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PUBLISHERS GREETING This issue marks three years of publishing MTN Town Magazine, It is our 16th issue and we couldn’t be happier. The original goal of producing the magazine was to focus on the people who make our mountain town communities unique. There is so much focus on the Front Range within our local media. I wanted to create something that focuses on us, the people who don’t mind scraping our windshields on June 1st or shoveling 6+ months out of the year.

As a region we all share similar passions, being outdoors and loving the town we live in. Artists, Shop Keepers, Teachers, Chefs, Construction Workers, Entrepreneurs, Homemakers, Librarians; Each person in each town adds to the unique energy and vibe a town produces. It is not just a Resort that makes a ski town, it’s the people, and we love telling their stories. Our story on Lov Cycles gives clear definition why our communities are so special. We all care about one another deeply and have a deep entrepreneurial spirit.

Summer time brings some serious water flows from melt off to our rivers and streams. Filling our reservoirs... or not, depends on the year. Water is our life blood and is what allows us to ski in the winter and play in the summer. It is also the single most precious resource we have. As a headwater state, meaning we are the single source of water for all of Colorado’s rivers and streams,

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water is an even more precious commodity. Keeping our water fresh, clean and used responsibly is the ultimate goal for our entire state and beyond. We must be responsible in how we use this resource. Our feature story discusses the state of Colorado’s water, we hope you find it informative and interesting.

On the lighter side, playing in the water is fun. “We come for the winter and stay for the summer” has become a cliche, but it is true! Many of us plan our rafting trips and pray we get a permit during the dark months of January. Prepping our boats, kayaks and SUP’s for a retreat into the wild. Some of us are avid sailors and there are others who love to row, cutting the water with powerful strokes on a calm flat morning.

We talk up great restaurants to grab a bite or sit and linger.

We also chat up the huge festival and music scene during the summer in each town. Lastly, we get back to the dirt with a round up on Keystone’s Bike Park and their downhill scene. We hope you enjoy our new issue. We are proud to present it to you.

Have a great Summer!

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This town is a sweet retreat during the winter months and shoulder seasons in the high country. In the summertime, Salida is a must visit.

The list of Amenities and Activities seem endless while the Art and Culture scene is a huge anchor. Bring a towel, a bike, and your best appetite.

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Salida Shopping Bring your wallet because the stores, shops, and boutiques here offer some unique finds. From sporting goods, bike shops, antiques, gourmet shops, pretty women’s boutiques, consignment and more the town’s merchants have something you will want to bring home.

You will be surprised at the wonderful things you will find throughout town. You will rethink small town shopping after a day exploring here.

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Salida is an artist’s dream. The art scene thrives with galleries dotting each street of the town. From Fine Art to the Funky, Salida has a huge art community.

Painters of all types and styles, jewelers, sculptors, fabric artists, performers and more have set up galleries or are making their mark here. The Steam Plant Theater and Event Center holds some amazing performances and shows..

The culinary scene is huge with an emphasis on locally sourced, fresh organic produce on all of the town’s menus. Salida is brimming with exceptional eats from fine dining to fun dining and a ton of al fresco locations in between. Coffee shops, wineries, microbrews, and distilleries dot the streets of this lovely little town. Sit by the river and enjoy a wonderful meal, head into town and explore all their eateries.

Take a walk along the river and relax.

Wade, swim or try kayaking and SUP lessons. The local community gardens are brimming with vegetables and herbs. See what grows best in this town.

Some great pocket parks exist around this town. While you’re at it check out the amazing architecture of the areas buildings.

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Festivals Festivals bring a unique flavor from the insanely fun and boisterous Fibark Whitewater Festival (America’s oldest), a gamut of incredible Art Festivals including the Salida Fiber Festival, Wine Festival, Bike Festival, Concerts in the Park and more. The calendar of events is packed all summer long and into the Fall months.

The Path Less Traveled Begins at Mountain Outfitters Sports Salida is not for couch potatoes. The residents here are avid outdoors folk. Kayakers, Rafter’s and Standup Paddleboarders flock to the Riverside Park. Parents and kids wade and swim in the eddy waters. Miles of Mountain Bike trails enter and exit the town. Moderate to Colorado 14’er hikes are all close by.

The Hot Springs Aquatic Pool offers great swimming and fun.

Golf at the Salida Golf Club. Fishing is accessible all along the Arkansas River. In the winter head up to Monarch to ski. The to-do list is endless..

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Summer S’Mores It’s summer time and with that comes campfires and S’Mores. We found a company based out of Fort Collins that produces one of the best marshmallows we have ever tasted and is perfect for camping or sitting around the backyard fire pit. Stuff’n Mallows is an artisan marshmallow stuffed with chocolate chips...are you getting the idea. All you need is a box of graham crackers and a container of Stuff’n Mallows. Roast to you favorite shade of consistency and then sandwich between those graham’s.

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ROCK STACKING

Okay, we know this is not a Colorado-based company but The Original Nomad is producing a must have for the outdoor adventurer.

The Orignal Nomad Hot Tub is extra portable, (complete setup fits into a 14” x 16” 30” duffel bag) bring it camping or set it up in your own backyard. The design is easy to set up to get soaking. The hot tub heater coil is a hot water on demand unit that can be heated with propane or firewood. It’s constructed from 1.25” stainless steel and uses thermosyphoning to circulate the water, so no water pump is needed. How cool is that?!

Yes, balancing rocks is real and surreal all it once. It is truly an art and takes practice to achieve. Coleen Swanson discovered this art after bringing home unique rocks from her travels around the world and wondering what to ultimately do with them. After Googling Cairns and rock art, she took the time to learn how to create perfectly balanced Cairns. Learn how to achieve balance with Coleen or bring home one of here incredible balanced rock portraits.

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DOG BOWL COLLARS

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Big Heart Big Hands raises money for mountain rescue organizations, supports the awareness and implementation of mountain safety education, and assists with funding for those who have been rescued and their families. This Vail Valley-based non-profit is a lifeline to mountain town residents and enthusiasts alike. The organization is in memory of Jarod Wetherell, who passed away while hiking the Maroon Bells peaks outside of Aspen in October of 2014. .

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REACTIVE ADAPTATIONS Located in the mountains of Crested Butte, Colorado at an elevation of 8,885 feet above sea level, ReActive Adaptations was founded to design and construct adaptive equipment for all athletes of ALL abilities to get out into the backcountry.

Jake O’Connor is taking the “dis” out of able for Paraplegics, Multiple Sclerosis, Cerebral Palsy and other physical affliction sufferers that make getting out difficult. His products are bomber and include Off Road Handcycles, Nordic Sit Skis, Sit Ski Transportation Carts, Off Road Handcycle Stands and more to get those with disabilities out into nature. These products are tough enough to get up high and endure the elements and trail conditions.

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DEADFALL WARNING Colorado’s Lodgepole Pines affected by beetle kill are starting to fall in the numbers. Tree bases are rotting and creating a hazard and danger for trail users in Colorado’s mountains. Here are some tips to assist you in staying safe while you are out on the trail: •

Avoid dense patches of dead trees. They can fall without warning.

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BEST WINTER YET CSCUSA Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) announced at the association’s 53rd Annual Meeting that skier visits at its 21 member resorts totaled 7.4 million in 2015/16, up by nearly five percent compared to last year’s CSCUSA membership season total and a new record for visitation. Additionally, the 2015/16 season skier visit total for CSCUSA members bested the five-year average by more than 10 percent, making it the third consecutive year skier visits have outpaced the five-year average.

Fall snowmaking conditions paired with ideally timed snow storms and blanketed resorts with copious amounts of early season snow. Loveland Ski Area and Arapahoe Basin both opened on October 29, 2015 and launched Colorado’s ski season. “The season started with excellent conditions and resorts handedly delivered on skier demand fueled by buzz of a Godzilla El Nino,” said Mills. “Our savvy in-state skiers took advantage of the best early season conditions Colorado had in recent memory.”

More snow came in November and December which allowed resorts to open ample terrain during the holidays. A series of well-timed storms led to 100-inch milestones being met before the end of 2015 to the delight of holiday skiers and riders. The Spring too did not disapoint and helped break our season record for visitation.

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Eisenhower/ Johnson Tunnels Colorado U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, along with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) celebrated the completion of a Fire Suppression System for the Eisenhower/Johnson Tunnels recently.

The system, installed over both tunnel bores during the past year, is not designed to completely extinguish a vehicle fire but rather provide the critical time that is needed for first responders to safely approach the scene and take action.

“This was a special day for Colorado and anyone who travels to our mountain communities,” said Rep. Jared Polis (CO-02). “The new fire suppression system will enhance public safety, as well as protect the tunnel that is essential for our western economic development. I’m pleased that our work in Washington, D.C. helped make possible the completion of this project.”

The EJMT is celebrating its 43rd year without a fatality occurring inside it. Close calls have transpired and fires – primarily vehicle – do take place. Because of this, CDOT has first responders and firefighting equipment at the EJMT complex.

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W I L DF I R E PR E PA R E DN E S S It is wildfire season and fire departments suggest you create a plan for evacuation in case disaster strikes. At a minimum, have the basic supplies listed below. Keep supplies in an easy- to- carry emergency preparedness kit that you can use at home or take with you in case you must evacuate.

The List: Water—one gallon per person, per day (three-day supply for evacuation, two- week supply for home); Food—nonperishable, easy- to- prepare items (three- day supply for evacuation, two-week supply for home); Flashlight; Battery -powered or hand- crank radio (NOAA Weather Radio, if possible); Extra batteries; First aid kit; Medications (seven-day supply) and medical items; Multi- purpose tool; Sanitation and personal hygiene items; Copies of personal documents (medication list and pertinent medical information, proof of address, deed/lease to home, passports, birth certificates, insurance policies); Cell phone with chargers; Family and emergency contact information; Extra cash; Emergency blanket; Map(s) of the area; Consider the needs of all family members and add supplies to your kit. Suggested items to help meet additional needs are: Medical supplies (hearing aids with extra batteries, glasses, contact lenses, syringes, cane); Baby supplies (bottles, formula, baby food, diapers); Games and activities for children; Pet supplies (collar, leash, ID, food, carrier, bowl); Two -way radios; Extra set of car keys and house keys; Manual can opener; Whistle; N95 or surgical masks; Matches; Rain gear; Towels; Work gloves; Tools/supplies for securing your home; Extra clothing, hat and sturdy shoes; Plastic sheeting; Duct tape; Scissors; Household liquid bleach; Entertainment items; Blankets or sleeping bags

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The profound influence of water on our lives, essential for life and to play.

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BY JOY MARTIN When life gives you lemons, make lemon-colored paint out of them and then go crazy creating the bicycles of your wildest dreams.

That’s what Nate Picklo, Founder and Creative Head of lov bikes, chose to do after he was diagnosed with Stage 3 Melanoma Cancer in 2008. When this dreaded beast bombed his otherwise healthy 28-year-old body, he took the sour setback not as dreary hopelessness but rather as the golden gift of a perspective shift.

“There’s something about receiving the heavy-handed reminder that, hey, life’s short,” says the now 35-year-old Eagle, Colorado, resident. “What am I doing? Why am I here? I couldn’t just sit back and keep going through the motions, so I started dreaming about exactly what I wanted to do with my life.”

His vision for a boutique bike manufacturing company gave him renewed energy and purpose to fight the initial battle of extensive, exhausting treatments. During that time, he was not only helping his wife, Tara, run Yeti’s Grind, their hotspot coffee shop chain in Eagle and Vail, but he was also determined to take his bike dream from paper to reality.

With the tireless support of Tara, his parents, a strong group of friends and Colorado’s freshest cycling scene rising from the high-desert singletrack and picturesque roads of Eagle, Picklo got the proverbial wheels in motion and officially launched lov bikes in 2012.

Four years later, lov bikes are making a splash on the cyclocross, mountain and road biking circuits, defined by their topof-the-line, sleek components, customized ride-ability and their shocking, radical paint schemes.

“I hear you can see them from space,” says Dave Bohm,

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Owner and Supreme Ruler of Bohemian Bicycles and FrameBuilding School, a program that Picklo attended in 2014.

With over 15-years of entrepreneurial experience and a lifetime passion for cycling culture as his resume, Picklo is setting a new standard for high-end, superlative bicycles. Every design selection, paint job and fine tune of a lov bike fits the details of the ride to the personality of the rider without compromising the performance of each product.

Forged in a warehouse workshop in Eagle that he calls ‘the lov shack,’ Picklo’s lov bikes make a statement not just for the elite level racer who can tell the difference of the carbon layup schedule, but also for the recreational rider who just wants a super sexy ride that can’t be bought off the shelf, which is why every bike that leaves Picklo’s hands is an idiosyncratic showstopper.

With alluring aesthetics, sharp lines and flawless finishes oftentimes replete with a catchy mantra etched into the stem, such as “Just Breathe,” each lov bike is simply irresistible, best described

by Picklo as a “rolling piece of art.”

But he won’t take all of the credit.

“There are a lot of areas that I don’t have the skills. It’s awesome to have others in those fields of expertise.”

Thus this funky fleet of two-wheeled masterpieces is brought to fruition with a lineup of “some great guys who do top-notch work in their respective disciplines, bringing knowledge from different carbon industries to better improve the existing processes,” says Picklo.

The dynamic team so far consists of Matthew Juntunen, an Industrial Designer in Durango, and Mike Grosser, a Composite

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gear Engineer at Spirit AeroSystems in Kansas. To help with lov bikes’ newest endeavor, the fabrication of custom carbon in-house at the lov shack, Picklo has joined forces with carbon fiber fabricator, Wade Green.

In 2015, Green, who sharpened his carbon skills at Parlee Cycles in Massachusetts, relocated to Eagle, where his overall quality of life has improved immensely, a major perk and purpose of having lov bikes rooted in the Vail Valley.

With these proficient aficionados in the ranks and Picklo at the helm, this burgeoning company is not only redefining bike fabrication but also transforming the cycling industry’s corporate culture.

“We don’t want to have an edge, an attitude or an egotistical thing. It would be great to say we’re unassuming, but our paint jobs are not unassuming,” says Picklo. “So we just want to be approachable and humble but still put out a product that is superior in style and function.”

“We’re already achieving that, so now our focus is to grow a company that creates jobs, and even long-term careers.

[At lov bikes], you can do the job of your dreams and live in the place of your dreams.”

By the way, he didn’t forget the ‘e’ in love, for everything Picklo does is with intent, encouraged by his desire to build a brand that speaks to greater purpose, to the golden rule of loving others first, not imitating a traditionally snotty bike ethos.

Besides, he says, the website for “love bikes” with an “e” was already taken.

The lack of an “e” only adds juicy meaning to the name, which also stands for the acronym “Love Our Valley,” an expression Picklo crafted with wife Tara to pay lively tribute to their community in the Vail Valley. And so, with love as the catalyst, Picklo’s mission is to be more than for-profit. He wants to give back.

“We want to be a company with compassion,” says Picklo.

Since lov bikes inception, Picklo has partnered with Vail-based non-profit cancer support program, First Descents. With every bike he sells, Picklo donates $100 to a scholarship fund for cancer survivors and their loved ones to attend outdoor adventure camps for kayaking, skiing and all manner of mountain sports.

Encouraged by the resilience of fellow cancer survivors, Picklo feels he’s on the path to doing what he set out to do initially: “I just want to be a part of bike history.”

Making history by producing exceptional quality bicycles with a heart requires more than engineering skill and artful impulse. It also demands a healthy smattering of business savvy. An innately even-keeled individual, Picklo has these strengths in near-perfect balance.

“I think it blends well,” says Picklo of his mixed interests.

“If I was so focused on the art or the engineering or technical aspect of the frame, I would struggle with the brand. Instead, I can understand all of it and have a vision of how to grow and scale the business properly.”

While Picklo credits his dad with teaching him “a hard work

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ethic, sense of responsibility and a drive to succeed,” he sees his engineering savoir-faire stemming from his grandfather.

“I must have it genetically. My grandfather was in Research and Design at Buick. In his spare time, he refurbished guns, taking them apart, putting them back together. My other grandfather ran his farm but also refurbished old antiques, like cash registers. As a kid, I was always tinkering with RC cars and then real cars as I grew up. I loved taking stuff apart and putting it back together, seeing how it all worked. “ And so, in 2000, Picklo entered the engineering program at Baylor in his native state of Texas. But that degree choice didn’t last long.

“Straightforward engineering wasn’t my cup of tea,” says Picklo. “I saw all these people doing equations and coming up with certain answers. For me, that didn’t translate to hands-on product development. I was too impatient and just wanted to jump right in.”

He dropped engineering and switched to the Outdoor Recreation and Leisure program, which allowed his inner “gear geek” to blossom.

All the while, he took business courses, eventually earning a minor in business. In his spare time, Picklo was on the Baylor Cycling Team and worked at the local bike shop.

“When I started working at the shop, the passion for bikes really grew. Getting to ride with some of the best cyclists in Texas and work alongside some incredible mechanics at the shop gave me a crash course in the industry. There was always something new to learn. There still is.

I think that’s why our frames come out so good - the ability to create cohesiveness between the frame, wheels, gruppo, and the componentry; the entire form is not only functional but it also looks good.”

While Picklo is quick to give his father a nod for his competitive business drive, his grandfather credit for his engineering aptitude, he’s confident that his overall success is a gift from his mother.

“My mother instilled in me a free spirit, good humor and, of course, love. She’s been an ever-present source of encouragement.

No matter what crazy idea I told her I wanted to do, from a little boy till now, she would always tell me I could do it and believed in me. This led to an ability to always find a way, to always follow my passion.”

For Picklo, it took a lemon from the tree of life to reveal this particularly rich fountain of enthusiasm pulsing in his veins, a heartbeat not to be taken for granted. In September of 2015, Picklo’s melanoma monster reared its ugly head again. And so the cycle restarts. Fight. Breathe. Dream.

“I have patience knowing that building a successful business is not going to happen tomorrow,” says Picklo, “So, I just try to stay calm about it all.”

Now these lemon-colored bicycles - with streaks of hot pink, chartreuse, fire-engine red, glacial blue and every shade of gray between - are the testament of a legacy in the making. Because life is too short to ride an uninspiring bicycle. Or have a wearisome job.

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T E L L UR IDE YO G A F E S T I VA L I truly do not know anything more beneficial than getting away to a Yoga Festival. It is an opportunity to retreat while allowing your body and mind to be nurtured while in the company of likeminded people.

I believe that Telluride is a spiritual power center like Sedona with the power to transform you with positive energy and fresh vibes. Add the Telluride Yoga Festival and the town’s fresh air and you will be walking on cloud nine.

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gift of yoga, in all of its many forms, to Telluride for a weekend filled with world-class instructors, philosophers, scholars, artists, and musicians.

Their goal is to create an intimate and authentic weekend of workshops, classes, discussions, and gatherings that celebrate’s yoga. The belief backed by science is that yoga (including asana, breathing, and meditation) is a tangible tool for transforming human consciousness and that there is no better place to celebrate the benefits of yoga than in Telluride.

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Co-owners Albert Roer and Erika Henschel purchased the festival from the founder in 2013 with the goal of retaining the intimacy that has made it a success while expanding its reach and growing what the Telluride Yoga Festival offers.

Today, the festival brings over 600 participants to Telluride, 40+ presenters, over 100 offerings and spectacular venues in both town and Mountain Village.

The schedule includes incredible presentations, classes and clinics, music, meditation, mindfulness, food, cocktails and

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DUR A NGO W HI T E WAT ER PA R K STORY BY JOY MARTIN

With its genesis in the majestic San Juan Mountains outside of Silverton and culmination with the San Juan River in New Mexico, the 126-mile-long Animas River is rife with unrivaled scenery, a remarkable history, and some of the best recreating opportunities in the Southwest US. And for the town of Durango, it’s a thriving source of economy, inspiration, and cultural pride.

“The river is the lifeblood of Durango,” says Cathy Metz, Parks and Recreation Director for the city of Durango. “And when you’re on it, you forget you’re in the middle of the city.”

As the third largest commercially-rafted river in Colorado, the Animas hosts over 60,000 users a year, generating no less than $19-million for Durango’s bustling tourism industry.

The upper Animas is infamous for rowdy Class V+ rapids, so most of this business happens on the mellow lower Animas, where a few Class II and III rapids provide a wild ride and unforgettable adventure during peak flow as the snow melts and thunderstorms fill afternoon skies in early summer. During this time, turbid waters surge to 3,000-cubic-feet-per-second (cfs) and beyond, ideal for rafts and kayaks.

As the waters calm, duckies, dories, canoes, and standup paddleboards join the throngs of revelers, and by summer’s end, the burbling trickle of 200-cfs is perfect for tan, happy tubers on hot August days.

Most users put in their crafts at the 32nd Street Bridge and meander a few miles through town alongside the railroad, past charming neighborhoods, lush vegetation, curious wildlife, and the occasional brewery.

“It’s basically a long, linear park right through town,” says John Brennan, an avid paddler and member of the Animas River Task Force.

The crowning jewel of these Gold Medal waters comes just south of downtown Durango as the river curves around Smelter Mountain and drops into Smelter Rapid and the beginning of the Durango Whitewater Park.

Originally created in 1983 by a community of paddlers and engineers, the Park was the first whitewater park of this magnitude in the nation, boasting over 800 meters - top to bottom - of whitewater playground. Today, it’s the only permanent kayak training site west of Oklahoma City, replete with permanent gates and 12 grouted-in elements, including eddies, flow deflectors, and four rapids: Smelter, Corner Pocket, Ponderosa, and Clocktower.

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The first and largest rapid, Smelter, ranges from a Class II to IV rapid, depending on flow. Most commercial companies portage around the monster when the river strikes 2,000-cfs, as Smelter is notorious for sending unsuspecting folks for a chilly swim.

“The ‘96 Olympic course was designed after what we were doing in the Animas,” says Brennan. “Most parks don’t have the flow that the Animas has. Eastern river training sites are way lower volume, but here, it’s never the same. Day to day, you’re always training on a different river. Your balance is going to get phenomenal. Not to mention it’s high-altitude training. Even when its freezing or running at 100-cfs, it functions quite well.”

Brennan adds that whether the Animas is spitting up roiling, frigid rapids during spring runoff or cruising in with steady pockets of clear, burbling water over smooth stones late in the summer, Durango’s Whitewater Park offers something grand and refreshing for paddlers year-round.

Beyond unmatched recreational opportunities, the Whitewater Park also helped secure a Recreational In-Channel Diversionary (RICD) water right for the city of Durango in 2007, making the time and $1.2-million spent on the Park an invaluable investment for future generations. The RICD ensures that the Animas will pursue its natural flow for time eternal, as no one can dam or divert the water upstream.

“This right keeps water in the river for recreational purposes,” says Brennan. “So it’s not only great for multiple users, but it also allows the Animas to follow its natural hydrograph, which is fantastic for fish migration patterns, normal sediment transfer, and the general health of the river.”

For your general health at day’s end, do as the locals do and complement a flawless, Animas adventure with a flawless, locallysourced brew for some apres-river celebrating. Happy splashing!

Directions to the Whitewater Park: From downtown Durango, travel south on Main Avenue and turn right (west) onto College Drive to Camino del Rio. Turn left (south) at the light and travel 0.85 miles to Santa Rita Drive. Turn right (west) and follow the road to the north end of Santa Rita Park. The Whitewater Park includes in-stream boating features on the Animas River, access to the Animas River Trail, fishing, and a grassy area and picnic tables. The park is handicap accessible and restrooms are available. To check water flow, please visit http://waterdata.usgs. gov/nwis.

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ADVENTURE + PLAY + CREATIVITY | breckcreate.org/bifa FEATURING L’Homme Cirque with David Dimitri • Maya Beiser • Calexico • SEA by STREB Extreme Action Company Steven Schick with the Breckenridge Music Festival Orchestra • The Moth Mainstage • The Swarm + The Herd by Tasha Lewis Sila: The Breath of the World by John Luther Adams • Saurus + STX by Close-Act Theatre • Trail Mix Series The Breckenridge International Festival of Arts (BIFA) is a multi-arts program of extraordinary events in spectacular places and spaces across Breckenridge. Inspired by themes of environment and mountain culture, the 10-day festival brings together an eclectic mix of music, dance, film, visual arts and family entertainment.

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FA M I LY F U N I N T H E WAT E R Is there anything better than splashing around and cooling down with your kids on a hot day? Summertime is when you get to grab the sprinkler and make mad dashes around the lawn while you cool off getting wet. When you’re on the go there are a bunch of great places to play here in our Colorado mountain towns.

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BRECKENRIDGE - Head to the riverwalk Center where a fun pocket park and the cool waters of the Blue River will keep you and your family entertained for hours. The Riverwalk Lawn is perfect for a picnic.

STEAMBOAT RESORT - Right at the mountain’s base area, outside the Sheraton Steamboat Resort, is a lovely stream cascading down big rock features. This safe area provides a fun place to relax and play, complete with beach chairs and sand.

TELLURIDE - On your way to Telluride or back, a must stop is the Down Valley Park. This park is complete with fun climbing and swinging features as well as small ponds with a sandy beach, perfect for wading or fishing. Located on the west side of Highway 145, just north of mile marker 82.

FRISCO BAY MARINA - We love the Marina’s sandy beach area where kids love to wade and build sand castles. A killer park is a quick walk away and a grass area is perfect to lay your towel down.

VAIL - The Vail Children’s fountain is adorable with three spraying fountains and several bronze sculptures of children at play. If you don’t have swimsuits the water is a perfect depth; shallow enough to keep shorts dry, yet deep enough to cool down on a hot day.

OURAY - The Ouray Hot springs Pool charges but is so much fun to visit and enjoy with the kids. The kiddie slide and blue slide are a hoot. Nothing like clear water and incredible views to tire your whole family out.

GRAND LAKE - The shores of Grand Lake have a multitude of beaches and sandy areas to enjoy with the family. Wading, fishing, and swimming are all permitted.

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Adventure Awaits in Silverthorne Silverthorne is not just a place to fuel up. Explore the Blue River Trail, access trailheads to National Forest Service Hiking, browse the Outlets at Silverthorne, fish in our “Gold Medal� waters, visit one of our three state of the art playgrounds, & cool off in the Silverthorne Recreation Center.

With a summer filled with activities; Silverthorne is the perfect destination for your next adventure.

For More Information: Call 970.262.7370 | www.silverthorne.org 430 Rainbow Drive, Silverthorne

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SOCIAL STR ATEGIE S STORY BY NANCY KENNEY

It’s a fact that social media is here to stay and by now, you probably have looked around at what others are doing and read a lot about its benefits. You probably have been told that every marketing program must include online marketing as part of your overall strategy, such as, website marketing, email, mobile and ecommerce.

door or on the window of your business to let people know they can find you there and offer extra discounts for your Facebook Fans. Be sure to make sure your Facebook page has the location of your business listed and store or office hours.

It is also a fact that social media is a key component in reaching and engaging with your customers, especially for resort destination retailers across the Rocky Mountains.

Pinterest is your primary visual space; so send shoppers to your Pinterest Boards to see visual images of your products to let them know what you carry. Organize your Boards by topic, products and seasons, to keep customers organized. Be sure to share your Pinterest Board links on Facebook and any other networks you are using. Try a Community Board to generate leads and conversation. And make sure every image has an active link back to your website.

Today, an effective marketing strategy addresses at a minimum, four basic elements: product, price, promotion and distribution.

Find the perfect balance and you’ll be positioned for success.

Unfortunately, many businesses do not understand how to incorporate social media into their marketing campaigns, and many more do not understand how to use social media platforms to engage with their customers.

First and foremost, be sure that social media is right for your business. There certainly is no requirement that every business have a social networking account, such as, Facebook or Twitter, and it is certainly true that not every business needs social media to reach their customers. Before you make the leap, be sure you understand that social media is a commitment because it does cost you in time and money. Retailers with ecommerce and mobile commerce sites can take full advantage of the opportunity to use social media to drive traffic to your stores.

Try these tips for making social media a regular part of your marketing plan: Get involved in your local community and team up with your Chamber of Commerce to share, share, share! I know this sounds trivial, but you would be surprised how many businesses do not!

If you are not financially able to join your local Chamber, you can still share information via social media. By everyone sharing information, local activities, events, specials, travel deals and more, you drive traffic to the community in general.

Bloggers are your best friends! Travel bloggers are really cool people to begin with, so see if you can get some free exposure than do it! Professional blogger’s, who get paid for their stories, are going to have more connections in the travel industry and will even update their own travel profiles on Yelp and Trip Advisor.

If you need a product reviewed, share it with a blogger! And be sure to add your own business to Yelp and Trip Advisor to give everyone a chance to find you.

Ok, so now, let’s cover some of the basics of the social media networks. Whether you are new to setting up social media or are already using social media, here are some ideas to consider:

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In fact, you should have every social media network you are on, plastered on all your marketing materials.

HYPERLINK “http://www.foursquare.com/” Foursquare and Instagram can be used for your customers to check-in and share photos that can be shared across Twitter and Facebook and several other networks. This encourages Mobile users to share and check-in to your store. Consider a “Check-In” special via Foursquare and/or an HYPERLINK “http://www.instagram.com/” Instagram contest. You can also encourage Fans to check-in via Facebook. When a Fan is in your store and they check-in to your business, it will show up on your Facebook page.

Twitter is more of a commitment and not for everyone. If you use Twitter, use it to share information on sales and post blog links and image links back to your website. You can also use Twitter for customer service questions and local activities. Participate in industry relevant chats to learn and gain more exposure. Overall, Twitter is great for sharing links to all of your social pages and information in general. It is a chat room, so conversation is a requirement. And bloggers love Twitter.

YouTube, Google+ and other social networks are available if you want to make the leap. However, if you are new to social media start with Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.

Make sure all your social media accounts are clean, full of information about you, your business, your websites, your hours, everything. There is noting worse than a page that has been setup and then lays their dead with no life. So make sure all images are loaded and the pages look complete and there is regular activity.

At a minimum you should post once a day.

Even if you do not have a website for your business, at a minimum use Facebook! Many businesses do this. And for extra fun, try a contest! People love to share and be seen on social media.

You should be using Facebook as a “Business” and not a community page or personal page. You do yourself no service by creating a personal profile and advertising it as a Business. In addition, this violates Facebook’s usage policies and you could be shut down.

By taking simple steps and making the commitment to be involved in social media, you can increase your foot traffic and online sales with social media. It is an investment that is worth the time and effort. As a mountain retailer located in a destination location, social media is even more important for your business! Have some fun and make social media a part of your marketing strategy for 2013.

Use Facebook to share your stories and products and talk with your Fans. It is a proven fact that digital images drive a greater amount of engagement, so post images of products, your staff, your customers in your stores, your pets, everything. Be sure to place the Facebook Logo on all marketing materials and on the

Nancy Kenney is a social media manager for Green Girl Media, LLC, a social media management company. She has managed social networking accounts since 2008, is an active blogger, and consults with businesses on social media best practices. HYPERLINK “http://www.greengirlmedia.biz”

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Shifting to Colorado’s new water paradigm STORY BY DAN BEN-HORIN

Here in Colorado, we give thanks to Mother Nature when she blesses us with plentiful winter snowfall, or with torrential rains during the monsoon season. It has become automatic for us to respond with the cliche, “we sure need the moisture,” after any discussion of a recent storm.

As the seventh driest state in the nation, most areas of the state receive very little precipitation.

Much of Colorado sees under 20 inches of precipitation annually, well below what it requires to support our major cities or robust agricultural community.

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Thankfully, we are blessed with the Rocky Mountains, the geography of our Colorado mountain towns stimulate precipitation in the high country, and to our benefit, many of our mountain areas receive much more than 20 inches of average precipitation per year.

Up high, almost all of this precipitation falls as snow, slowly building as a massive reservoir all winter long, which releases throughout the spring and early summer.

In fact, our total water supplies rely quite heavily on snowmelt runoff. These winter snows carry a heavy burden. As a headwaters state, no major rivers enter Colorado, while water that falls here flows into eighteen states and Mexico. We provide a large percentage of the water supply for the the entire Colorado River Basin, which includes parts of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and California, as well as parts of Mexico. Water means different things to different people, and many interests try to

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get as much of the precious resource as they possibly can.

You may have heard the phrase, “whiskey’s for drinking, water’s for fighting,” in reference to the contentious nature of water in the state. Water, especially in the American West, is our most valuable resource. The Colorado River alone supplies water to more than 30 million people, and irrigates nearly 4 million acres of agricultural land. It is used to grow food and build cities. It provides electricity for our homes and for industry.

Rivers and lakes provide for recreation and countless environmental benefits. It is our most essential natural resource, yet it is at risk. Increasing population, decreasing

stream flows and the uncer tainty of climate change are all driving the recent paradigm shif t in Colorado water. Statewide, many exper ts are beginning to rethink their existing water management strategies, and are looking to ways of better understanding water use. Water in Colorado is under pressure like never before. Demands for water to suppor t population grow th, agriculture, and businesses are increasing, while available water supplies remain static. Conflicts among competing water uses are on the rise, while the health of our rivers is declining. These demands have led many water exper ts to call for action.

“As a headwaters state, no major rivers enter Colorado, while water that falls here flows into eighteen states and Mexico.”

In 2013, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper initiated a statewide water planning effort with an Executive Order that tasked the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) to develop a water plan that represented the state’s water values: “A productive economy that supports vibrant and sustainable cities, viable and productive agriculture, and a robust skiing, recreation and tourism industry; Efficient and effective water infrastructure promoting smart land use; and a strong environment that includes healthy watersheds, rivers, and streams, and wildlife”.

After the largest civic engagement process in the history of the state, the Plan was published this past fall. It intends to reflect our water values and ensure that the state’s most valuable resource is protected and available for generations to come. The Plan outlines eight objectives: To reduce the projected 2050 gap in water supply and demand by as much as 560,000 acre-feet (an acre-foot is a measurement of water equivalent to approximately 325,000 gallons); • To achieve a reduction in municipal and industrial water use by 400,000 acre-feet through conservation measures; • To incorporate water-saving strategies into land-use planning for 75% of Coloradans by 2025; • To maintain an agricultural economy that keeps pace with local, national and global needs; • To attain an additional 400,000 acre-feet of additional water-storage, increasingly utilizing innovative technologies such as aquifer storage and recharge; • To cover 80% of all rivers statewide with stream management plans, and 80% of critical watersheds with watershed protection plans; • To sustainably fund the Plan’s implementation; and, • To improve the level of public awareness and engagement on water-related issues.

In issuing his executive order for the creation the plan, Hickenlooper stated that “every conversation about water should begin with conservation.” The Plan recognizes that all citizens play a role in water conservation. We need to live within our means. As part of the Colorado River Basin’s Implementation Plan, one major theme is to encourage a high level of conservation. Statewide, we have done a remarkable job of reducing water use, with per-capita water use dropping by almost 20 percent over the past decade.

Some municipalities have even cut water use by as much as 30

percent during this time period. Incredible work has been done thus far; we can now build upon what we learned statewide, and make water conservation the new normal.

One of the first steps the state has initiated to create this new ethic is to adopt conservation measures into local planning processes. Many entities in the state are now required to have a specific water conservation plan approved by the Colorado Water Conservation Board. In Garfield and Pitkin Counties, the Roaring Fork Conservancy partnered with the Community Office for Resource Efficiency, Ruedi Water and Power Authority and local municipalities in the Roaring Fork Watershed to develop a regional water efficiency plan. The plan consists of water efficiency plans for Aspen, Snowmass Village, Basalt, Carbondale and Glenwood Springs, as well as a regional plan which applies the common elements of the five individual plans to the watershed.

Plans such as this outline action steps for reaching conservation goals by identifying best practices such as landscape efficiencies, water loss management features, and variable-rate structures. A successful conservation strategy must look beyond past accomplishments and create a specific action plan to meet conservation goals.

The water saving benefits resulting from water efficiency projects are tremendous. Reductions in water demands allow providers to save money on annual operations and maintenance.

Further reductions in municipal water use would provide increased longevity on facilities right here in our communities. In addition to these water supply benefits, we can achieve other benefits, such as an improved environment. Reduced wastewater discharges through indoor water savings can improve water quality and aquatic habitat in our lakes, rivers, and streams.

Conservation also acts as a management tool to buffer against drought. Water providers can store water in a drought reserve as a long-term water conservation effort, and use those reserves during periods of shortages. When we entered the drought period of 2000-2004, both Lake Powell and Lake Mead were completely full. Having reserves allowed us to mitigate the potentially devastating consequences of those dry years.

Currently, those lakes currently sitting at approximately 40 percent of capacity, what would happen if we were to enter into a period of prolonged drought today?

It is now time for us to look past the conservation tools that have been proven to work elsewhere, and begin to innovate new, creative ways to find water savings. Also, it is time to find flexibility in Colorado water law as we currently know it, to allow for a new water future.

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This past spring, Hickenlooper signed into law House Bill 16-05, which will allow for homeowners to store rooftop runoff into one or two 55-gallon barrels for outdoor irrigation use. This has not been the first time that this measure has been brought to the state legislature. There have been several attempts to legalize rainwater harvesting, and each time it has been denied. This year’s legislation has been amended to satisfy several previous objections. Added amendments address data collection on the water quantity impacts of the practice, clarify that collection does not constitute a water right, and provide for a review period.

The passing of this legislation may seem trivial at first glance, for prior to its passing, Colorado was the only state in the nation to ban this practice, but this law marks a significant victory for water conservation. As Colorado faces increased water challenges, an increasing population and a changing climate, an informed public is called upon to find solutions to these challenges. Managing our personal agricultural systems allows us to develop an intimate relationship with the amount of water we use. Residential rain barrels could help citizens better connect to their personal water use. The passing of this law shows that prior appropriation can be a flexible, adaptive water rights system. James Eklund, director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, said the effort could help generate a narrative on water conservation in the West. “The concept of residential rainwater harvesting aligns with the CWCB’s philosophy of promotion of education and water stewardship at a local level.”

Rain barrels have the potential to help citizens gain a greater understanding of how much precipitation we receive, and how much water we actually use. Our water is a precious resource, and rain barrels may be one tool that can help us do our part to use less to meet our growing water needs. The more intelligent we are about our water use, the better we can ensure the sustainability of the resource.

The rain barrel law not only shows that the state is committed to finding solutions to move Colorado forward in a new way of thinking about water, but also shows that we are committed to the implementation of the water plan. This law touches on several of the Plan’s objectives. According to the Plan itself, “Colorado’s Water Plan will expand outreach and education efforts that engage the public to promote well-informed community discourse and decision making regarding balanced water solutions.”

Among all the recent events that have promoted community discourse, no other has been as significant as the Gold King Mine spill this past summer.

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“House Bill 16-05 will allow for homeowners to store rooftop runoff into one or two 55-gallon barrels for outdoor irrigation use.”

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On the morning of August 5, 2015, a team of EPA contractors accidentally released a pool of metal-laden water that has been building up in the Gold King Mine outside of Silverton. Three million gallons of orange-hued water spilled out of the mine into Cement Creek, later flowing into the Animas River to Durango and communities downstream in New Mexico. The incident sparked a national debate on environmental responsibility. In the weeks following the spill, water quality in the Animas River returned to pre-spill levels, but the long-term effects are still to be determined.

Among the most directly impacted were the tourism industry in Durango and other water users downstream in the Navajo Nation.

King disaster may be the increased dialogue on abandoned mines nationwide. In Colorado alone, there are an estimated 23,000 inactive mine sites, many of which are slowly leaking into our rivers and streams. Since the incident, there has been increased interest in Congress to systematically address the environmental impacts of these mines. US Senator Michael Bennet stated, “I think people at the local level understood that this has been an issue for a long time, but I think that this has caught the attention of Congress finally.”

Since the spill, the town of Silverton overwhelming voted in favor of Superfund designation, which they were sharply opposed to prior to the incident. With the designation, comes the possible stigma of an environmental disaster. Town officials felt that this would devastate their tourism industry, but have come full circle after Gold King. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed adding many of the mine sites near Gold King to the National Priorities List, making it eligible for cleanup funding under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund). The preliminary boundaries for the proposal include almost 300 abandoned mines, and the EPA has identified 48 of which as potential sources of contamination. According to the Superfund proposal, the 48 sites discharge 5.4 million gallons of wastewater every day, which is almost twice the amount released during the entire Gold King incident. Superfund would allow for the cleanup of many of the abandoned mine sites in the Silverton area, but is just one of the many areas statewide in need of remediation.

One of the greatest outcomes in the aftermath of the Gold

Statewide cleanup of our mines has support on both sides of the aisle. Bennet, along with state Republicans Cory Gardner and Scott Tipton have revisited Good Samaritan legislation that would provide protection for third-parties who wish to clean up abandoned mines. Tipton first proposed the legislation back in 2013, but renewed attention from this past summer’s events may encourage action. Additionally, this past January, Governor Hickenlooper created the Mining Impacted Streams Task Force, which brings together multiple agencies in the Animas River Basin to take a watershed-scale approach to remediation. The goal is to begin to find innovative ways to clean up our relic mining sites, and to create a template on how to best move forward statewide. Hickenlooper said, “With good people, or good communities, many times bad things do create better conditions.” Hopefully the tragic incident on August 5 will put a spotlight on greater issues.

Our water resources have now taken center stage in public discourse like no other time in history. With the numerous challenges faced, we have an opportunity to collectively find solutions to meet those challenges to ensure the long-term health of our most precious of resources.

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According to a 2013 survey conducted by BBC Consulting, 72% of the population pay more attention now to water-related issues than they did in the past. With a new water plan fresh off the press, and water making headlines daily, we are positioned to make significant changes to how we manage this resource into the future. Water management is not an esoteric operation best left to industry experts, but rather a collective process where we all have control over our own use. As is stated in the Colorado Water Plan, “our water challenges necessitate that we pull together as one, innovate, and become more agile.” The recent paradigm shift in water has created a foundation to move forward into a new water reality right here in Colorado.

Water conservation in the home...

The Middle Colorado Watershed Council works to evaluate, protect and enhance the health of the Middle Colorado River Watershed through the cooperative effort of watershed stakeholders. To learn more, go to http://www.midcowatershed. org. You can also find them on Facebook at http://facebook.com/ midcowatershed.

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Dan Ben-Horin is the Watershed Specialist for the Middle Colorado Watershed Council, a nonprofit watershed group based in Glenwood Springs. When he isn’t wading through streams collecting water samples, he can be found climbing and adventuring in the mountains and canyons of Colorado’s Western Slope.

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Check faucets, pipes and toilets for leaks Use your water meter to check for hidden water leaks Install water-saving shower heads and low-flow faucet aerators Put plastic bottles or float booster in your toilet tank Insulate your water pipes Take shorter showers Turn off the water after you wet your toothbrush Rinse your razor in the sink Use your dishwasher and clothes washer for only full loads Minimize use of kitchen sink garbage disposal units When washing dishes by hand, don’t leave the water running for rinsing Don’t let the faucet run while you clean vegetables Keep a bottle of drinking water in the fridge.

Plant drought-resistant lawns, shrubs and plants Put a layer of mulch around trees and plants Don’t water the street or driveway with your lawn sprinkler Water your lawn only when it needs it Deep-soak your lawn Water during the early parts of the day; avoid watering when it’s windy Add organic matter/use efficient watering systems for gardens and lawns Don’t run the hose while washing your car Use a broom, not a hose, to clean driveways and sidewalks

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STORY BY JIM FELTON

POWELL’S OROGENOUS ZONES Does anything say more about the impudence and selfimportance of our European forefathers than their belief that politics, economics and the straight lines they imposed would trump topography, hydrology, and even meteorology?

That’s why many who would never consider living east of the Eisenhower Tunnel see the Four Corners’ right angles as virtual crosshairs on the West…

Atop that (pun intended) those right angles converge, of ALL places, on the Colorado Plateau, home to some of the most twisted, tufted, shunted and cleaved orogeny on the planet. It’s as though the politicians, generals, railroad magnates, and land speculators looked at the region and, to congratulate themselves for their continental conquest, used state lines as ribbon to wrap up the wildest of the West as a present to themselves.

But then again, what more could one expect from a people whose earlier claim to the domain of the West included the farcical “rain follows the plow” Chamber of Commerce blather to encourage settlement (our first realtors!) of a region happy to get a mere foot of precipitation a year.

Ignorance of what the West was even like was the order of the day. At the most fundamental level, the West wasn’t just different than the east, it was opposite: what ran through the region, water, and what was to be found underneath it, minerals, were most important.

Even then, aside from journals and dispatches from everyone from Lewis and Clark to those from military personnel manning outposts, the leaders of the republic in D.C. had only western Europe and the eastern U.S. as a frame of reference. The West in America was as strange and ominous as Shelley’s Arctic haven for Frankenstein, or Darwin’s new science on evolution.

Remember, we were a busy country back then. Victors over various “Indian” tribes (Kit Carson was old and dying), we had repelled the Spanish, French and English. We had Texas!

But the stain of the Civil War remained. Though over, its wounds festered, Exhibit A being John Wesley Powell’s severed left arm, a casualty of the epic battle of Shiloh. And anyone who knows anything about the Colorado River knows about John

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Wesley Powell. Powell’s trips down the Colorado are forever part of Western lore and legend, but less known is what he proposed in terms of boundary formation in the West, that rivers and watersheds form its boundaries for states and counties. Ten years after his first of two trips, he wrote: “as the Western states were brought into the union they be formed around watersheds, rather than arbitrary political boundaries.” History reminds us that the railroads beat the rivers.

Two weeks- that’s the difference in time between May 10, 1869, when the Golden Spike stitching together the Atlantic and Pacific oceans via railroad at Promontory, Utah (a state named for the Utes driven further west from Colorado) was driven and Powell’s maiden voyage from Castle Rock in the Wyoming Territory on the Green River with nine others to run the Colorado River (six would survive).

The railroad was the final stamp for imposing order on the New Frontier; Washington D.C.’s version of flat earthers prevailed, so Jefferson’s borrowed grid system of townships and sections, i.e. LINES, would stretch from sea to shining sea. Even Summit County, an immense region in the Colorado Territory that made up maybe as much of 20% of Colorado nearly 15 years before statehood, had three straight LONG lines for borders despite the staggering array of mountains and rivers in Colorado’s northwest quadrant.

It’s against this backdrop we have a little fun with some revisionist history, an exercise that begins with “what if…?” So what IF Powell’s vision had instead prevailed over the railroads, miners, carpetbaggers and settlers? John Lavey, a land use planner at the Sonoran Institute, shows us a very different West with his map of Powell’s watersheds-as-borders model.

First, such an idea shows individual states separated by serrated mountain ranges and the rivers they spawned to form topographic palisades. Nine rivers, the Grand, Snake, Missouri, Yellowstone, Columbia, Green, and a second tier of lesser rivers, the Sacramento, San Joaquin, and Gila, would have our western states looking far different than they do today.

The careful reader finds no mention of the Colorado. The main vein of the West was the Grand River until Colorado Congressman Edward Taylor of Glenwood Springs (our first tourist chief!) had it changed in 1921, this despite some from Wyoming and Utah who pointed out that the Green River was longer with

a larger drainage basin above its confluence with the Grand. So when banter around the campfire slows, watch eyebrows arch when mentioning the Colorado River is less than 100 years old.

Were Powell’s vision to have been implemented, Colorado would have won BIG- more mountains (and thus more water) and NO Front Range. Denver and Cheyenne would be in Kansas, and Grand Junction would have been the natural choice for state capital given its central location (sorry Breckenridge- despite claiming an early post office and ingratiating yourself to the “Establishment” by assuming the name of Vice President John Cabell Breckinridge, the Kingdom would just be too far east for state capital. Same for Leadville, once in contention with Denver for the same claim).

Arizona (now home to Las Vegas), Idaho and Utah gain at the expense Montana, Wyoming and Nevada. Montana, in fact, would have had to have been named something else; virtually all of its mountains of today’s borders would have been subsumed by Powell’s Idaho. Oregon is rendered virtually landlocked. Stranger still, Oklahoma emerges to dwarf Texas and battle California for the biggest state in the lower 48, with Idaho not far behind.

As for the Plains states, the Mississippi acts as a black hole. The Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma are all like the trunks of elephants, thinning eastward before diving south in obeisance to Old Man River. Were rivers likewise obeyed to the north and south, borders with Canada and Mexico would mean more West for the U.S. Waterways would supplant walls.

America would be fundamentally different. Not only would everything from a very different population distribution mean a vastly different Congress, but population’s shadows, industry

and agriculture, would be unrecognizable today, as would roads, recreation, Indian reservations, dams, aqueducts and water pacts.

The optimist might take comfort in thinking that our politicians of the day were wise, that, once released from the confines of water and ridgelines the people would, in De Tocquevillian fashion, naturally develop the social and economic ties weaving a commonweal for the West in the face of harsh conditions and vast distances.

The realist might counter by pointing out that Powell’s vision would likely mean that virtually all the resource battles facing the West today might have meant a lot less federal oversight (or, as some term, overreach) and far fewer lawyers. Such natural divisions between states might have meant western states could have enjoyed the true state sovereignty enjoyed by the original 13 states that was to extend to every state formed thereafter (see Resolution of Congress of 1780, noting that new states were to be endowed with “the same rights of sovereignty and independence, free and independence as the other states.” The Articles of Confederation Art. II also ascribes to each state the same sovereign rights as the “originals,” that is, unless articulated by the Constitution, individual states would have sole control of lands within their boundaries).

But Manifest Destiny won over Powell’s Mountains and Gravity.

As for us revisionists, the “what if” scenarios evoked by Powell’s vision would have meant a very different West than we know today, and pulling the thread of thinking along those alternate social, economic, environmental and political possibilities is the Colorado River and its first pilot, John Wesley Powell.

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high altitude H2O FUN We sure do like water.

We ski, ride, skate and snowmobile on it when frozen and rejoice at the waves it creates as it melts each spring and summer. All that snow creates a plethora of watery summer fun.

From white water to flat water there is something for everyone.

Here are a few ideas to help you catch your favorite wave.

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Kimberly catches a wave. Surf is up at Wake in Steamboat Springs.

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WAKE, Steamboat Springs Meet Ben and Kimberly the owners of Wake water sports in Steamboat Springs. Thier love for lake sports created a great opportunity to pursue their passion while assisting folks to have fun on the water. Wake is located in Steamboat Springs where their Centurion Avalanche C4 Wake Board Boat is gassed up and ready to take you out on Stagecoach Lake. They carry the highest quality water based sports equipment for wake boarding/skating, wake surfing, water skiing, tubing, knee boarding and more.

Wakeboard: Already know how to ride? Then hop in the boat and let them provide you with a pull behind one of the best V-drive boats today. Don’t know how? Their goal is to provide you with any and as much instruction as you want. Boards featured are specific to ability level, weight and women’s/men’s specific boards.

Wake Surfing: Come and try one of the fastest growing sports in the industry! Surfing in Colorado is rare but behind their sweet boat you will feel like you’re surfing an endless wave on the ocean.

Wake Skating: This is wakeboarding with attitude! The difference is the “skate” style featured by a shorter board and no bindings. The loose foot system is designed to provide the ability to do “kick flips’ and “olies” while being towed.

Wake is open everyday in the summer and can accomodate up to 8 people per boat. Boats are operated by experienced driver and instruction is top notch.

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Aspen Kayak & SUP Academy, Aspen Have you ever wanted to learn how to Kayak? How about Stand Up Paddleboard? There is a school in the Roaring Fork Valley (Aspen area) that can help you achieve this goal.

Emphasising safety first is the school’s number one goal. Meet Charlie MacArthur and his staff. Charlie has over 20 years of experience on rivers around the world. He has been certifying and coaching students and instructors in the art of river running since 1990. All of his staff are seasoned paddlers who know how to help increase your skills and your confident on the water.

Kayaking is for anyone who can swim ages 12 and up, no prior experience is necessary. The school offers pool classes and full on-river instruction complete with professional gear and equipment. The Academy is not relegated to beginners. Current Kayakers can also learn advanced techniques with Aspen Kayak & SUP Academy. The academy offers the same services for Stand Up Paddleboard enthusiasts as well.

The surrounding environment of the Valley is perfect to learn.

Both the Roaring Fork River and Colorado River are navigated by the Academy’s classes with appropriate stretches of water are selected for your level of experience. Flatwater and Lakes are also utilized in their training courses.

Try Half Day, Full Day and Multi Day Class lessons. Group and Private sessions are also available. Multi-Day expeditions can be reserved on the Green River and Grand Canyon. ACA instructor certification courses are available too.

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RMOC, Salida At RMOC they invite you to customize your own adventure, after all it is your vacation. The trip will then be tailored to your group’s needs and abilities. Choose from any of the activities that we offer and design your perfect trip! Half-day, full-day, and multiday options available. Feel free to combine activities for a full variety of what this region has to offer.

Raft through Colorado’s newest National Monument. This scenic and remote section of river offers one of the most popular rafting trips in the country. Whatever your adventurous heart desires, RMOC can make it happen.

Try the Royal Gorge, rafting this Colorado classic is river rafting at its best. Big rapids, lots of water, and unbelievable views. A great section of river for families or those looking for an introductory trip on milder water is the river around Salida.

It is peaceful and calm as it winds through the mountain filled valley. You can go all out and try The Numbers an action packed section of river that provides non-stop thrills in a high mountain environment. With tight lines and steep drops, you should be prepared for plenty of action as you navigate through granite boulder gardens.

RMOC also offers a top notch paddling school for both the beginner and advanced SUP and Kayaker as well. Call or e-mail them with the details of your perfect adventure and they will promptly compose an itinerary and price quote for your review.

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StandUp Paddle Colorado, Dillon, Frisco, Avon & Bond Stand Up Paddleboard Colorado has a lot going in in a variety of locations. Choose from two different lake locations: Lake Dillon in Dillon, Colorado or Nottingham Lake in Avon. Both offer SUP rentals and lessons.

On Lake Dillon you can choose an all-inclusive clinic/paddle that focuses on instruction and paddling technique or you can do a full tour to the Snake River Inlet or around the islands and then back to the Marina. The tour includes Equipment, Personal Flotation Device, Safety Talk and Paddling Clinic. The pace of the tour is completely up to the paddling ability of the group and conditions on the lake. All tours have Pontoon boat back up in case the weather turns cruddy.

In Avon, they have a wide variety of SUP boards that are sleek and fast, big and stable or enormous and can fit the whole family. Buoys are set up for those inclined to race and also have the latest thing in SUP “SUP Polo.” where you compete on a court in the water in a 3 on 3 match. Check out their daily SUP Yoga Classes and the new SUP Power Paddle fitness classes.

Give the Colorado River a try at their Rio Rancho location in Bond. Full instruction and safety demonstrations are provided from their experienced and professional guides. The Upper Colorado has ideal river sections that can be split according to levels of comfort, safety and athleticism. Everything you need to experience the river tour is provided. This is a very exciting SUP experience.

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Row, Frisco The Frisco Rowing Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and providing the opportunity for people to experience the sport of rowing. We believe the sport of rowing enhances health, and longevity. It provides unique abilities to promote personal and community growth through teamwork, discipline, coordination skills, and physical fitness. We reach out to a wide range of age groups as it a sport that many senior citizens excel in, as well as youth. We are also dedicated to supporting community and environmental organizations in promoting clean water for recreation.

Lessons at the club are given by the staff of Colorado Rowing Camp. The staff of the rowing camp are certified rowing coaches including many elite rowers who have been on the US Rowing National Team and participated in US and international competitions including the Olympics. The program includes: Lessons for beginners from 12 to 90!

Video analysis Physiological analysis and fitness training Altitude training Race strategy and training Rigging Clinic Take a Lesson and learn. Instruction at the club is provided by the staff of Colorado Rowing Camp.

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Sail, Dillon Head to world highest deep water marina. Beginner Intermediate and Private Lessons are available (for adults 18 & older). The sailing school at the Dillon Marina is a certified American Sailing Association (ASA) training facility. We have a friendly and knowledgeable staff who’s love of sailing is sure to inspire even the novice sailor. The private and semi-private lessons can incorporate everything from basic sailing for the novice to brush-ups and sailing varying winds/weather conditions for more advanced sailors.

Would you rather just relax and let someone else do the work? The “Sailing Experience” tour is a two, three or fourhour sail on Lake Dillon. You must be at least 12 years old to participate. Tours are offered for 2 - 5 people per boat. Tours are scheduled on weekdays or before/after scheduled sailing school on the weekend.

Maybe you already know how to sail a boat. Rent a 22’ Catalina. Each of their Catalina’s have a maximum capacity of 6 people and are equipped with a 4-stroke OB motor and a roller furling jib. Rental of any of their sailboats requires sailing certification or the ability to pass a verbal sailing quiz.

So much more is available to the water enthusiast at the Dillon Marina. Call to make reservations to find out more!

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Bring Nature Indoors Water Features for the Home

STORY BY KIMBERLY NICOLETTI Photos by Tom Cole, Architect

Summertime in the mountains draws plenty of homeowners to focus on outdoor living. And, although extending your entertaining area beyond your home’s inner walls is delightful, it’s just as enjoyable to bring a more natural feeling indoors, as well.

Water features, including aquariums, are one essential way to allow nature to inspire you to incorporate the natural element of water indoors. They provide both the soothing effects of moving water and negative ions, as well as more humidity to our dry climate.

Indoor humidity levels should range between 30 to 60 percent, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Running fountains, and even aquariums increases the humidity of dry and cold mountain air. And, unlike a freestanding humidifier, fountains work naturally, which significantly reduces the risk of condensation damage or mildew.

Indoor fountains also emit negative ions, the same ions that

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nature provides through waterfalls in the mountains. Negative ions are believed to produce positive biochemical changes, including: increasing serotonin levels, relieving stress and helping sleep, as well as increasing energy in the daytime. Studies also point to a relief of allergies, as negative ions filter out dander and dust mites.

Indoor water features While most vendors, from Office Max to Bed, Bath and Beyond, can provide a small fountain for a couple hundred dollars, it may be worth digging a bit deeper into local outlets and the internet for a greater variety of floor, tabletop and wall fountains. Sure, a smaller water feature can add a bit of sound and water evaporation, which adds humidity to your home naturally, but larger water features provide that outdoor, natural sound, feel — and even touch — to a much greater extent.

Wall water features act as framed artwork, with frames ranging from copper to modern stainless steel. Lightweight slate backgrounds are popular, as well as a variety of finishes, from marble and Featherstone to hued mirrors.

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Whether wall, floor or tabletop, many water features showcase specific images or abstract art, created from a blend of copper, an acrylic called Lexan, aluminum and other materials.

Some allow LED lighting, which lasts approximately 200,000 hours. That’s a lot of serenity.

Water walls are some of the most eye-catching and aweinspiring. These clear glass fountains, with water running down one side of the panel, reach from floor to ceiling and generally look contemporary, framed perhaps, by black onyx. Maintenance on such a wall requires less than two hours a month. They run on electricity, include their own filtration system and removable rock tray with polished river stones and offer an adjustable flow valve.

Quality indoor fountains are designed to avoid any splash whatsoever, so they can safely be mounted or placed on wood floors to provide a spa-like environment.

Custom water features, designed by architects or other professionals, are also an option, though they require a bit more

planning, depending upon size, location and weight.

For instance, Shepherd Resources, in the Vail Valley, worked on an indoor water feature in Edwards that incorporated a rectangular water feature, complete with a smooth waterfall.

However, most custom indoor water features architects work on currently reside in commercial buildings. Unless it’s an indoor lap pool, most professionals are busy creating outdoor water features.

But that doesn’t mean architects, like Doug DeChant, principal and owner of Shepherd Resources, aren’t up for the challenge.

It’s simply been a matter of focusing on outdoor living, as opposed to bringing more of nature indoors. And yet, it makes sense to bring more natural elements, such as water, or plants, into our mountain homes, with cool mountain evenings and eight to nine (or more) months with temperatures that tend to keep us indoors when we’re entertaining or relaxing after a day playing in the mountains.

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970-948-8722 createorsink@yahoo.com Adding life to water features Aquariums are an often more interesting, albeit, more highmaintenance, way to add an indoor water feature. They create an even more intense focal point to any room.

Research has shown that the swimming and floating motion of fish, in addition to the calming sound of an aquarium lowers blood pressure and calms nerves. In fact, studies have shown that children who suffer from hyperactivity become calmer when viewing an aquarium. And, dental patients allowed to view an aquarium before sitting in the chair required less pain medication during procedures.

Homeowners may choose between saltwater or freshwater tanks. Freshwater tanks tend to get dirtier but are less expensive when it comes to set up and maintenance, says Stephanie Payne, owner of Above Sea Level in Glenwood Springs.

Saltwater, on the other hand, requires more expensive fish and filtration, as well as high output lighting. It’s also a bit pricier because saltwater tanks require adding purified water, such as reverse osmosis water, and in our dry climate, water evaporates quickly. Homeowners must monitor salt and pH levels more diligently than freshwater tanks, “but as far as choosing which one’s better than the other, I prefer saltwater because they maintain themselves a little bit better once you get them in that initial balance, and the fish are much prettier,” Payne says. “You can have live reef shrimp, snails, crabs — the variety is just a lot more exciting in a saltwater aquarium.”

Maintenance includes water changes once or twice a month, depending upon if it’s a saltwater or freshwater tank (the latter requires once a month), but that involves only changing 20 percent to no more than 50 percent of the water at a time — otherwise, it can throw off the natural balance of the aquarium.

Glass cleaning and filtration cleaning or replacing is also necessary.

In addition, aquariums must go through a nitrogen cycle, which takes 3 to 6 weeks initially.

“One thing a lot of people go wrong with in the beginning is they’re constantly changing things and adding things and having their hands in the water,” she says. “I recommend just setting it up and walking away, and all you need to do is feed the fish and do the bare minimum of changes in that initial six months to a year, so the tank can build the biological environment it needs to sustain itself.”

When choosing an aquarium, make a list of what type of fish, and how many, you’d prefer (aquariums for jellyfish also exist, and are quite cool when lit). While tanks come in a variety of sizes, a rectangular tank is the least expensive and simplest to maintain. However, ovals and other shapes add another visual dimension to aquariums.

Other requirements include temperature regulators, lighting, décor to act as hiding spots for aquatic life and more.

While water features provide sound and motion, and some color, depending upon style, aquariums obviously take the level of motion, color and interest up a notch.

“According to many people in Colorado, fish signify cuteness and politeness with their peaceful nature, adding to their charm,” Payne says. “Along with other pets that people love to keep at their homes in Colorado, fish are one of the most favored ones.

They don’t disturb you a lot by roaming around in the house or making any sort of noise to destroy the peace of your life. It just takes a corner of your house’s room along with an aquarium and some accessories for nesting of these loveable creatures.”

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So, whether you lean toward an indoor water feature or a colorful aquarium, take some time this summer to consider how you can bring the inspirational and soothing elements of nature inside your home.

Kimberly Nicoletti is an award-winning writer, with accolades from the Colorado Press Association, Warren Miller/The Ski Journal, and Home Instead. Her work has allowed her to: interview international athletes, musicians, artists, chefs and entrepreneurs; write national travel pieces; review art, theater and dance; create he said/she said movie reviews; cover business and politics; and more.

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Jewelry is an art form we adorn ourselves with to look better and often to make a statement. The jewelry in this article are worn not only for their beauty they tell the story of what that person is passionate about.

Breckenridge has its Original Breckenridge Ring, Vail it’s beautiful Golden Bear. Aspen has their Silver Aspen leaf. Other towns have jewelry pieces too. All are symbols of our commitment to the areas we love the most, all worn with pride and are often envied by others.

vast line of Golden Bear jewelry and gift items.

Skilled metal smiths handcraft the Golden Bears in their Vail studio creating several sizes and styles of pendants, rings, bracelets and earrings. Precious metals such as 14k and 18k yellow and white gold, sterling silver and platinum are used to create their jewelry. Diamonds and other precious stones have been incorporated into the jewelry too.

Today, The Golden Bear is owned and operated

by Kristen Busse. Kristen learned the long-standing traditions of The Golden Bear from Lee for five years before taking the reins. Lee Kirch is still a close friend and advisor to everyone at The Golden Bear. You will find them in the heart of the Vail Village. thegoldenbear.com

Hayes Silver & Goldsmithing Did you know Aspen was a Silver town? Silver was discovered in 1879 by prospectors from the Leadville area and by 1891 Aspen was exceeding Leadville’s output, making the area the world’s leading silver producer during that time. It would only make sense that silver would be the medium Jim Hayes used in creating an icon, the sterling silver Hayes Aspen leaf belt buckle.

Jim Hayes, An early ski pioneer arrived in Aspen in 1949 and set up his first jewelry shop on the corner of Mill and Cooper Streets. After being an avid skier and ski tester for Head he stayed on in Aspen and built up his leaf jewelry, business. Some of his first buckles were made for Gary Cooper and Stein Erickson among others in the dawn of Aspen as a ski town.

Today his belt buckles are a hallmark of local pride. Jim’s daughter, Jess Bates, operates the business and carries on her father’s passion and success. 2013 marks their 64th Anniversary.

All items are handmade, a one of a kind artistic creation, available in Sterling and 18K gold and carry an unconditional lifetime guarantee. Everybody who is anybody in Aspen wears a sterling Hayes Aspen leaf belt buckle. They are Beautiful. hayessilver.com

Vail’s Golden Bear The Golden Bear is cherished and worn by locals, visitors, men and women alike. Lee Kirch, founder of The Golden Bear, created a Vail Valley icon when she opened her Vail Village boutique in 1975. The Golden Bear tradition began with the design of the first Mama Bear pendant. The collection has grown into a

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The Original Breckenridge Ring The expansive layout of the Ten Mile range is unforgettable.

The mountain range begins in Frisco with Peak One and moves north to south where Peaks 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are part of the Breckenridge Ski Resort. Locals are fanatical in their love for this mountain range and ski area. Judy Pollock and Mark Beling owners of J&M Jewelry knew this backdrop would make a beautiful ring, a symbol that Breckenridge locals and lovers could identify with. They commissioned artisan and JA certified Master Jeweler Bill Cronin to create this timeless piece for their shop.

This trademarked and copyrighted piece is a four layered ring consisting of yellow gold with white gold mountains available. Men and women’s sizes are available and can only be found in their gallery of contemporary jewelry on Main Street, Breckenridge. jmjewelrybreck.com

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CANNABIS TOURISM INITIATIVE S STORY BY PHILIP WOLF Colorado is incredibly prosperous. In 2016, it ranked as one of the top states for growth nationally. A huge part of this economic growth is the tourist boom that has occurred over the past couple of years. In 2014, the state experienced a record- breaking 71.3 million tourists, who spent $18.6 billion dollars. This was the fourth year in a row that visitor counts and visitor spending increased and the forthcoming numbers for 2015 will certainly reflect this growth.

This kind of economic stimulation generated from increased tourism in Colorado benefits everyone. In 2014, for the first time ever, Colorado’s tourism-­d ependent businesses generated $1.1 billion in local and state taxes. In addition, tourism supported 155,300 jobs in the state in 2014, a 3.3 percent increase over 2013.

While Colorado still remains America’s number one ski destination, the Denver Metro Area accounted for 50 percent of the state’s travel spending, indicating that their tourists are flocking here for much more than just snow sports and outdoor adventures.

So why are visitors flocking to Colorado? Besides the amazing quality of life, the incredible weather, the outdoor activities, the burgeoning foodie scene and the world­famous micro­b reweries, Colorado is known for its bountiful world­c lass, legal cannabis. Denver specifically, has more marijuana dispensaries liquor stores, Starbucks coffee shops or public schools. In 2015, cannabis sales increased by 42 percent and the Photo by Scott D W Smith state saw $1 billion in legal sales of marijuana.

Despite the coincidence of cannabis legalization in 2012, astronomical cannabis sales, and the consistent growth of Colorado tourism, Colorado tourism offices have not acknowledged or recognized the role cannabis in the overall growth of statewide tourism.

In fact, while the Colorado Tourism Office’s “Good to Know” campaign provides excellent information about cannabis laws and safety regulations, it neglects to directly address cannabis for tourists in their official visitor guide information. Similarly, the Visit Denver website fails to mention anything about cannabis. This lack of acknowledgment is a huge disservice to cannabis tourists who want information about cannabis experiences, tours, and educational components.

However, the exclusion of information about cannabis catered to tourist’s means the Colorado Tourism Office could be missing out on a huge, lucrative opportunity. If Colorado were to acknowledge that it produces world­- class cannabis and boasts a sophisticated Cannabis Tourism Industry, it could increase revenue generation for the entire state, including the rural areas that do not receive as much tourist attention. Also, if Colorado moves quickly to do so, it could stake its claim, diminishing competition from other states like California.

If Colorado communities don’t act now, the Emerald Triangle in California (which is almost guaranteed to legalize recreational use in November) could be the leader in cannabis tourism, which will mean we will miss out on potential billions of dollars in revenue.

Napa Valley alone already generates $1 billion annually in wine tourism. Imagine people traveling to Colorado and taking private transportation from Aspen to Paionia to experience a cannabis tasting, instead of people taking transportation from San Francisco to Napa to do the same.

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“The state of Colorado is seen as the crown jewel among supporters of the global cannabis industry. It is at the forefront of innovative solutions to responsible tourism practices and the continued prosperity of stakeholders such as restaurants, bars, transportation companies and government departments.”

Marty Otañez, Associate Professor in the Anthropology Department at CU Denver To capitalize on cannabis, Colorado wouldn’t have to overtly advertise marijuana, but it should be inviting to cannabis consumers. By being hospitable to cannabis consumers, tourists will choose to come to Colorado, which will generate revenue for an abundance of industries. If tourists are coming to ski, eat, explore the Rocky Mountains or drink craft beers, they can also be informed about cannabis experiences, education and tours.

Conversely, if tourists are coming to Colorado for cannabis, they can also be informed about hiking, rafting, brewery tours and wineries. Also, if Colorado is known for having world­ class cannabis, it will only increase the prominence of our craft beer and agriculture sectors worldwide.

Colorado could be recognized for its agriculture sector as much as it is for the skiing industry.

Fortunately, right now, there is an opportunity to explore how cannabis benefits the Colorado tourism industry and acknowledge its role in an official way.

Currently, the Colorado Tourism Office is undertaking a new state-wide initiative to develop a ‘Toursim Road Map’. This is a great platform for communities throughout Colorado to voice their opinion about the role of cannabis in the tourism industry, but the process is moving fast. Better yet, the state is encouraging your feedback, so please let them know your thoughts!

After the statewide input sessions in June, the Colorado Tourism Office will develop a set of issues to prioritize in September. This time in September will give everyone another opportunity to address the Colorado Tourism Office at public forums throughout the state.

In October and November, they will craft a series of strategies and tactics that speak to these critical issues and identify priorities and a range of entities involved in implementation. In December, they will present a report with recommendations on how to maximize implementation effectiveness and track performance.

Whether you are a fan of Colorado or a proud Coloradoan who agrees that cannabis should be acknowledged by the Colorado Tourism Office, then please follow the steps below and help us fulfill our mission.

You can voice your opinion on the states survey at http:// industry.colorado.com/colorado­tourism­roadmap . If you are interested in joining the initiative contact us, philipwolf@ cultivatingspirits.com Philip Wolf, the “Mastermind behind Cultivating Spirits” -Newsweek 2015, is spearheading the initiative to unite Colorado tourism sectors to include the Cannabis Industry.

High Time’s recently said “Cultivating Spirits has pioneered the emerging cannabis hospitality scene, hosting (Cannabis Pairing) dinners, tours, classes, parties and more” -July 2016 issue

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HIGH ALPINE BRE WING COMPANY GUNNISON

by Holly Resignolo We recently discovered a jewel. Gunnison has their own brewery and it is a wonderful new addition to the town. Located in a turn of the century building located in the central business district of Gunnison this space has gorgeous brick walls and high ceilings with heavy timbered support beams. You cannot help but be drawn in to cool down and take in the local scene while enjoying their fresh brewed beer on tap.

Started by three friends, Jon Brown, Bryan Wickenhauser and Scott Cline, the trio believe that good beer, good food and good music is the key to a well-lived life. It was a longer process than they expected but the Brewery finally was able to start brewing and pouring their own beer. The permitting process is lengthy but it did not deter them. All good things take time and today you can find five beer selections brewed from the areas high alpine fresh water on tap.

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BLACK CANYON STOUT A Chocolate Stout made with insane amounts of caramel and chocolate malts. Dark Chocolate in color with a light tan head for a beautiful presentation. Deliciously rich and complex, yet finishes with a clean and crisp end. Don’t be afraid of the dark!

GREEN GATE IPA A true IPA for hopheads and folks looking to expand their palates with a very special beer. Made with two row, crystal malts and select hop varieties that take the stage. A taste explosion in your mouth.

FREE FALL IMPERIAL IPA At 111 I B U’s o u r I m p e r i a l I PA i s s u re to p l e a s e eve n th e m o s t d i s c e r n i n g h o p h e ad! A s o l i d c a r a m e l m a l t p re s e n c e p rov i d e s th e b a c k b o n e to s u p p o r t th e r i d i c u l o u s a m o u nt of h o p s we ad d e d to th e b e e r. R e s i n o u s a n d p rofo u n d

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GUNNY GOLD KÖLSCH Our Kölsch is brewed using very traditional methods and presents very similar to those you’d drink in Köln, Germany.

Light and crisp with noble hop aroma and flavor. A hit with all beer drinkers!

ANTHRACITE AMBER ALE

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This amber ale is delectably caramelly and finishes with a light citrus flavor due to the Cascade hops used in the brewing process.

Pizza and appetizers match perfectly with the beer selections the group has crafted. A lengthy selection of appetizers greet you on their menu offering five different fresh salad selection, green lip mussels and bruschetta. A wonderful wood fired oven can be seen roasting these delicacies to perfection.

Choose from their traditional selections like the Margherita with California extra virgin olive oil, grape tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, fresh basil and balsamic reduction and the Mountaineer with red sauce, pepperoni, Italian sausage and mushrooms. On the unique side of their offerings, you will find The Quattro Funghi with ricotta cream sauce, mushroom blend, 4 cheese blend and fresh julienned spinach or The Guadalupe bbq sauce (a family recipe), all-natural chicken, bacon, red onion, gorgonzola, 4 cheese blend and chopped parsley.

A lineup of live music is scheduled all summer long and is affiliated with the iBar Ranch and their concert series. Local and regional bands are lined up to perform each weekend including some unique performances associated with eCRested Butte Music Festival. With roll up doors that bring the fresh air in and the sweet vibes out make this a Gunnison Valley must do.

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Ranch House Restaurant Devils’ Thumb Ranch

by Claudia Carbone

Ranch vacations are like cruise ships. Once there, you are a captive audience, so the food better be captivating too. The owners of Devil’s Thumb Ranch, Bob and Suzanne Fanch, know this and have made every effort to make dining there a unique and memorable experience.

Ranch House Restaurant is one of four dining rooms at the 6,000acre spread in Grand County. It’s considered “fine dining,” but you won’t find white tablecloths and crystal. It’s at a ranch, after all, with its own kind of rustic refinement, welcome-home feeling and fascinating history.

Sitting on a former stage coach trail, the restaurant was an old homestead cabin built in 1937 by Margaret Radcliffe who owned and operated a dairy on the property. Long before that, Native Americans hunted and fished the area, leaving behind arrowheads as a reminder. It was the natives, legend says, who named the rock outcropping jutting high above the Ranch Creek Valley “Devil’s Thumb.” They left the thumb exposed to remind them of the savagery of war after they buried the devil to mark the end of their warring ways.

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In harmony with its rich traditions, the Fanchs have made awardwinning Ranch House Restaurant a special place for Rocky Mountain dining. So special that people living in the region, not just ranch guests, have made it their place to dine on important occasions. They come for the hearty, comforting ranch food that’s called New American Mountain Cuisine and for the impeccable service of a Wine Spectator “Best of Award of Excellence” restaurant.

“People come here for the ranch element,” said Executive Sous Chef Andrew Aghajanian. “We serve food you would find on a ranch like elk, lamb, trout and our signature Wagyu beef raised right here on the property.” Foodies know Wagyu cattle yields the finest quality beef in the country, praised for its intense marbling that produces a rich flavor and higher percentage of omega-3 and -6 fatty acids than typical beef. Ranch House serves it as New York, Filet Mignon and Rib Eye cuts, plus Steak Tartare and Burgers. It also comes as Carpaccio for an appetizer.

Produce is more of a challenge at 8500 feet. Though the growing season in Grand County is short, lettuce, herbs and garnishes grow happily in DTR’s own garden, which they have expanded this

past spring. The high altitude yields a resilient nutrient-dense crop of lettuce with a unique flavor and quality. The rest of the produce comes from local farms, and fish is flown in from sustainably farmed fisheries.

Chef celebrates summer in the mountains with Spring Vegetables alongside hummus, Spring Onion Vegetable Soup, Live Butter Leaf Salad, Heirloom Tomato Salad and Roasted & Pickled Beet Tasting, another staple also on the winter menu.

Chef Andrew is a big proponent of the Slow Food Movement that believes food should be grown and bought locally, cleanly prepared with care for the environment, and consumed with appreciation.

“I believe in keeping alive old world recipes and preservation techniques,” said Chef Andrew, who cures the meat in-house. “I like handling food without chemicals and preservatives. And, if I serve a bone on a plate, I want the guest to gnaw on it and ask for a paper napkin.”

DTR is lucky to have its own pastry chef, Natalie Basarov, who makes everything from muffins to mousse from scratch for all the ranch eateries. Raised on a ranch in New Mexico and working as a pastry chef in Santa Fe, Basarov learned the secrets to high-altitude baking. Her creations are variations of the classics.

I didn’t see anyone gnawing on bones, but I did notice a lot of orders of Bacon-Wrapped Elk, one of the staples on the menu. This dish comes with fennel fronds for a hint of licorice and sides of garlic peas, grilled watermelon and artisan potato purée.

Smoked Chicken & Wild Mushrooms add an earthy flavor to the Risotto made creamy with goat cheese and topped with fresh asparagus.

“I like home style with a bit of a twist,” she said about her Blueberry Ricotta Bread Pudding made with leftover corn bread crowned with basil ice cream and decorated with fresh blueberries and Chantilly cream. Her signature creation “Sir Lawrence William,” named for her chocolate-loving father, is a gooey brownie wearing a coat of chocolate coconut ganache topped with homemade pecan praline ice cream and sprinkled with pecan brittle.

Find menus on the website, then make it your next special place. www.devilsthumbranch.com

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FARM TO TABLE

Vail Farmer’s Market Dinners Story by Pepper Hamilton . Photos by Linda Watts

The Vail Farmers’ Market and Art Show has been producing a Farm To Table dinner series featuring award-winning local chefs and farmers from the region in three dinners throughout the summer in beautiful Vail, Colorado. We had a chance to attend one of their delicious events this past summer and LOVED it!

The Farm to Table Dinners have taken place June 25, July 22 and will be holding their last dinner August 12 in the Vail Village Plaza from 5:30-8:30 pm. Top local chefs will participate at each event and partner with local farmers

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to showcase and celebrate summer’s freshest local ingredients.

The dinner series has included Executive Chef Jay McCarthy from The Vail Chophouse and acclaimed chefs from LaTour, Flame and bol. Colorado Wines will be featured throughout the series starting on June 26 with Sutcliffe Vineyards named one of America’s 500 Best Wine Producers’ by Food & Wine Magazine.

Additionally, local farms and vendors from the Vail Farmers’ Market that have been highlighted in past

dinners include Clarke Family Orchards, Eat a Peach Farm, Wynn Farm, Harvest Colorado, Jumpin’ Good Goat Dairy, Smith Livestock and more.

Their first dinner menu for June 25 will be created by Vail Chefs and visiting Sister City Chefs of San Miguel Mexico. Join Executive Chef Shawn Miller from Terra Bistro for appetizers, San Miguel Chefs Chef Zamora Larios and Chef Masterson for the side dishes and entree and Executive Chef Julian Smith from bōl for dessert.

“The Vail Farmers’ Market is an iconic event in Vail throughout

the summer and we’re thrilled to offer the Farm to Table Dinner Series again. The dinner celebrates Vail’s most talented chefs and farmers with a sampling of the freshest local ingredients,” said Angela Mueller, Executive Director of the Vail Farmers’ Market. “Each dinner will be its own special experience where guests can learn about local harvests and savor the fine art of our local chefs.”

Tickets for each Farm to Table Dinner are $75.00 per person plus a service charge.

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THE WARMING HUT

Story by Pepper Hamilton You will not want to miss stepping into the Warming Hut Restaurant when visiting Breckenridge. The Warming Hut feels like you’re arriving at someone’s cosy Victorian home and in many ways you are. Stacey Brooks, the owner of the Warming Hut welcomes everyone sincerely upon arrival and her highly attentive staff treat you like you’re a favourite relative visiting for a holiday.

The brightly painted establishment with large windows, that still houses glass from the late 1800’s, remind you a little of grandma’s, but the chic and eclectic furnishings with a great collection of paintings keep the look updated and fresh. Seating is plentiful and would be a great spot for a group celebration or party.

As you might presume, the restaurant has a selection of wonderful comfort food. Their Three Cheese Mac and Cheese is warm, creamy and fulfilling.

The meatloaf too gets great compliments.

It is summer and for those of you trying to stay swimsuit fit then you will welcome the fresh menu, it is light but satisfying and delicious.

The Nosh, Nibbles and Starter apps offer a selection of small plate dishes. We love the Falafel Lettuce Wraps and the Warm Brussel Sprouts with Pork Belly.

The Supper menu changes with the season and has an abundance of meat, fish and vegetarian options along with a fantastic artisan sausage trio entree to choose from. They offer outstanding

salads for both lunch and dinner. During a recent luncheon, we ordered the Summer Strawberry & Burrata Salad. It arrived at the table with a healthy portion of fresh arugula, spinach, tomato and strawberries drizzled with a balsamic reduction and topped with a beautiful, locally crafted Burrata. It was idyllic.

The back of the establishment has a wonderful shaded patio that offers great views of the ski area and a casual, relaxed atmosphere to compliment their amazing Happy Hour Specials. The Warming Hut has some very reasonably priced food and cocktail choices on the Happy Hour menu.

On Sunday’s their Brunch is a treat.

Pretty tables adorned with flowers and a menu everyone will love is served from 10am to 2pm. From the basic Egg, Bacon and Potato breakfast to Quiche and a great spin on Eggs Benedict, we highly recommend a brunch date with your friends and family. The bottomless Mimosa offering makes this an even sweeter treat.

To top it off the restaurant has received a ton of awards and accolades. We certainly know why and give it our shout out from the mountain top - this restaurant is great!

207 N Main Street Breckenridge

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Teocalli Tamale

Refuel after your adventures in Crested Butte

by William Dujardin If you’ve been to Crested Butte and haven’t been to Teocalli Tamale yet, you’re kind of blowing it. A Crested Butte staple since the early 2000s, “Teo” has been dishing out burritos, tacos, tamales, and margaritas right on Elk Ave that keep patrons coming back whatever the season. While it can suffice simply as a delicious, quicker, and cheaper option amongst Crested Butte’s variety of awesome food, it also doubles as a vital refueling stop after the day’s adventures have burned your calories. It’s not like your in Crested Butte to just “Netflix and Chill,” right?

In the summer, there are high chances you’ll be biking, hiking, out on the river, or whatever you came to do and you’ll be “starving” when you get back to town. Teo is the answer.

The locals tend to order Mike’s Mexolina in a burrito or taco form. That’s the shredded beef. You won’t see the double decker taco on the menu but if you get that with guacamole, sour cream, or queso as the glue between your hard and soft tacos you’ll likely be a happy camper. If you’re hungry, you can even get a tamale in your burrito, but that’s for serious eaters, only. With the standard salsa options where the Verde might be king, there are tons of ways to modify your tortilla options with black or pinto beans, chicken, steak, fajita veggies, potatoes, and even Thai or pesto. Yes, you want cheese, lettuce, and cilantro.

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The fish tacos are worth the extra 5-minute wait on the grill if you’re into Mahi Mahi.

Maybe the best part is getting to meet the friendly Teo staff.

They’re eager to hear about what you’ve been up to because they probably just got back from a bike ride before their shift themselves or are itching to get out after their shift to enjoy the various Crested Butte recreational activities. They know that serving up Teo at the “The Taco Palace,” a local alias, is not just a source of valuable income but an honor bestowed upon those only worthy enough. It might get a little hectic in the summer if the line is to the door, which can happen, but the Teo staff is battle-tested and is stoked to get good food in your belly.

There are good vibes at Teocalli Tamale, easily enhanced with their tasty margaritas, Mexican beer, and beverage options. You’ll find light Mexican décor and see a few posters on the wall chronicling deep powder days of past winters when Teo stays closed until noon due to the 6” rule. The small, red building is located on the sunny side of Elk Ave in between 4th and 3rd and outside seating can be a hot commodity. You’ll be coming back; don’t say we didn’t warn you. teocallitamale.com

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American style dining with a little Colorado flavor.

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When the occassion calls, our beautiful dining room serves the finest aged beef and fresh wild game in our landmark downtown restaurant. But not every day requires such a grand presentation. For those other dining days, we welcome you to the hospitality of our Saloon and its Small-Plates Menu, well stocked bar and casual setting.

Dining out tonight? We are here to serve you.

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We doubled the size of our patio with 10 Mile Range views Open Everyday for Lunch, Happy Hour and Dinner Happy Hour Specials: 2 for 1 Wine, Beer & Cocktails 3-5:30pm everyday SUNDAY BRUNCH: 10am-2pm $10 Bottomless Mimosas The Perfect Venue for Weddings, Parties, Luncheons & Business Meetings

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THE SOUNDS OF SUMMER MUSIC F E S T I VA L S c o l o r a d o

Do you hear it? There is music everywhere. Rock and Roll, Bluegrass, Classical, Country, you name it musicians are singing sweet serenades in every town this summer.

Summer Concert series have incredible lineups for you to enjoy. and most are FREE!

Ranch is a treat. Set under a huge open air barn enjoy Burgers & Brews on Tuesdays and Classic Colorado concerts on Thursdays.

Some serious headliners are lined up to play in this beautiful setting.

Dillon - Head to the Dillon Amphitheatre for their Summer

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Gunnison - The Gunnison Summer Concert Series at the iBar

MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR DILLON DILLON AMPHITHEATRE

Concert Series, Friday and Saturday nights, June 24th - Sept.

10th, 7pm. A great lineup of music including Bon Fire Dub and the Samples are scheduled this year.

Vail

- The Live! from Mt. CB music series will return for the summer of 2016 with an exciting lineup of amazing musicians. Join them Wednesday evenings for free music at the base of Mt. Crested Butte.

Free Concerts Fridays & Saturdays 7PM-9PM Snowmass -Enjoy some incredible free live music concerts June 13 – September 6 as part of the Snowmass Summer of Free Music Series. These community events lure families and friends byCountry the thousands6PM to Dance Nights - Tuesday Night Swing & Wednesday Night picnic in the sun and enjoy the tunes.

Suggested Donation $5

- Hot Summer Nights starting mid-June runs throughout the summer months on Tuesdays at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater in Vail. This venue is a beautiful outdoor theater with sheltered seating.

Frisco - Head to Frisco’s Historic Park on Thursdays, June 23

– August 18 from 5:30pm – 7:30pm. Some great regional bands have been booked for you to enjoy on the grass. Refreshments will be available for purchase to benefit the local non-profit designated for the evening.

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Fruita - Each Thursday evening at 7:30 PM grab a chair and a blanket for free music a chair or blanket for the Thursday in the Park Concert Series in the Fruita Civic Center Park.-

- Beginning atSailing the end of June on Wednesdays head Boat Rentals, Sunset Sailing Tours, Telluride ASA certified to Mountain Village for watching breathtaking sunsets and great School & Stand-Up Paddle Rentals.

Steamboat Springs - A line-up of national acts willBoard be free music. The concerts take place outside in the Sunset Plaza playing at the base of Howelson Hill. This summer. Most concerts from 6-8pm.

970-468-5100 are held on Saturdays. The Keeping It Free Concert Series has great lawn seating, beer and food.

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BY PEPPER HAMILTON

Come with your appetite! Cooking Competitions, Wine and Beer Tastings, Foraging Instruction, Cooking Demonstrations and more. There is some yummy food being served up this summer!

MAC & CHEESE FEST

This cheesy festival will have chefs vying for the title of “Best Mac and Cheese in Summit County” and a $1,000 cash prize. The weekend includes a 5k, mac & cheese sampling, eating contest, free kid’s activities, live music and more. July 16, Copper Mountain.

CRESTED BUTTE FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL

Featuring a selection of seminars, fine dining winemaker dinners, and more, there is something for everyone. The signature event, the Grand Tasting, presents over 500 select wines from 25 wineries and distributors, food demonstrations, and more. July 28 through the 31st, Crested Butte.

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KING BOLETUS MUSHROOM FESTIVAL

TASTE OF THE VALLEY

Learn how to locate, identify and prepare mushrooms. Featuring a twoday seminar with classroom and field instruction. August 27 and 28 in Buena Vista.

Chefs, Farmers, Distilleries, Breweries, Juice Shops, Coffee Roasters and makers of delicious food products are brainstorming the best bites and cooking demonstrations to make the Roaring Fork Valley proud. Come enjoy September 17th in Carbondale.

PALISADE PEACH FESTIVAL

TOUR DE VINEYARDS

Palisade is ripe for a sweet and juicy Peach Festival! Event activities are packed tight like a jar of peach preserves and include orchard tours, fruit stands, games and contests, vendors, live music and food – including a Feast in the Field five-course meal. Aug. 19 through 20, Palisade..

The Crawlin’ to a Cure event gathCome join this fun, “laid back”, 25-mile ride for a great way to celebrate the start of fall through Colorado’s Wine Country (on paved roads with a few hills). The event is located in the Grand Valley on the Western Slope and gives cyclists an opportunity to pass by the area’s wineries, as well as acres of vineyards and fruit orchards.

September 17th, Grand Junction.

CastleSummer Creek Guitar Co. Concert Series at the

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Opening Act The English Brothers

Bellamy Brothers

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Cory Morrow Band

Opening Act Cameran Nelson Band A Cattleman’s Day Concert 6

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Gunnison Ranchland Conservation Legacy’s 20th Anniversary Event 6

Boulder Canyon Band

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Juice Newton The Flying Burrito Brothers Shawn Colvin

Gates/bar open at 5:00p.m. Rotating local Gunnison Valley restaurants will provide dinner a la carte starting at 6:00p.m.

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Whitewater Ramble Front Country Ragged Union Jonathan Byrd Mipso Free The Honey Colin Lake Kids of the Gunnison Valley Gypsy Moon Tony Furtado

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MISH AWA K A 100 YEARS One of Colorado’s most well-known and beloved outdoor music venues, Mishawaka, celebrates its 100-year anniversary this year. The owners are hosting events now through September that correspond with key dates in the venue’s fascinating history, which started with musician/ motorcycling adventurer Walter Thompson who built the venue by hand. The video “Long Live the Mish” which goes through the venue’s early history, was just released a few days ago.

The full season lineup — revealed mid-April — includes some fantastic bands: California Honeydrops, Jonny Lang, Xavier Rudd, Rusted Root, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Ryan Bingham, Band of Horses, Keller Williams and more.

Odell Brewing Co is releasing a signature seasonal named after the venue, Mishawaka Ale, at the annual season kickoff concert on May 14,

Head for the Hills Pickin’ on the Poudre. (Of note is it’s also Red Rocks 75th anniversary this year, so maybe there’s a fun roundup story there).

The Mish is part of a bigger story about the Fort Collins music scene and how much it’s grown and continues to grow. The 8th annual FoCoMX just took place and featured more than 250 bands at more than 20 downtown venues.

Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest, a free, three-day festival, returns to Fort Collins Aug. 12-14. The all-Colorado lineup includes 83 bands and three national headliners with Colorado roots. The lineup will be announced in mid June.

Bohemian Nights is also behind Fort Collins’ new Music District, a dynamic gathering hub, workspace and creative playground for the music community. One building will be a hub of music-related businesses, organizations and incubators. These

will connect to the programming and services in an adjacent building with rehearsal spaces, workshops, teaching rooms, a music library and resource room, performance and meeting spaces, rental equipment and more.

There are also three new biggercapacity music venues on the horizon: The Bohemian Foundation (which also owns the Armory) is turning Washington’s Bar & Grill into a new 750-seat venue; The Gardens on Spring Creek has an initial green light from the city’s planning and zoning board for a 1,500-capacity outdoor performance area; and north of Fort Collins, Mountain Whitewater Descents, a whitewater rafting company, plans to expand Paddler’s Pub to create a 1,200-capacity music venue.

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events calendar SUMMER 2016 June June 13 – 15, 2016 Ride the Rockies, Copper Mountain June 14 – 27, 2016 Farmers Market, Silverthorne June 14, 2016 GRFA: Hot Summer Nights, Vail

June 18 – 19, 2016 DOCNA 2014 Dog Agility Western Regional Trials, Carbondale

June 16, 2016 Odell Brewing Company Summer Concert Series, Winter Park

June 18, 2016 Alpenglow Zip Tour, Devil’s Thumb Ranch

June 17, 2016 Late Night Asian Speakeasy, Aspen/Snowmass

June 18, 2016 Durango Motor Expo, Durango

June 17 – 18, 2016 Reds, Whites & Brews Festival, Avon

June 18 – 19, 2016 Estes Park Marathon & Half, 10K, 5K and Kids Fun Run Festival, Estes Park

June 16, 2016 Heritage Fire, Aspen/Snowmass

June 17 – 19, 2016 Altitude Anonymous, Copper Mountain

June 18, 2016 2016 Bacon Burner 6k, Frisco

June 16, 2016 Wild West Rodeo Series, Carbondale

June 17, 2016 Oh My Gawd Rodeo, Dumont.

June 18 – 20, 2016 Leadville Trail Marathon & Heavy Half, Leadville

June 17 – 18, 2016 Colorado BBQ Challenge, Frisco

June 18, 2016 La Sportiva Summer Solstice Trail Run, Vail

June 15, 2016 True West Rodeo, Durango

June 16, 2016 Crested Butte Film Festival: Crested Butte

For a complete list and details on Colorado Mtn Town Events visit our website!

MtnTownMagazine.com June 16, 2016 Colorado BBQ Challenge Kick-off Concert, Frisco June 16 – 19, 2016 Country Jam USA Music Festival, Grand Junction June 16, 2016 Mountain Air Music Series, Ouray June 16 – 19, 2016 IBArk – Whitewater Festival, Salida June 16 – 19 2016 Rocky Mountain Mustang Roundup, Steamboat Springs 80

June 16 – 19, 2016 43rd Annual Bluegrass Festival, Telluride

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June 17 – 19, 2016 19th Annual Strawberry Days, Glenwood Springs June 17 –September 8, 2016 Grand Junction Rockies Baseball, Grand Junction June 17 – 19, 2016 2nd Annual Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Rally, Idaho Springs June 17 – 19, 2016 River Run Merchant Tent Sale, Keystone June 17 – 19, 2016 North Fork Uncorked, North Fork Valley June 17, 2016 Slide & Slip, Silverthorne June 17 – 19, 2016 44th Annual King of the Mountain Volleyball Open, Vail June 18, 2016 Grand Cochon, Aspen/Snowmass

June 19, 2016 Father’s Day Celebration, Keystone June 19, 2016 Vail Farmers’ Market & Art Show, Vail June 20 – 24, 2016 13th Annual AREDAY Summit, Aspen/Snowmass June 20, 2016 Alpenglow Outdoor Concert Series, Crested Butte June 20, 2016 Summer Solstice and Full Moon Party at Ten Peaks, Mt. Crested Butte June 20 – 22, 2016 Vail Lacrosse Tournament, Vail June 21, 2016 Kidtopia Kid’s Discovery Days, Keystone

June 21, 2016 GRFA: Hot Summer Nights, Vail June 22 – 26, 2016 Breckenridge Bike Week, Breckenridge June 22, 2016 Wild West Rodeo Series, Carbondale June 22, 2016 True West Rodeo, Durango June 23, 2016 Free Music Series, Aspen/ Snowmass June 22, 2016 Bikes, Burgers and Beers, Silverthorne

June 24 – 26, 2016 Scandinavian Midsummer Festival, Estes Park June 24 – 26, 2016 14th Annual Gunnison River Festival, Gunnison June 24, 2016 Rapid Grass BlueGrass Festival, Idaho Springs June 24 – 25, 2016 BBQ and Brew Festival, Leadville June 24, 2016 Official Lift Opening for Downhill Mountain Biking, Powderhorn June 24 – 26, 2016 24th Salida Art Walk. Salida

June 23, 2016 Beaver Creek Rodeo, Traer Creek

June 24 – 26, 2016 Vail Arts Festival, Vail

June 23, 2016 Wild West Rodeo Series, Carbondale

June 24, 2016 Vail Summerfest, Vail

June 23 – 26, 2016 CB Bike Week, Crested Butte

June 25, 2016 Snowmass Loop Mountain Bike Fondo, Aspen/Snowmass

June 23, 2016 Concert in the Park Series, Frisco

June 25 – 26, 2016 CoverRock Tribute Festival, Avon

June 23 – September 15, 2016 Downtown Farmers Market, Grand Junction

June 25, 2015 Ride for the Child Sopris Century Bike Ride, Carbondale

June 23, 2016 Mountain Air Music Series, Ouray

June 25, 2016 Saturday Night Campfire and Fireworks – ALL SUMMER! , Copper Mountain

June 23, 2016 Summer Evening Family Fun, Silverthorne June 23 – 26, 2016 Telluride Wine Festival, Telluride June 23 – 26, 2016 Bravo! Vail, Vail June 23, 2016 Odell Brewing Company Summer Concert Series, Winter Park June 24-25, 2016 15th Annual Sopris Music Fest, Carbondale June 24, 2016 Oh My Gawd Rodeo, Dumont

June 25 – August 20, 2016 Crested Butte Music Festival, Crested Butte June 25 – 26, 2016 Gravity Slave, Crested Butte June 25 – 26, 2016 Scandinavian Midsummer Festival, Estes Park June 25, 2016 Timberline Cruiser Regatta, Frisco June 25, 2016 Slacker Half Marathon, Relay and 4 Mile Races, Georgetown

June 25 – 26, 2016 Blue Ribbon Bacon Tour, Keystone June 25, 2016 MD Bluegrass Band, Leadville June 25 – 26, 2016 Scandinavian Midsummer Festival, Estes Park June 25, 2016 8th Annual Ridgway RiverFest, Ridgway June 25 – 26, 2016 14th Annual Blues from the Top, Winter Park June 25 – July 3, 2016 Vail Lacrosse Shootout, Vail June 25 – August 8, 2016 Vail Family Fun Fest, Vail June 25 – 26, 2016, Winter Park 14th Annual Blues from the Top June 26, 2016 Great American Lager Festival, Purgatory June 26, 2016 Vail Jazz @ The Market, Vail June 26, 2016 Vail Jazz @ Sweet Basil, Vail June 27, 2016 Alpenglow Outdoor Concert Series, Crested Butte June 28, 2016 Kidtopia Kid’s Discovery Days, Keystone June 28 – July 4, 2016 Telluride Plein Air Festival, Telluride June 28, 2016 GRFA: Hot Summer Nights, Vail June 29, 2016 Music Experience Concert Series & Free Outdoor Yoga, Beaver Creek June 29, 2016 True West Rodeo, Durango June 29 – July 27, 2016 Powerade Pinnacle Mountain Bike Race Series, Mt. Crested Butte mtntow nm a ga zi ne. com | S U MME R 2 0 1 6

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June 29, 2016 Live From Mt. CB Concert Series, Mt. Crested Butte June 29, 2016 Summer Bluegrass Series, Vail June 29 – July 6, 2016 Bravo! Vail, Vail June 30 – July 3, 2016 Wanderlust Festival, Aspen/ Snowmass June 30, 2016 Free Music Series, Aspen/ Snowmass June 30, 2016 Wild West Rodeo Series, Carbondale June 30, 2016 Concert in the Park Series, Frisco June 30, 2016 Mountain Air Music Series, Ouray June 30 – July 4, 2016 Five Fabulous Days in Salida, Salida June 30, 2016 Beaver Creek Rodeo, Traer Creek June 30, 2016 Odell Brewing Company Summer Concert Series, Winter Park

July July 1, 2016 Free Music Series, Aspen/ Snowmass July 1, 2016 15th Annual Mt. Sopris Music Fest, Carbondale July 1, 2016 First Friday Art Walk, Carbondale July 1-2, 2016 Family Adventure Quest, Copper Mountain July 1 – 4, 2016 Independence Day Celebration Weekend, Copper Mountain

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July 1 – 3, 2016 1st Annual Wild West Fermentation Fest, Glenwood Springs

July 4, 2016 Independence 5K Race, Buena Vista

July 1 – 4, 2016 70th Annual Cherry Days, Paonia

July 4, 2016 4th of July Parade & Community Celebration, Carbondale

July 1, – 4, 2016 Art on the Mountain, Steamboat Springs

July 4, 2016 4th of July Celebration, Clear Creek County

July 1, 2016 First Fridays Art Walk & Music, Gunnison

July 4, 2016 Fourth of July Celebrations, Crested Butte and Mt Crested Butte

July 2, 2016 Free Music Series, Aspen/ Snowmass July 2, 2016 33rd Annual Mountain Mania Car Show, Buena Vista July 2, 2016 Hazel Miller Band, Leadville

July 4, 2016 Alpenglow Outdoor Concert Series, Crested Butte July 4, 2016 Independence Day BBQ, Devil’s Thumb Ranch

July 2 – 3, 2016 Mountain Biking Kick-Off Event Weekend Party, Powderhorn

July 4, 2016 NRO 4th of July Concert, Dillon July 4, 2016 Frisco’s Fabulous 4th of July, Frisco

July 2, 2016 American Rockers Festival, Purgatory

July 4, 2016 Fourth of July Celebration, Glenwood Springs

July 3, 2016 30th annual “Salute to the USA”, Avon

July 4, 2016 Mt. Evans Freedom Run, Idaho Springs

July 3, 2016 Founders Day, Frisco

July 4, 2016 4th of July River Run Bike Parade, Keystone

July 3, 2016 3rd of July Fireworks Show, Fruita July 3, 2016 Vail Jazz @ The Market, Vail July 3, 2016 Vail Jazz @ Sweet Basil, Vail July 4, 2016 Independence Day Celebration, Beaver Creek July 4, 2016 4th of July, Breckenridge July 4, 2016 4th of July Celebrations, Buena Vista

July 4, 2016 Independence Day Celebration, Leadville July 4, 2016 Old Fashioned Fourth of July, Ouray July 4, 2016 Celebrate 4th of July, Pagosa July 4, 2016 4th of July Celebration, Palisade July 4, 2016 4th of July Celebrations, Salida July 4, 2016 Kids Fishing Derby, Salida

SUMMER 2016

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS June 26, July 17, August 21 MOVIES ON THE WATER Dillon Amphitheatre, 8:00pm

July 4 – INDEPENDENCE DAY NRO 10am Air Force Academy Band 7pm Bike Parade & Ice Cream Social Dillon Amphitheatre

July 15-17 – LAKE DILLON ARTS FESTIVAL Village Place & Schroeder Avenue July 15, 9:00am – 5:00pm July 16, 10:00am – 5:00pm July 17, 11:00am – 4:00pm August 13 – VUELTA A DILLON The Prestige Imports Vuelta a Dillon 90-mile, 60-mile, or 20-mile fondo style road event. Vueltafondo.com

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June 10 – September 16 | Fridays, 9:00am – 2:00pm Enjoy the harvests of the season with Colorado grown, farm fresh fruits, veggies, baked goods, free kids activities, & live music with amazing views.

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WOMEN (AND WINE) ON THE WATER July 20, August 17 | 5:30pm Enjoy a 1-1/2 hour guided, pontoon tour with other women in the community. $45 per person

ANNUAL MARINA MUTT SHOW September 5, 2:00 – 4:00pm Trot on down to the Dillon Marina for the furriest event of the summer!

DILLON OPEN REGATTA August 6 & 7

106° WEST TRIATHLON Half & Quarter Distance

LET’S GO BOATING August 27 & 28 | 10:00am – 5:00pm Benefitting L.A.P.S., League for Animals & People of the Summit. $20 adult / $10 child

BOAT TOURS Tuesdays & Thursdays Enjoy a 1-1/2 hour pontoon boat tour. $30 adult / $15 child

DANCE NIGHTS

Sunset Swing Dancing & Lessons* June 14 – August 23, Tuesdays 6:00pm

Country Dancing & Lessons with Tex DeGarie* June 15 – August 25, Wednesdays 6:00 pm *Suggested Donation $5

Please leave all alcohol and furry friends at home for amphitheatre and Farmers Market events.

July 4, 2016 July 4th Celebration, Steamboat Springs July 4, 2016 Vail America Days, Vail July 4, 2016 4th of July Celebration, Winter Park July 4, 2016 Village Uncorked! Wine, Art, and Cheese Festival, Winter Park July 4, 2016 Rendezvous Run for Independence, Winter Park July 5, 2016 Movies Under the Stars, Beaver Creek July 5, 2016 Kidtopia Kid’s Discovery Days, Keystone July 5, 2016 GRFA: Hot Summer Nights, Vail July 6, 2016 Music Experience Concert Series & Free Outdoor Yoga, Beaver Creek July 6, 2016 True West Rodeo, Durango July 6 – 11, 2016 Rooftop Rodeo, Estes Park July 6, 2016 Powerade Pinnacle Mountain Bike Race Series, Mt. Crested Butte July 6, 2016 Live From Mt. CB Concert Series, Mt. Crested Butte July 6, 2016 Summer Bluegrass Series, Vail July 6, 2016 Vail Jazz Club Series, Vail July 7, 2016 Free Music Series, Aspen/ Snowmass July 7, 2016 Wild West Rodeo Series, Carbondale

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July 7, 2016 Concert in the Park Series, Frisco July 7, 2016 First Thursdays Art Walk, Telluride July 7, 2016 Beaver Creek Rodeo, Traer Creek July 7, 2016 Vail Jazz @ Vail Square, Vail!

July 7, 2016 Odell Brewing Company Summer Concert Series, Winter Park July 8 – 10, 2016 Copper Mountain Music Festival, Copper Mountain July 8 – 17, 2016 16th Annual Cattlemen’s Days, Gunnison July 8 – 10, 2016 6th Annual Lavender Festival, Palisade July 8 – 10, 2016 Salida Arts Festival, Salida July 8, 2016 Slide & Slip, Silverthorne July 8 – 16, 2016 Bravo! Vail, Vail July 9, 2016 MBS Summer Crush, Aspen/ Snowmass July 9 – 10, 2016 Triple Bypass Bicycle Tour, Avon July 9 – 10, 2016 Triple By-Pass, Copper Mountain July 9, 2016 River Run Kidtopia Kidzfest, Keystone July 9, 2016 20th Annual Colorado Brewers’ Rendezvous, Salida July 9, 2016 Second Saturday Gallery Tours and Art Reception, Salida July 9, 2016 Summer Concert Series, Silverthorne

July 9 – 10, 2016 Balloon Rodeo and Art in the Park, Steamboat Springs July 9, 2016 Balloon Glow, Steamboat Springs July 9 – 10, 2016 The Ride Festival, Telluride July 9 – 10, 2016 Rendezvous Mountain Bike Capital USA™! Weekend, Winter Park July 10 – 31, 2016 Music in the Mountains, Durango July 10, 2016 Leadville Race Series Silver Rush 50 Run, Leadville July 10, 2016 Vail Jazz @ The Market, Vail July 10, 2016 Vail Jazz @ Sweet Basil, Vail July 11 – 23, 2016 Wildflower Festival, Crested Butte July 11, 2016 Alpenglow Outdoor Concert Series, Crested Butte July 11 – 15, 2016 Colorado Cup 2016 Youth Soccer Camps, Vail July 12, 2016 Movies Under the Stars, Beaver Creek July 12 – 16, 2015 Mesa County Fair, Grand Junction July 12, 2016 Kidtopia Kid’s Discovery Days, Keystone July 12, 2016 GRFA: Hot Summer Nights, Vail July 13, 2016 Music Experience Concert Series & Free Outdoor Yoga, Beaver Creek.

Powerade Pinnacle Mountain Bike Race Series, Mt. Crested Butte July 13, 2016 Live From Mt. CB Concert Series, Mt. Crested Butte

July 13, 2016 True West Rodeo, Durango July 13, 2016 Summer Bluegrass Series, Vail July 13, 2016 Vail Jazz Club Series, Vail July 14, 2016 Yoga on the Mountain, Arapahoe Basin July 14, 2016 Free Music Series, Aspen/ Snowmass July 14, 2016 Wild West Rodeo Series, Carbondale July 14, -1 17, 2016 Deltarado Days, Delta July 14, 2016 Concert in the Park Series, Frisco July 14, 2016 Beaver Creek Rodeo, Traer Creek July 14, 2016 Vail Jazz @ Vail Square, Vail July 14, 2016 Odell Brewing Company Summer Concert Series, Winter Park July 15 & 16, 2016 Alpenglow Zip Tour, Devil’s Thumb Ranch July 15, 2016 Reserve Wine Tasting at Warren Station Center for the Arts

July 16, 2016 Free Music Series, Aspen/ Snowmass July 16, 2016 Colorado Disc Dogs Competition, Avon July 16, 2016 Xterra Triathlon Series, Beaver Creek/Avon

July 16, 2016 3rd Annual Frisco Triathlon, Frisco July 16 – 17, 2016 Keystone Wine and Jazz Festival, Keystone July 16, 2016 The Wild Flower Special Train, Leadville July 16 – 17, 2016 Cruise-a-Thong Weekend Average Joe Race, Pagosa July 16 – 17, 2016 Salida Riverside Fine Arts Festival, Salida July 16, 2016 Summer Concert Series, Silverthorne July 16 – 17, 2016 Ride + Architecture Weekend, Telluride July 16 – 17, 2016 Winter Park Jazz Festival, Winter Park July 17 – 22, 2016 Anderson Ranch 50th Anniversary Week, Aspen/ Snowmass July 17, 2016 Vail Jazz @ The Market, Vail July 17, 2016 Vail Jazz @ Sweet Basil, Vail

2016 Mountain Art Festivals 33rd Annual Breckenridge July Art Festival July 2,3,4 Located in Main Street Station

15th Annual Breckenridge Main Street Art Festival

July 29, 30, 31 Located at Main Street and Wellington

41st Annual Gathering at the Great Divide September 3,4,5 Located at Main Street and Wellington

Featuring over 100 artists’ high quality, original work in 13 categories All shows are Free Admission and run from 10am to 6pm Daily (5pm on last day)

July 18, 2016 Alpenglow Outdoor Concert Series, Crested Butte July 18 – 19, 2016 Leadville Race Series Silver Rush 50 MTB, Leadville July 19, 2016 Movies under the Stars, Beaver Creek July 19, 2016 Full Moon at Ten Peaks, Mt. Crested Butte

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July 16, 2016 Mac & Cheese Fest, Copper Mountain

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July 19, 2016 GRFA: Hot Summer Nights, Vail July 20, 2016 Music Experience Concert Series & Free Outdoor Yoga, Beaver Creek July 20, 2016 Powerade Pinnacle Mountain Bike Race Series, Mt. Crested Butte July 20, 2016 True West Rodeo, Durango July 20, 2016 Powerade Pinnacle Mountain Bike Race Series, Mt. Crested Butte July 20, 2016 Live From Mt. CB Concert Series, Mt. Crested Butte July 20 – 23, 2016 Americana Music Festival, Telluride July 20, 2016 Summer Bluegrass Series, Vail July 20, 2016 Vail Jazz Club Series, Vail July 21 – 24, 2016 Snowmass Doubles Volleyball Tournament, Aspen/Snowmass

July 26, 2016 Kidtopia Kid’s Discovery Days, Keystone

July 22 – 31, 2016 Chaffee County Fair & Rodeo, Poncha Springs

July 26, 2016 GRFA: Hot Summer Nights, Vail

July 22 – 29, 2016 Bravo! Vail, Vail July 22 – 24, 2016 The Divide Music Festival, Winter Park July 23 – 24, 2016 Courage Classic, Copper Mountain July 23 – 31, 2016 Fiesta Days, Durango July23, 2016 Evergreen Sprint Triathlon, Evergreen July 23, 2016 Cruise-a-Thong Weekend Average Joe Race, Glenwood Springs July 23, 2016 Bob Cook Mt. Evans Freedom Run, Idaho Springs July 23, 2016 King Cardinal, Leadville

July 27, 2016 Music Experience Concert Series & Free Outdoor Yoga, Beaver Creek July 27, 2016 Powerade Pinnacle Mountain Bike Race Series, Mt. Crested Butte July 27, 2016 Live From Mt. CB Concert Series, Mt. Crested Butte July 27, 2016 Vail Jazz Club Series, Vail July 28 – 31, 2016 Enduro World Series, Aspen/ Snowmass July 28, 2016 Free Music Series, Aspen/ Snowmass July 28, 2016 Concert in the Park Series, Frisco July 28, 2016 Beaver Creek Rodeo, Traer Creek

July 14, 2016 Concert in the Park Series, Frisco

July23, 2016 Crested Butte Summit Hike and Half Marathon, Mt. Crested Butte

July 21, 2016 Café Concert featuring Jeremiah Owens, Silverthorne

July 23, 2016 Summer Concert Series, Silverthorne

July 21, 2016 Vail Jazz @ Vail Square, Vail

July 24, 2016 Sunday Scramble #1, Powderhorn

July 28, 2016 Vail Jazz @ Vail Square, Vail

July 24 2016 Vail Jazz @ The Market, Vail

July 28- 31, 2016 Colorado Freeride Festival, Winter Park

July 22, 2016 Free Music Series, Aspen/ Snowmass July 21, 2016 Wild West Rodeo Series, Carbondale

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July 22 – August 4, 2016 3D Fridays – Twilight Archery Series, Mt. Crested Butte

July 24, 2016 Vail Jazz @ Sweet Basil, Vail

July 21 – 24, 2016 Yoga Festival, Telluride

July 25, 2016 Alpenglow Outdoor Concert Series, Crested Butte

July 21, 2016 Summer Concert Series, Winter Park

July 26, 2016 Movies Under the Stars, Beaver Creek

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July 28, 2016 Wild West Rodeo Series, Carbondale July 28 – 31, 2016 Crested Butte Wine & Food Festival, Crested Butte

July 28, 2016 Odell Brewing Company Summer Concert Series, Winter Park July 29 – 30, 2016 Outlaws & Legends Music Festival, Avon

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July 31, 2016 Women, Wheels & Wine , Devil’s Thumb Ranch

July 29 – 30, 2016 Copper Crush, Copper Mountain

July 31, 2016 Vail Jazz @ The Market, Vail

July 29 – 31, 2016 Historic Georgetown Golden Jubilee Weekend, Georgetown July 29 – 31, 2016 Grand River Classic Car Show, Glenwood Springs July 29, 2016 Chilled by the River, Grand Junction July 29 – 31, 2016 Kick It 3v3 National Soccer Championship, Vail July 30 – August 6 50th Annual All-4-Fun Jeep Week, Empire July 30, 2016 Colorado Burger Summit, Copper Mountain July 30, 2016 Colorado Burger Summit, Copper Mountain July 30 – 31, 2016 River Run Village Art Festival, Keystone July 30, 2016 The Wild Flower Special Train, Leadville July 30 – August 1, 2016 2016 Cowboy Fast Draw National Championship, Pagosa July 30, 2016 Gears & Beers, Powderhorn July 30, 2016 Purg Jam, Purgatory July 30, 2016 Summer Concert Series, Silverthorne July 31, 2016 Play Outside the Box – Capture the Flag, Copper

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August 4, 2016 Beaver Creek Rodeo, Traer Creek August 4, 2016 Vail Jazz @ Vail Square, Vail August 4, 2016 Vail Jazz @ The Market, Vail August 4, 2016 Odell Brewing Company Summer Concert Series, Winter Park August 5 – 7, 2016 Colorado Scottish Festival & Rocky Mountain Highland Games, Aspen/Snowmass August 5 – 7, 2016 VIDA MTB Series Flagship Clinic, Aspen/Snowmass

August 6, 2016 Bec Tri Sprint Triathlon, Avon August 6 – 7, 2016 Art Festival, Beaver Creek August 6, 2016 25th Annual LAPS Canine 4K, Frisco August 6 – 13, 2016 Delta County Fair, Hotchkiss August 6 – 7, 2016 20th Anniversary of Keystone’s Bluegrass & Beer Festival, Keystone

August 5, 2016 First Friday Art Walk, Carbondale

August 6, 2016 The Wild Flower Special Train, Leadville

August 5 – 7, 2016 Copper Triangle Bicycle Tour, Copper Mountain

August 6, 2016 Muck & Mire Mud Adventure Race, Purgatory

August 5 – 7, 2016 44th Annual Crested Butte Arts Festival, Crested Butte

August 6, 2016 7th Annual Winter Park Beer Festival, Winter Park

August 5, 2016 First Fridays Art Walk & Music, Gunnison

August 11, 2016 Odell Brewing Company Summer Concert Series, Winter Park

August 5th, 2016 “Eat, Drink, Pick”– Beer Makers Pairing with New Belgium Brewing, Keystone

August 7, 2016 Sunday Scramble #2, Powderhorn

August 5 – 7, 2016 Boom Days, Leadville August 5 – 7, 2016 Archuleta County Fair, Pagosa Springs August 5 – 7, 2016 West Elks Wine Trail, Paonia & Hotchkiss August 5 – 6, 2016 Angel of Shavano Car Show, Salida August 6, 2016 Audi Power of Four Mountain Bike Race, Aspen/Snowmass

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August 7, 2016 Vail Jazz @ Sweet Basil, Vail

August 10, 2016 Music Experience Concert Series & Free Outdoor Yoga, Beaver Creek August 10 – 14, 2016 La Plate County Fair, Durango August 10, 2016 Live From Mt. CB Concert Series, Mt. Crested Butte August 10 – 14, 2016 Steamboat Wine Festival, Steamboat Springs August 10, 2016 Beaver Creek Rodeo, Traer Creek August 10 – 14, 2016 Vail Kids Adventure Games, Vail August 11, 2016 Free Music Series, Aspen/ Snowmass August 11 – 14, 2016 Contin-tail Rock and Gem Show, Buena Vista August 11, 2016 Wild West Rodeo Series, Carbondale August 11, 2016 Concert in the Park Series, Frisco Agust 11 – 14, 2016 Leadville Race Series Leadville Trail 10K Run, Leadville August 11, 2016 Vail Jazz @ Vail Square, Vail!

August 8, 2016 Alpenglow Outdoor Concert Series, Crested Butte

August 11 – October 1, 2016 Betty Ford Alpine Gardens – Exhibit – Mushrooms: Keys to the Kingdom Fungi, Vail

August 9, 2016 Movies Under the Stars, Beaver Creek

August 12 – 14, 2016 Wine & Spirits Festival, Beaver Creek

August 9 – 14, 2016 TransRockies Run, Buena Vista

August 17, 2016 Avon Live! Summer Concert Series, Avon

August 9, 2016 Kidtopia Kid’s Discovery Days, Keystone August 10, 2016 Avon LIVE! Summer Concert Series, Avon

August 12 – 13, 2016 Ragnar Relay Colorado, Cooper Mountain to Aspen/Snowmass August 12 – 14, 2016 Guitar Town, Copper Mountain

August 12, 2016 Night at the Museum – Meet the Author, Frisco

August 18, 2016 Concert in the Park Series, Frisco

August 12 – 13, 2016 Four Corners BMW Meet & Greet, Pagosa

August 26 – 27, 2016 Cider Circus, Copper Mountain

August 12, 2016 Slide & Slip, Silverthorne

August 16, 2016 GRFA: Hot Summer Nights, Vail

August 12, 2016 Doo Wop Denny’s Dance Party, Silverthorne August 12 – 13, 2015 Leftover Salmon’s SolShine Festival, Winter Park

August 17, 2016 Live From Mt. CB Concert Series, Mt. Crested Butte August 18, 2016 Wild West Rodeo Series, Carbondale

August 13 – 14, 2016 Gold Rush Days, Buena Vista

August 18 – 20, 2016 Carving up Colorado, Gunnison

August 13, 2016 Run the Rockies Trail Races, Frisco

August 18 – 21, 2016 Leadville Race Series Leadville Trail 100 MTB Race, Leadville

August 13 – 14, 2016 Art on Main Street, Frisco August 13, 2016 Tour of the Valley Bicycle Ride, Grand Junction August 13 – 14, 2016 Rinehart 100 West Elk 3d Archery, Mt. Crested Butte August 13, 2016 Western Slope Uncorked, Powderhorn August 13, 2016 Second Saturday Gallery Tours and Art Reception, Salida August 14, 2016 Vail Jazz @ The Market, Vail August 14, 2016 Vail Jazz @ Sweet Basil, Vail August 15, 2016 Alpenglow Outdoor Concert Series, Crested Butte

August 18, 2016 Full Moon at Ten Peaks, Mt. Crested Butte August 18, 2016 Concert in the Park Series, Frisco August 18, 2016 Vail Jazz @ Vail Square, Vail August 18, 2016 Odell Brewing Company Summer Concert Series, Winter Park August 19 – 21, 2016 Zoppé Italian Family Circus, Aspen/Snowmass August 19-21 Genuine Jazz & Wine Festival, Copper Mountain August 19 – 21, 2016 Gunnison Car Show, Gunnison!

August 19 – 21, 2016 47th Annual Palisade Peach Festival, Palisade

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August 19 – 21, 2016 32nd Annual Genuine Jazz and Wine, Copper Mountain

August 24, 2016 Avon LIVE! Summer Concert Series, Avon

August 20, 2016 Chalk it Up!, Aspen/Snowmass

August 25, 2016 Vail Jazz @ Vail Square, Vail

August 20, 2016 Craft Beer Relay, Copper Mountain

August 27 – 28, 2016 Breck Spartan Race, Breckenridge

August 20, 2016 Alpenglow Zip Tour, Devil’s Thumb Ranch August 20, 2016 Frisco Free Family Fun Fair, Frisco

August 27 – 28, 2016 Breck Spartan Race, Breckenridge

September 2 – 4, 2016 Big Mountain Enduro, Crested Butte September 2, 2016 First Fridays Art Walk & Music, Gunnison September 2 – 4, 2016 Four Corners Folk Festival, Pagosa September 2 – 5, 2016 Gourmet on Gore, Vail

August 20, 2016 Classic Boat Show, Frisco

August 27, 2016 18th Annual San Juan Brewfest, Durango

August 20, 2016 Kids’ Sandcastle Competition

August 27, 2016 Feast of Skulls, Grand Junction

August 20, 2016 High Octane Arts & Crafts Festival, Gunnison

August 27, 2016 Winter Park Music Festival, Winter Park

September 3 – 4, 2016 GORE-TEX® Grand Traverse Bike and Run, Crested Butte September 3, 2016 Oktoberfest, Keystone

August 20, 2016 Mountain Town Music Festival, Keystone

August 28, 2016 Festival Las Americas, Carbondale

September 3, 2016 Salida Wine Fest, Salida

August 28, 2016 Vail Jazz @ The Market, Vail

September 3 – 4, 2016 Wild West Air Fest, Steamboat Springs

August 20, 2016 Devil Mountain Ultra 50/50 and Demons of Dust, Pagosa August 20 -21, 2016 Steamboat Enduro X, Steamboat Springs August 20, 2016 Winter Park Uncorked, Winter Park August 20 – 21, 2016 High Altitude Flamethrowers Chili Fest, Winter Park August 21, 2016 Summit Challenge Trail Run and BBQ & Free Chairlift Rides, Arapahoe Basin August 21, 2016 Sunday Scramble #3, Powderhorn August 21, 2016 Vail Jazz @ The Market, Vail August 21, 2016 Vail Jazz @ Sweet Basil, Vail August 23, 2016 GRFA: Hot Summer Nights, Vail.

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August 27 – 28, 2016 King Boletus Mushroom Festival, Buena Vista

September 3 – 4, 2016 Copper Country, Copper Mountain

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August 28, 2016 Vail Jazz @ Sweet Basil, Vail.

August 31, 2016 Avon Live! Summer Concert Series, Avon

September September 1-5, 2016 Vail Jazz Party, Vail September 2 – 4, 2014 JAS Aspen Labor Day Experience, Aspen/Snowmass September 2 – 4, 2016 Skylight Creative Writing Retreat, Avon September 2 – 5, 2016 Labor Day Weekend, Breckenridge September 2, 2016 First Friday Art Walk, Carbondale

September 3 – 4, 2016 17th Annual Oktoberfest, Beaver Creek

September 4, 2016 West Elk Bicycle Classic, Crested Butte September 5, 2016 Mr. Evan Summit Closes for the Season, Idaho Springs.

September 8 – 11, 2016 Longs Peak Scottish Irish Highland Festival, Estes Park September 8, 2016 Flaming Foliage Relay, Idaho Springs September 9 – 11, 2016 22nd Annual Oktoberfest, Breckenridge September 9 – 11, 2016 UnleashtheFierce Copper Mountain September 9 – 11, 2016 Oktoberfest in Lionshead, Vail September 9 – 11, 2016 Auto Classic Show, Vail

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September 9 – 11, 2016 Outlier Offroad Festival, Vail

September 10 – 11, 2016 5th Annual Fiber Festival, Salida

September 16 – 17, 2014 Snowmass Wine Festival, Aspen/Snowmass

September 10 – 11, 2014 Tough Mudder, Aspen/ Snowmass

September 10, 2016 Whiskey and Wings, Winter Park

September 10, 2016 Chili and Beer Festival, Crested Butte

September 11, 2016 Clam Bake and Lobster Boil, Arapahoe Basin

September 16 – 18, 2014 Snowmass Balloon Festival, Aspen/ Snowmass

September 10, 2016 106º West Triathlon, Dillon

September 11 – 18, 2016 36th FIPS Mouche World Fly Fishing Championship, Vail

September 10, 2016 Mountain Bike Festival Durango September 10 – 11, 2016 WholeExpo Durango, Durango September 10, 2016 Frisco’s Fall Fest, Frisco September 10, 2016 Fall Photo Weekend, Leadville

September 15 – 17, 2014 The Finest Automobile Auction, Aspen/ Snowmass

September 16 – 18, 2016 ColorFest Weekend, Pagosa http://www.folkwest. com/ September 16 – 17. 2016 Octoberwest, Steamboat Springs September 16 – 17, 2016 Colorado Grand, Vail

September 15 – 18, 2016 Colorado Mountain Wine Fest, Palisade

September 16 – 18, 2016 Oktoberfest in Vail Village, Vail

September 15 – 18, 2016 Salida Bike Festival, Salida

September 17 – 18, 2016 Chubby Chili Pepper and Whiskey Fest, Copper Mountain

September 17, 2016 Tour de Vineyards Bicycle Tour – 23rd Annual, Grand Junction September 17, 2016 Fall Photo Weekend, Leadville September 18, 2016 18th Annual Crest Crank, Salida September 18, 2016 Fall Photo Weekend, Leadville September 18, 2016 Sunday Scramble #4, Powderhorn

At Riverside Park, in historic downtown Salida, in the heart of the Rockies!

September 10-11, 2016

FIFTH ANNUAL! dozens of vendors, artisan crafted items, fiber, fleece, yarns, rovings, food, wine, beer, hand-dyed fabric, equipment, demonstrations, free fiber activities…

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Salida=Fiber Artists Plus Art Galleries, shopping, gourmet restaurants, fly-fishing,

river activities, hiking, biking, horse-back riding,And much, much more!

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CELEBRATING MUSIC AND CRAFT BEER IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS grand TASTING WITH 56 BREWERIES & 170 CRAFT BEERS and ciders

ON-SITE CAMPING | YOGA SESSIONS | MULTIPLE STAGES | COMEDY & LATE NIGHT SHOWS | MOUNTAIN ACTIVITIES

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get active K E Y S T ON E BIK E PA R K TIME FOR SOME DIRT bikers with a challenging and rewarding ride. These dedicated teams are responsible for pushing progression and keeping terrain fresh by implementing new berms, jumps and features throughout the Bike Park, including recent improvements such as a natural wood log feature on the expert trail Cowboy Up, a wall ride feature on the expert trail Paid-In-Full, a rhythm section to the intermediate trail Mosquito Cost and a flow trail with rollers and berms to the beginner trail Girl Scouts. In 2015, Keystone’s Bike Park crew created a new expert trail, Holy Diver, that is accessible from the popular expert trail TNT. Holy Diver features new jumps, berms and a large wooden feature known as the ‘The Yacht.’

Get in Gear with the New Keystone Bike Academy

New for 2016, the Keystone Bike Academy caters to riders of all levels with beginner and intermediate clinics, private lessons and downhill guides. Instructors have been trained via standards set fort by the International Mounatin Bicycling Association (IMBA), providing professional instruction on the proper downhill techniques.

The Keystone Bike Park is open for the summer season, offering classes clinics and races to mountain bikers of all levels. With a trail crew staff dedicated to maintaining and improving the high standards of the Keystone Bike Park, a variety of new upgrades and additions are welcoming riders in 2016, including new features, re-worked trails, increased bike haul capacity and a free skills park to promote progression.

New for 2016, the Keystone Bike Academy caters to riders of all levels with beginner clinics, private lessons and downhill guides.

Bike and full downhill gear rentals are conveniently available at Keystone Sports locations in the resort’s River Run Village, and passes may be purchased by visiting keystoneresort.com.

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Skills Park – A free progressive area at the base of River Run that includes three lines (beginner, intermediate and advanced) with berms, rollers and jumps

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Drop Zone – An expert-only terrain park consisting of a series of ridgeline drops transformed into free falls, located off the expert trail Paid-In-Full

Bike Park Teams Dedicated to Summer Trail Maintenance

The Keystone Bike Park Trail Crew and Bike Patrolare responsible for trail maintenance and upgrades, providing downhill mountain

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Bike 101 is the ideal way to learn how to navigate the mountain on two wheels. Guests will ride away having learned balance, manuevering and proper mountain biking technique while becoming more familiar with the equipment and downhill mountain biking protocols. Bike 201 is a perfect way to further enhance riding skills and become more comfortable with navigating sharp corners and riding on loose dirt. Both the 101 and 201 packages include instruction, bike rental, protective gear and a bike haul pass.

Private Clinics are available in two-, four- and six-hour intervals and are recommended for experienced riders seeking a downhill guide, families, and group of friends. Accommodating up to four people, Keystone’s professional mountain biking instructors will provide guests with instant feedback and personal attention.

Women’s Wednesday Mountain Bike Clinic are offered every Wednesday, where a female coach leads a guided tour down the mountain and provides a great opportunity for women to ride together. This clinic includes a bike haul pass, bike rental and protective gear, as well as new like-minded friends that are ready for adventure.

IMBA Instructor Certification Training (ICP) is being held at Keystone and is designed to establish a global standard for mountain bike skills instructor training. The multi-day courses are open to the public, with Keystone hosting the Level 1 Certification from June 7-9 and the Level 2 Certification from July 21-24.

Additional information can be found at www.imba.com.

Keystone Hosts the Big Mountain Enduro July 9-10

A Big Mountain Enduro event is best described as an epic trail ride, where riders can put their fitness and technical skills to the ultimate test on a variety of mountain biking terrain. Freshly designed 2016 courses will challenge riders to the fullest and combine top trails on the moutnain, along with unique track designs never before seen at Keystone. Throughout the weekend’s event, spectators can expect to see six stages of racing, plus non-stop festival action and entertainment for the whole family to enjoy.

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INSPIRE 4.0 Bluebird Theater Denver September 17, 6:00PM A very special evening and film with three time World Road and Tour De France Champion

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ASPEN Saturdays June – October 8 8am – 3pm BRECKENRIDGE Sundays June – September 11 9am – 2pm BUENA VISTA Thursdays June 5 – October 9 9am – 1pm CARBONDALE Wednesdays June 8 – Sept 28 10am – 3pm CRESTED BUTTE Sundays June 5– October 12 (except August 3) 10am – 2pm

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GUNNISON Saturdays June 18 – October 29 9:30am – 1:30pm IDAHO SPRINGS Fridays opens May 30 10 am – 3 pm MINTURN Saturdays June 12 – Sept 2 9 am – 2 pm PAGOSA Saturdays SPRINGS June 18 – Sept 17 9am – 1pm PALISADE Sunday June 12 – Sept 18 10am – 2pm RIDGEWAY Fridays May 27 – October 14 10am – 3 pm RIFLE Thursdays June 23 –Sept 29 4pm – 8pm SALIDA Saturdays June 4 – October 8 8am – 12:30pm STEAMBOAT Saturdays SPRINGS June 11 – Sept 17 9am – 2pm TELLURIDE Fridays June 3 –October 14 11am – 4pm VAIL Sundays June 19 – October2 10am – 3:30pm

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