School Field Trips to Maroon Bells

Here is what you need to know:

The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) schedules all field trips for the Maroon Bells through a collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). School groups can request a field trip date using the form below. Scheduling your field trip allows USFS to prepare for your visit, ensuring smooth bus drop-off and parking. Our goal with this system is to provide a safer and more memorable experience for your students and others visiting this inspiring place. Thank you for your cooperation!

Please keep the following in mind:

Access to Crater Lake and any other trail in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness is only available for groups with fewer than 10 people. Any larger group requires a Special Use Permit through USFS.
There is a maximum of one bus and one car allowed.
Two school groups are allowed per day if timing enables them to be separate (one in the morning and one in the afternoon).
The day use picnic tables and East Maroon Portal are good lunch spots and gathering locations, if they are not already occupied or reserved.
The USFS recommends hiking East Maroon Portal to Maroon Lake. This route is outside of the wilderness boundary.
All travel and sitting must be on designated trails and not on vegetation.
Date requests are first come, first served.
There is currently no running water at the Maroon Bells. Please bring plenty of extra drinking water and hand sanitizer. There are toilets by the day-use parking lot.

Request your field trip date at http://bit.ly/MaroonBellsFieldTrips

Questions? Email ACES at edprograms@aspennature.org