities for taking family photos, including the obligatory one where everyone dons matching pajamas and poses around the Christmas tree and if you decide against a tree in your temporary lodgings, we suggest gathering on patios or decks that overlook the gorgeous mountains as a unique substitute. The photos taken here will remind you of the fun times you had playing board games in the dining room, watching Christmas movies on state of the art televisions, and how every night offered the best night’s sleep of all. Contact us to reserve your favorite mountain escape today! Browse our ski-in ski-out rentals here.
