25+ years building in Austin
Founded in 1999, Modern Pools has designed and built custom pools across Austin, Texas and the surrounding Hill Country for more than a quarter century.
Aspen Custom Pool Builders
Custom pool building in Aspen means engineering for high altitude, hard freezes, and steep mountain lots. We have designed and built custom pools on Red Mountain and across the Roaring Fork Valley, with alpine freeze protection, big heated spas, and infinity edges that frame the peaks.
Why Modern Pools
Why Hire Our Aspen Custom Pool Builders?
Award winning design
Our work has earned international recognition, including a spot in The World's Greatest Pools from Pebble Technology International.
Tough lots are our specialty
We build on the steep, limestone, and caliche Hill Country sites that other contractors turn down, with engineering planned in from the start.
Fixed price, structural warranty
You get a fixed price contract before construction begins and a structural warranty on the gunite shell we build.
Reviews
Aspen Homeowners On Their Modern Pool
“We’ve worked with Modern Pools for years and have had the same, great service every time. We value their expertise and always feel that our clients are in good hands with them.”
“I have done the excavation for Modern Pool Co for many years and it has been a pleasure to work with them.”
“We've built several pools with Modern DB over the years. It's always a pleasure working with Jan, Jeff, Keli and the rest of their crews. TOP notch quality, customer service, communication, etc ...”
Our Services
Custom Pool Services in Aspen, CO
Pool Design
Aspen lots are steep and high in the mountains. We design your pool in 3D to fit the alpine grade and your home in the Roaring Fork Valley. Learn more about pool design.
Pool Design
Pool Construction
Aspen winters bring hard freezes and heavy snow. We build steel reinforced gunite shells and premium plumbing engineered for high altitude and cold to last for years. Learn more about pool construction.
Pool Construction
Pool Remodeling
Update an older Aspen pool with new plaster, tile, and coping. We upgrade equipment for mountain winters or redesign the whole pool to fit alpine life. Learn more about pool remodeling.
Pool Remodeling
Water Features
Add spillways, grottos, sheer descents, bubblers, and fire and water features to your Aspen pool. We build each one to handle hard mountain freezes. Learn more about water features.
Water Features
Outdoor Living
Make the most of short Aspen summers. We plan outdoor kitchens, decking, pergolas, fire pits, and landscaping built to hold up under heavy snow load. Learn more about outdoor living.
Outdoor Living
Pool Cost & Pricing Guide
Know your Aspen pool cost before the short build season starts. We use fixed price contracts across four design tiers, so nothing catches you off guard. Learn more about pool cost & pricing guide.
Pool Cost & Pricing GuideStart Your Design
Building in Aspen?
Tell us about your Aspen lot and how you want to use it. We will show it to you in 3D before you spend a dollar.
Pool Types
Outdoor & Indoor Pools in Aspen
From steel reinforced gunite to vanishing edge infinity pools and compact plunge pools, we design the right pool for your Aspen site, your style, and your budget.
Gunite Pools
Steel reinforced concrete, fully custom in any shape or depth.
View Gunite PoolsInfinity Pools
Vanishing edge designs that frame Hill Country views.
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Compact cold-plunge and lounge pools for tight or sloped lots.
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Clean, architectural lines that echo modern homes.
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Organic, natural shapes that settle into the landscape.
View Freeform PoolsSmall Inground Pools
Big design on a small backyard footprint.
View Small Inground PoolsFiberglass Pools
Fast-install shells for the right site and budget.
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Custom Pools Built Around Aspen
Start Your Design
Build your dream pool in Aspen
Tell us about your Aspen lot and your vision. We will show you what is possible, in 3D, before you commit a dollar.
Start Your DesignServing Aspen, CO
Modern Pools
3303 Northland Dr UNIT 212
Austin, TX 78731
(512) 608-6602
Mon – Fri, 9am – 4pm
Serving Aspen Since 1999
Why Aspen Homeowners Build With Us
Around Aspen
Built for Aspen
Aspen is one of the most beautiful and most demanding places we work. Modern Pools has designed and built custom pools here on Red Mountain and across the Roaring Fork Valley, where the views are once in a lifetime and the building conditions are unforgiving.
Thin mountain air, hard winter freezes, steep rocky lots, and a construction season that closes with the first heavy snow all shape how a pool has to be built. That is exactly the kind of work our studio was made for. We bring the same engineering we use on tough Hill Country sites to the alpine.
The Aspen Lot
Most Aspen lots are steep, high, and sit on rock, and every one has to survive real winters. That means deep freeze protection on the plumbing and equipment, structural design for snow load on decking and covers, and careful planning around a short window of good weather.
It also means the setting does the talking. An Aspen lot is made for an infinity edge that reads into the mountains, a large heated spa for ski season, and water features that still run when the temperature drops. We engineer every alpine build for freeze, structure, and drainage first, so it performs for decades in a climate most pools never face.
Aspen Areas We Serve
We design and build across Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley, including:
- Red Mountain
- Aspen Highlands
- Starwood
- West End
- Snowmass and Snowmass Village
- Woody Creek
- Old Snowmass
We also work throughout the wider mountain west, including Lake Tahoe and other destination markets.
What We Build Here
Alpine infinity and view pools. Vanishing edges that frame the peaks, engineered for altitude and freeze.
Heated spas and cold plunge. Big draws in ski country, built into the outdoor living space for year round use.
Freeze protected construction. New pools with the plumbing, equipment, and covers designed for hard mountain winters.
Remodels. Bringing older Aspen pools up to modern finishes, heating, and automation. See pool remodeling.
Why Aspen Homeowners Choose Us
We design remotely, then build on site. Full 3D design so you walk your pool before we travel to build it.
We engineer for the alpine. Freeze, altitude, snow load, and steep rock are planned from day one.
Fixed price contracts. Even on remote mountain builds, your price is locked up front.
Structural warranty. Every shell is engineered and warrantied.
Planning a pool in Aspen? Call (512) 608-6602 or request a consultation today.
Common Questions
Your Aspen Pool Questions, Answered
How much does a custom pool cost in Aspen?
Custom pools in Aspen run higher than most markets because of high altitude, deep freeze protection, steep rock excavation, and a short mountain build season. We give you a clear fixed price contract after we study your site, so the alpine conditions do not become a surprise.
Can you build a pool in Aspen's alpine climate?
Yes, we design and build for hard mountain winters, with freeze protected plumbing and equipment, structural design for snow load, and heating for year round use. We have built custom pools on Red Mountain and across the Roaring Fork Valley.
Do you design and build in Aspen from Texas?
Yes, we design your pool in full 3D so you can walk it before we build, then our team travels to construct it, or designs it for your local Aspen builder. Destination projects are a core part of our work.