Before there was Snowmass as we know it today, there was Snowmass-at-Aspen, which officially opened to skiers on Saturday, Dec. 16, 1967. But for those born and raised in the Brush Creek Valley, Snowmass was never Aspen. Even now, as Snowmass marks its 50th anniversary this season, those who come of age on the slopes of Aspen Skiing Company’s fourth resort are celebrating Snowmass as its own special place.