Mountain Mayhem: Ladies’ journey | AspenInstances.com

Over the weekend of March 5-7, a bunch of eight pals descended on Aspen for his or her annual women’ journey — a mildly wild custom fueled by laughter, snowboarding and a suitcase filled with costumes.

Partway by means of their go to, I simply so occurred to run into a few of them on a sidewalk downtown and supplied to snap a bunch photograph; I used to be shortly fascinated by their vibrant itinerary, infectious power and the gathering of enjoyable photographs they shared from their weekend to date, so I figured a recap would make for good fodder for this column. Catherine Eplett, Jess Sargent, Molly Bechtel, Kerryn Connolly, Kinsey Kornack, Meggie Barrow, Annie Mullen and Amanda Kubista are women who simply wish to have enjoyable, hailing from Maryland, Massachusetts and South Carolina.

According to Co-Organizer Molly Bechtel, the key to their success every time is a “go with the flow” philosophy.

“The unspoken criteria are that you ski and you’re willing to be flexible,” she defined. “If après is too fun to leave, dinner plans shift. If you want to go rogue and hit the spa, no one is offended. We just say, ‘See you at the base!’”

This 12 months’s Aspen itinerary included Yacht Rock Revue at Belly Up, lunch at Cloud Nine, après-ski at The Little Nell, dinners at Casa Tua and Catch Steak and late-night dancing on the Caribou Club. They sported lifeguard apparel for some stops and dressed to the nines for others. But the actual showstopper was their dedication to the “Bernie” look. Inspired by “Weekend at Bernie’s,” the group donned Hawaiian shirts, mustaches and shades, perfected their finest “limp pose,” had trucker hats made along with his likeness and introduced a contact of the absurd to Aspen’s swanky social scene.

As Molly places it, quoting Amy Poehler: “There’s power in looking silly and not caring that you do.”

I fully agree with that mantra and simply may attempt to invite myself alongside on their 2027 go to.