J.D. Vance is a long way from Donald Trump’s golf courses and Mar-a-Lago … because he’s on a snow-covered mountain in Colorado.

The Vice President-elect hit the slopes in Aspen on Friday … with his family and a Secret Service security detail in tow.
J.D. was covered head to toe in skiing gear for the occasion … ski mask, helmet, goggles, gloves, the whole nine yards.
Looks like J.D. is a skier and not a snowboarder … one of the people in his group was carrying ski boots … and it looks like his wife, Usha, skis too.

Aspen’s a big draw in the winter for celebs … we’ve seen Mauricio Umansky partying there a lot recently … and now J.D.’s getting in on the action.