Aspen SkiCo to take over Bonnie’s after winter season

For six decades, Bonnie’s restaurant has been independently-owned and operated on Aspen Mountain by three generations of women. This will change at the end of the 2026-27 ski season, when longtime owner Brigitte Birrfelder retires and Aspen Skiing Company takes over operations. “Earlier this year, Brigitte Birrfelder, owner and operator of Bonnie’s, shared with us that she would retire at the end of the 2026/27 winter season,” SkiCo said. “We worked with her to see whether Bridgette’s family or friends wanted to carry the tradition forward and ultimately decided that Aspen Skiing Company would take over operations at the end of the season.” Birrfelder, who has owned Bonnie’s since 1998, first dropped the news at the annual “Bonnie’s Bash” closing party last March.

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