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Welcome spring, reflect on women’s history in March FRONT RANGE March can be a fun month in the mountains along the Front Range. Not only is it traditionally one of the snowiest months of the year—allowing for some serious play time in the backcountry—but it’s also host to lively events including Frozen Dead Guy Days and funloving holidays like St. Patrick’s Day that help residents shake off the winter blues and celebrate life.

Despite the snow, or because of it, March is also a time to start thinking about spring. When we set our clocks ahead,

March 12, to return to Daylight Savings Time, we quickly have much more daylight in the evenings allowing for increased time for outdoor activities after school and work. It’s a sure sign more consistently warm weather is on the way.

Spring itself arrives March 20. The change in the seasons usually only means more snow is on the way, but at this point, additional moisture would be welcome heading into another fire season. It’s also a warning to get serious about any snow sports you want to fit in or passes you need to use before mud season arrives in April.

Perhaps most importantly, March is National Women’s History Month. As recently as the 1970s, women’s history was virtually an unknown topic in the K-12 curriculum or in general public consciousness. To address this situation, the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women initiated a “Women’s History Week” celebration for 1978.

The first steps toward an effort to secure a “National Women’s History Week” came in February 1980 when President Carter issued the first Presidential Proclamation declaring the Week of March 8, 1980 as National Women’s History Week.

By 1986, 14 states had declared March as Women’s History Month. This momentum and state-by-state action was used to lobby Congress to declare the entire month of March 1987 as National Women’s History Month. A special Presidential Proclamation is issued every year which honors the extraordinary achievements of American women.

ADDICTION RECOVERY GROUPS Sunday Gilpin County H.A.L.T. – St. Paul’s Church, Central City, 6 p.m.

Fall River AA – 701 Elm, Estes Park, noon Monday Clear Creek Road Runners – United Church, Idaho Springs, 2 p.m.

New Beginnings NA – TEENS, Inc., Nederland, 7 p.m.

Monday Night Mountain Serenity Al-Anon – St. Rita’s Catholic Church, Nederland, 7 p.m.

Early Worms AA – St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal, Estes Park, 7 a.m.

Fall River AA, Fallen Women of Fall River Group – 701 Elm, Estes Park, noon, 5:30 & 7 p.m.

St. Vrain AA – IOOF Hall, Lyons, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday AA Meeting – St. Rita’s Catholic Church, Nederland, 7 p.m.

AA Meeting – Golden Gate Grange Community Center, 2 p.m.

Christians in Recovery – Riverplace Facility, Estes Park, 6 p.m.

Early Worms AA, Womens Round Table – St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal, Estes Park, 7 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Women’s AA – St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal, Estes Park, 6 p.m.

Fall River AA – 701 Elm, Estes Park, noon & 7 p.m.

Wednesday Gilpin County H.A.L.T. – St. Paul’s Church, Central City, 7 p.m.

Morning AA – Nederland Veterinary Hospital (Back Office), 8 a.m.

Canyon AA – Coal Creek Canyon United Power Offices., 7 p.m.

Early Worms AA, Al-Anon – St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal, Estes Park, 7 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Fall River AA – 701 Elm, Estes Park, noon & 7 p.m.

Thursday Morning AA – Nederland Veterinary Hospital (Back Office), 8 a.m.

Clear Creek Road Runners – United Church, Idaho Springs, 2 p.m.

AA Meeting – Allenspark Fire Station, 5 p.m.

Early Worms AA – St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal, Estes Park, 7 a.m.

Fall River AA, New Horizons NA – 701 Elm, Estes Park, noon & 7 p.m.

Friday Clear Creek Road Runners – United Church, Idaho Springs, 2 p.m.

AA Meeting – St. Rita’s Catholic Church, Nederland, 7 p.m.

Early Worms AA – St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal, Estes Park, 7 a.m.

Fall River AA – 701 Elm, Estes Park, noon & 7 p.m.

Estes Park Al-Anon – US Bank Building, Estes Park, 7 p.m.

Free at Last NA – Harmony Foundation, Estes Park, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday Early Worms AA – St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal, Estes Park, 7 a.m.

Fall River AA – 701 Elm, Estes Park, noon Al-Anon Newcomers – Harmony Foundation, Estes Park, 7 p.m.

AA/NA: Call Boulder 24-hour AA Answering Service at 303-682-8032 for assistance any time of day. Visit www.bouldercountyaa.org, www. daccaa.org or www.northcoloradoaa.org for information in Boulder, Denver and Northern Colorado regions or visit www.aa.org; www. na.org or www.oa.org to find other regional meetings and resources.

Gambling: If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call 800-522-4700. Counselors can provide local treatment options.

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MOUNTAIN MIX MARCH 1

u Hermit Park Open Space Closure Ends

Larimer County’s Hermit Park Open Space, southeast of Estes Park, will reopen to the public March 1, from its annual seasonal closure. For questions, call the Larimer County Department of Natural Resources Administrative Office at 970-619-4570.

MARCH 3-5

u F amily Mountaineering Weekend

Join the YMCA of the Rockies - Estes Park Center, 2515 Tunnel Road, for its second annual winter “Family Mountaineering & Backcountry Weekend,” March 3-5, designed to give families the skills they need to enjoy Colorado’s mountains year-round. The weekend includes a variety of hands-on activities and courses, including backcountry skiing, winter survival skills, tips for hiking with children, as well as the option to demo some of the best mountaineering equipment on the market. In addition, keynote speakers present a variety of outdoor topics. The weekend also includes more than a dozen courses and workshops for families of all ages and skill levels ranging from avalanche safety and beacon training, to snow painting and igloo making. All activities are free to YMCA of the Rockies guests or $20 for off-grounds admission.

Register for the Winter Mountaineering Weekend by visiting the website and indicating “Mountaineering” in the comments box. Activities begin at 1 p.m. on March 3 and continue 8 a.m.-7 p.m. on March 4, and 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on March 5. Call 970-586-3341or visit www.ymcarockies. org to register or learn more.

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MARCH 7

u Secrets of Growing Tomatoes in Estes Park

Everyone loves tomatoes, but growing them can be a challenge—especially in high altitude. The Estes Valley Community Garden and the Town of Estes Park’s Senior Services invite local gardeners to learn the secrets to growing tomatoes in the Estes Valley, March 7, 1-2 p.m., at the Estes Park Senior Center, 220 Fourth St. Presented by CSU Master Gardener Skip von Kaenel, the free program will cover selecting seeds and plants most viable for local conditions; selecting seeding materials; indoor orientation and conditions for germination; preparing soil, preparation for best planting time and orientation for outdoor growing; transplanting; mulching, staking, frequency and techniques of watering; pruning, pests and nurturing fruit to ripeness; and harvesting and disposing of vines. Advanced sign-up is required. Stop by or call the Senior Center at 970-5862996 or visit estes.org/seniorcenter to learn more.

MARCH 8

u Chickens in Your Yard Class

CSU Extension for Gilpin County presents “Chickens in your Yard,” a class taught by chicken expert Curtis Utley accompanied by other local chicken keepers, March 8, 6:30-8 p.m. Participants will learn chicken rearing basics and how to predator proof a coop. There will be discussions about special considerations for high altitude and county regulations. The cost is $5 per person and can be paid by cash or check. The class takes place in the Gilpin County Fairgrounds Exhibit Barn, 230 Norton Drive next to the Gilpin Recreation Center. Call 303-582-9106 or email extention@ co.gilpin.co.us for more information.

MARCH 4 & APRIL 1

u Lyons Old-Time Square Dance

Put on your dancing shoes and enjoy old-time reels, mixers, squares, waltzes and clogging to live fiddle and banjo music, March 4, 7-10 p.m., at Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., in Lyons. All dances are taught and are beginner and family-friendly. Dance calling will be by Chris Kermiet with old-time music by Joe & the Vittetones. Dances are easiest earlier in the evening and become more complex.

Come alone, bring family, friends and children and join the mix of beginner and welcoming seasoned dancers. No experience, partner or special shoes required. The dance is $10 for adults, $5 for children or $25 for a family. A second dance night takes place April 1. To learn more, e-mail oldtimedances@musicinlyons.com or call 303-827-6322

MARCH 10

u When Cultures Meet Workshop

We meet different cultures inside organizations, communities and society. Sometimes the difference creates conflict and our reaction can be fight or flight. A day-long workshop, “When Cultures Meet,” March 10, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., takes place at Town Hall and facilitated by Susan Stewart and Sally Park. It is an upbeat and fast paced way to discover how to decrease interpersonal tension, appreciate difference and create robust systems in the family, organization and community. The event is $15 per person with a light breakfast and lunch included. Registration is required.

E-mail dlord@estes.org, or call 970-577-3818 to register.

For more information, visit www.powerandsystems.com.

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included on Colorado state income tax form 104A as part of Checkoff Colorado, which allows taxpayers to make voluntary contributions to the organizations of their choice when filing their state income tax returns. Contributors specify the amount of their donation. Donations are tax deductible and help support around 750 species of wildlife that cannot be hunted, fished or trapped.

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u Frozen Dead Guy Days Pancake Breakfast

The Nederland Area Seniors hosts a special Frozen Dead Giy Days Pancake Breakfast, March 11-12, 8-11 a.m., at the Nederland Community Center, 750 N. Hwy. 72. The breakfast includes eggs, sausage, coffee, juice, yogurt, granola, banana, and all-you-can-eat pancakes for $8 for adults, $5 for adults over age 60 and $4 for those under 12. Tickets for $1 or six for $5 will be available to enter a 50/50 Cash Split Raffle. A winner will be announced March 15. Visit www.nederlandareaseniors.org for more information.

MARCH 16

u Gilpin County St. Baldrick’s Event

Brave a shave for kids with cancer at the Gilpin County St. Baldrick’s Event, March 16 at 3 p.m., at Gilpin County School, 10595 Hwy. 119 north of Black Hawk. The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a volunteer-powered charity that funds more childhood cancer research grants than any other private organization. Give hope to infants, children, teens and young adults fighting childhood cancers. Gilpin County Sheriff’s Office is in a race against Timberline Fire District and Central City Fire Department for the most donations. Stop by to give, shave or help out. Learn more at www.stbaldricks.org/denver.

MARCH 17

u St. Paddy’s Day Celebration

Join Loveland Ski Area on St. Paddy’s Day as everyone celebrates the luck of the Irish, March 17, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. There will be corned beef and cabbage for lunch in the Basin Cafeteria and green beer in the bars. The Dru Griffin Band will play classic Irish tunes in the Rathskeller during Apres Ski. Visit arapahoebasin.com or call 970-468-0718 to learn more.

MARCH 30

u Pruning Class

Clear Creek County Master Gardeners explain the intricacies of pruning various trees and shrubs, March 30, 6-7:30 p.m., at the Georgetown Heritage Center, 809 Taos St. Students will learn to use and sharpen the proper tools. There will be demonstrations and hands-on pruning. Participants are asked to bring pictures of trees and bushes that inspire questions for the experts. Registration is required by March 27. This class is free, but donations will be accepted. Visit www.georgetowntrust.org or call 303-569-0289 for details.

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FOOD & DRINK CALENDAR Georgetown • Thursdays: Mussels Mania, Troia’s Café, 5pm, $ • Fridays: Prime Rib Special, Troia’s Café, 5pm, $ • Sundays: Family Night, Troia’s Café, 5pm, $ Idaho Springs • March 18: Batch 1 Bourbon Release, Bouck Bros.

Distillery, noon, free

• April 1 : Coffee Whiskey & Donuts, Bouck Bros.

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Distillery, noon, free

• Saturdays: Distillery Tours, Bouch Brothers Distillery, 1pm, $10

Central City • Thursdays: Senior Celebration - Half-Off Food, Century Casino, 8am, $

Gilpin County • March 11: Ballast Point Brewery Tasting, Underground Liquors, 3pm, free

Rocky Mountain Oyster Bar & Grill

• March 25: Leopold Bros. Distillery Tasting, Underground Liquors, 3pm, free

Restaurant features fresh, ‘unpretentious’ food

By Jennifer Pund NEDERALND here’s a new restaurant in town, and it’s got balls. The Rocky Mountain Oyster Bar & Grill, one of the latest editions to Nederland’s restaurant and bar offerings, opened in April 2016 in the former First Street Bar & Grill location.

While its owners, Andrew and Julia Fischel, named their place in jest, they have ended up serving more of their thinly-sliced, Colorado bull “oysters” than anything else.

“I was shocked. When we first opened, I didn’t think anyone would ever buy them, I mean ever, but we sell a lot of them, Andrew said. “We can sell hundreds of servings a week. People come here from all over. People come just for that, just for the oysters.”

For those a not as brave, or just seeking something else to eat, there is, thankfully, a full menu of items from which to choose. Everything on the menu—from the wings and burgers to the fish tacos and Korean fired chicken sandwich—is made fresh to order. Nothing is frozen.

“Everything we make here is fresh by hand,” Andrew said.

“We grind and hand-form all the burgers fresh everyday and never [use meat with] by-products. No hormones, no antibiotics and a lot of organic products when possible. We cook fresh everyday, but it’s not pretentious. It’s very simple food, but it’s fresh food with a lot of flavor. We also make our own smoked lox and cure and smoke our own bacon. It’s the little things.

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Golden Gate Canyon • March 12: Pancake Breakfast, Golden Gate Grange, 5pm, $

• March 18: Community Chili Cook Off, Golden Gate Grange, 5pm, $

something different following years of running a successful barbecue-style restaurant in New York City and Las Vegas. Julia had visited the Boulder and Nederland area when she was younger, and Andrew’s sister lives in Denver, so the couple decided to trade their city life for a mountain one.

“I always loved the mountains, and I figured if I wasn’t going to live in New York City... It’s almost polar opposites, but it’s similar in some ways, too,” he explained. “You’d be surprised how many people here are from New York, people from my town, people from my high school. There’s surprisingly a lot of people from the East Coast.”

After being in the area for some time, Andrew was getting bored and looking for something to do. He noticed the property on First Street was available and the idea for opening Rocky Mountain Oyster Bar & Grill was born. “We wanted to do a bar, pretty much what we are doing. A gastropub, but less pretentious, more scaled down. Straight ahead food, but good quality,” Andrew said.

Before opening, the couple made some large and small changes to the bar, dining room and kitchen. “We’ve re-done the entire dining room, we re-did the floors and ceilings, cut out the wall behind the bar and painted some walls and got new tables and chairs. We re-did the bathrooms and the kitchen with all new equipment, and installed a special BBQ pit that’s hard to come by,” Andrew explained.

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Rollinsville • March 2: Queer Night Specials, Stage Stop, 7pm, $ • March 11: 12 Year Anniversary Celebration, Mid County Liquors, 6pm, free

• March 25: $1 Shot Tasting, Mid County Liquors, 3pm, $

• Sundays: Service Industry Sunday Specials, Stage Stop, 9am, $

Coal Creek Canyon • March 18: St. Patrick’s Day Dinner, CCCIA Hall, 5pm, $ • Wednesdays: Pastor’s Pantry Food Distribution, Whispering Pines Church, 3pm, free

• Sundays: Sunday Brunch, Coal Creek Coffee, 9am, $ Nederland • March 2 & 30: Nederland Food Pantry, Nederland Community Center, 10am, free

• March 6 & 20: Lovin’ Cup Community Kitchen, Deli @ 8236’, 6pm, free

• March 10: Ska Brewing Tap Takeover, Salto Coffee Works, 6pm, $

• March 11-12: Community Pancake Breakfast, Nederland Community Center, 8am, $8

• March 24: Mountain MidLife Social Dinner & Games Night, Nederland Community Center, 5:30am, $ • Mondays: Monday Special Beef Stew, Pioneer Inn, 11am, $9.95

• Mondays & Wednesdays: Social Lunch, Nederland Community Center, noon, $

• Fridays & Saturdays: Flat Iron Steak Special, Pioneer Inn, 11am, $12.95

• Saturdays: Nederland Food Pantry Distribution, Nederland Community Center, 10am, free

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• Saturdays & Sundays: Brunch, Lyons Fork, 9am, $ • Sundays: Sunday Stir-Fry Special, Pioneer Inn, 11am, $9.95

• Sundays: Sunday Supper Charity Night, James Peak Brewery & Smokehouse, 5pm, $

Allenspark • March 1 & 15: Community Cupboard Food Bank, The Old Gallery, 2pm, free

SKA BREWING TAP TAKEOVER

FROZEN DEAD GUY DAYS PANCAKE BREAKFAST

DO IT YOURSELF SUSHI CANDY CLASS

Durango-based Ska Brewing—characters brewing beer with character since 1995— is taking over the taps, March 10 at 6 p.m., at Salto Coffee Works in Nederland. Buy a $4 pint and keep the glass. Live music will be provided the NoGo Gilbillies. saltocoffeeworks.com

The Nederland Area Seniors offer freshbrewed coffee, juice, eggs, sausage, yogurt, granola, bananas, and all-you-can-eat pancakes, March 11-12, from 8-11 a.m., at the Nederland Community Center. Adults are $8, seniors $5 and 12 and under are $4. nederlandco.org

Get crafty with Swedish fish, nerds, rice krispie treats and fruit roll ups and become a sushi candy chef, March 15 at 5 p.m., at the Georgetown Heritage Center. The $8 fee includes all supplies and healthy snacks. All ages are welcome, but space is limited to 20. georgetowntrust.org

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• March 7: Soup Night, The Old Gallery, 6pm, free • March 18: Allenspark Area Club Lunch & Program, Peaceful Valley Resort, noon, $ Lyons • March 3: Crawfish Boil w/Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble, Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 6pm, $ • March 9: Beer Dinner w/Aaron Stueck of BJ’s Brewery, Lyons Fork, 6:30pm, $55 • Wednesdays: Whiskey Wednesdays, Pizza Bar 66, 11am, $5

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FOOD & DRINK Explore town’s restaurant options ESTES PARK Estes Park’s popular town-wide Thursday Night Dine Around returns weekly in March. Each Thursday evening, from 4:30-7:30 p.m., dozens of restaurants across town offer $5 special menus that change SPECIAL weekly. Organizer enEVENT courage patrons to stop by two or three restaurants each week to see friends, join in the fun, and taste great food from all the different restaurants.

The “Thursday Night Dine Around” was born from several similar events held in the past according to organizer and You Need Pie! owner Val Thompson. The event was originally conceived to bring more business to town in winter, but now is more of a restaurant showcase.

“The plates are supposed to be different each week because customers go back to their favorites week after week to sample different items,” Thompson said.

“Restaurants like to do the event because it’s such fun for the customers. At $5 a plate, it’s not a big money maker for the restaurants, but it gives us a change to see our great customers out and about having fun, enjoying food.”

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Thursday Night Dine Around patrons enjoy small plates at You Need Pie!

Basilico, You Need Pie! Diner, El Mex Kal, Café de Pho Thai, Hunter’s Chop House, The Grubsteak, Ed’s Cantina, La Cabana Mexican Grill, Claire’s on the Park, Estes Park Brewery, Pepper’s Mexican Grill, Himalayan Curry & Kebob, Baba’s Burgers, Chicago’s Best, Snowy Peaks Winery, The Big Horn, Cousin Pat’s, Cinnamon’s, The American Legion, Wild Rose, and Fajita Rita’s.

DETAILS Thursday Night Dine Around March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 •4:30-7:30 p.m.

Various Locations, Estes Park www.estesparkdinearound.blogspot.com

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FOOD & DRINK Celebrate, taste whiskey at ‘Warm Up’ ESTES PARK Get toasty from the inside out at Estes Park’s 4th Annual Whiskey Warm-Up, March 11, 1-4 p.m. The whiskey tasting and celebration features whiskeythemed events, packages and specials.

Sip on Colorado whiskeys from a variety of local distilleries next to the fire pits in the outdoor Riverside Plaza while browsing shops selling handmade cigars and watching rolling demonstrations.

Learn about the styles, tastes and smells of whiskey at live snapshot seminars. Dancing Pines Distillery’s tasting room hosts a finale reception

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with buy-one-get-one-free drink specials from 4:30-8 p.m.

Tickets are $50 a person or $90 for a couple and include unlimited samples from 23 distilleries; tasting glass; seminars; food pairings with chocolate, cheeses and donuts; BBQ from a variety of smokers; and music from Monocle.

DETAILS Whiskey Warm Up March 11 • 1-4 p.m.

Riverside Plaza, Estes Park www.EPWhiskeyWarmUp.com

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Distillery releases new whiskeys IDAHO SPRINGS Bouck Brothers Distilling celebrates two first releases of its unique spirits in March and April. The first batch of its blended bourbon will be released, March 18, while the first batch of Colorado Coffee Whiskey will be released, April 1.

Both events run from noon-7 p.m.

Stop in the Idaho Springs distillery, March 18, to get your hands on one of its first bottles of bourbon. A specialty cocktail and homemade bourbon balls will be provided with bottle purchase.

Owners Zach and Nick Bouck love blended whiskey, so in addition to filling their first bourbon barrels in 2016, they tasted bourbons from distilleries that would, when combined with their bourbon, make a delicious blend. They eneded up blending their Idaho Springs-made bourbon with another from Kentucky to create a unique small batch high rye bourbon with a caramel and rye flavor.

Return to the distillery, April 1, to be one of the first to enjoy its Colorado Coffee Whiskey release. Receive a donut and specialty cocktail with bottle purchase.

The distillery partnered with Corvus Coffee Roasters in Denver to make a oneof-a-kind, coffee-bean-infused whiskey.

“We take whole beans from Corvus and

steep them directly in our whiskey,” Nick said. The whiskey is unlike most coffeeflavored products, which are usually sweetened and low-proof like a liqueur.

This is a full-strength whiskey with a subtle but, unmistakable coffee flavor.

Additional spirits created by Bouck Brothers are available in the tasting room, Saturdays from noon-7 p.m.

DETAILS Bouck Brothers Distillery March 18: Boubon Release • noon-7 p.m.

April 1: Coffee Whiskey Release • noon-7 p.m.

2731 Colorado Blvd., Idaho Springs bouckbros.com • 303-567-2547

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Restaurant’s chef ‘grand master’ of anything cured, smoked Continued from page 4

and his wife, Celeste, the restaurant’s general manager, moved to Colorado with the Fischels. “They both worked for me in New York for eight years each, they weren’t married at the time. Celeste is a local legend. People love her. That’s why I brought her. She really gets a long with people, better than I do,” Andrew said.

Smith became known for his work at the Fischels’ New York restaurant, R.U.B. BBQ, where he was pit master. His burgers were named one of the best in Manhattan although they were only served once a week. He has also been invited to cook at the James Beard House several times. He was invited to come to Colorado because he is such a versatile chef.

“Scott is always cooking, and he’s the best. He cooks things that aren’t normal fair for up here, even just in the chicken wings,” Andrew said. “Scott is really a fantastic chef there is no one remotely close, I’m telling you. Anything cured, smoked, he’s the grand master. He cooks all sorts of Asian-style wings and he cooks Buffalo wings—he’s actually from upstate New York. He makes a Korean wing, a Vietnamese style wing and things that you would never expect to get up in these places.” Gluten-free and vegetarian options are also available.

One of the more popular items on Smith’s menu are the chicken sandwiches.

“It’s like the best chicken filet sandwich, without all the politics,” Andrew said. “It’s the chicken sandwich the people go crazy for. We also have a special 46-day dry-aged

steaks that are incredible. We make a black and blue burger and use Bleu d’Auvergne cheese which is real French blue cheese.

That’s the difference. Things like that, simple. “We make fresh great food everyday and we stand behind it. Nothing comes out of a box. That’s what we do.”

In addition to the food, the Fischels keep their beer selection on the high end as well.

“I like really quality beers and I’ve learned a lot more about beers since being out here,” Andrew said. “You learn a lot about what makes great beer. I try to get beer that you can’t necessary get here locally. This is really an IPA town. They want to drink big strong beers and I want to pour them,” he said. “We get things from Bear Republic all the time that you can’t get in this state or even out of their tap room. Anytime they make a weird beer I can get it.”

The restaurant has also teamed up with Asher Brewing in Boulder to create special organic brews just for the restaurant. The two collaborated for over a month to select hops and other unique ingredients. “I try to get beer specifically made for us and Asher has been a great partner. He’s made us three beers at this point, one called Powder Day IPA, a session IPA and he made us a fresh hopped for Octoberfest last year and a double IPA, the Double Secret Probation.”

During renovations, Andrew made sure the building’s beer delivery system was upgraded. “I had a special tap system built for us from Philadelphia, King Coils, that build high performance beer systems. He came here and installed it

specifically for us,” he said.

When it first opened, the Fischels intended to have music at the Rocky Mountain Oyster Bar & Grill often with as big of bands as they could book. They have since found, it’s better suited to highlight some of the area’s best singers and songwriters around dinner time. “We are getting some better singers and songwriters and concentrate less on the band. We have kind of found our niche,” Andrew said. “We are really a food place. We are not really a bar, like for late night. That’s not really my crowd. We’re food, and the music is just an addendum. I was trying to make it more of a thing, but really, it’s not. Our groove is singers and songwriters, smaller bands and keep it earlier.

And, people really like the early music because a lot of people just don’t want to stay out until 10 o’clock at night.”

The Rocky Mountain Oyster Bar & Grill offers a weekday happy hour from 3-6 p.m. and Sunday 6-9 p.m., featuring $3-$5 small plates with drink specials. A popular Bluegrass Open Pick, led by Dave Pullins of the NoGo Gilbillies, takes place

each Thursday evening at 7 p.m. “It’s the best hour of music in town. The first group who play are all professionals, so he brings some really good guys around.

I mean really killing it. It’s a lot of fun,” Andrew said. “Last week we had about 12 people on stage, it was pretty cool. And it’s growing every week.”

Andrew, Julia, Scott and Celeste are getting settled and have taken the past year to learn the ebb and flow of not only the restaurant, but also the town of Nederland. “We have been adjusting to the altitude and the flow of business,” Andrew said. “It’s not like Manhattan or Las Vegas style of just ‘all-the-time.’ We have shoulder seasons and summers that are very busy, it’s been interesting.”

There are plenty of great tasting reasons to stop in a check out the Rocky Mountain Oyster Bar. Plus, there’s always the balls.

DETAILS Rocky Mountain Oyster Bar

35 E. First St., Nederland • 303-258-1100 rockymountainoysterbar.com

FOOD & DRINK CALENDAR Estes Park • March 2: Partners Mentoring Youth Red Envelope Dinner, Mama Rosa’s, 5:30pm, $ • March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30: Dine Around Estes, Various Locations, 4:30pm, $

• March 3: Seafood Buffet, The Other Side Restaurant, Estes Park, 5pm, $35.95

• March 8: Estes Park Woman’s Club Luncheon: Community Gardening, YMCA of the Rockies, 11:30am, $18 • March 8: Lunch & Learn Roundtable Discussions, Estes Valley Library, noon, free

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• Thursdays: Bomber Night, Lumpy Ridge Brewery, 3pm, $8

• Thursdays: Ladies Night, Waterfront Grille @ Estes Park Resort, 6pm, free

• Fridays: Community Corner Café, Shepherd of the Mountains Lutheran Church, 4:30pm, free

Summit County • March 11: Moonlight Dinner Series - Foods of the Pacific Rim, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, 6pm, SOLD OUT • March 17: 6th Alley Bar & Grill Beer Maker’s Dinner w/Odell, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, 6pm, SOLD OUT

• March 11: Whiskey Warm Up - Whiskey Tasting Festival, Riverside Plaza, $50/$90 • March 17: Latin Buffet, The Other Side Restaurant, Estes Park, 5pm, $

• March 26: Vegan Potluck, Estes Valley Library, 2pm, free • Sundays: Champagne Sunday Brunch, The Other Side Restaurant, 9am, $

• Sundays: Brunch, Sweet Basilico, 11:30am, $ • Mondays: Flight Night, Lumpy Ridge Brewery, 3pm, $6 • Tuesdays: Growler Fill-Up Night, Lumpy Ridge Brewery, 3pm, $13-20

• Tuesdays: Soup Day, The Wheel Bar, 10am, $

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MOUNTAIN EVENTS CALENDAR FESTIVALS/SPECIAL EVENTS Grand County • March 4: Mardi Gras Celebration, Winter Park Resort, noon, free

• March 18: St. Patrick’s Day Celebration, Winter Park Resort, noon, free

Idaho Springs • March 12: St. Mary’s Glacier Winter Fest, Alice Schoolhouse, 1pm, free

Nederland • March 10-12: Frozen Dead Guy Days, Various Locations, 11am, $10

Estes Park • March 9: Explore Our Store, The Christmas Shoppe & White Orchid, 9am, free

• March 15: Ladies Climbing Night w/Mike Caldwell, Estes Park Mountain Shop, 6pm, $ • March 18: Estes Park Sports & Fitness Expo,

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Estes Park Events Complex, 11am, free

• March 18: St. Baldrick’s Day Celebration - Brave the Shave, Estes Park Mountain Shop, 9am, free • March 22: Estes Park Job & Volunteer Fair, Estes Park Events Center, 9am, free

GAME/TRIVIA NIGHTS Georgetown • Wednesdays: Trivia Night, Alpine Restaurant & Bar, 6pm, free

Idaho Springs • March 10: 2nd Annual Texas Hold ‘em Charity Poker Tournament, Da Rivuh Fish & BBQ Company, 6pm, $

Central City • Thursdays: Hourly Bingo, Century Casino, 11am, free • Fridays: Plinko, Famous Bonanza Casino, 8pm, free Coal Creek Canyon • March 11: Game Night, CCCIA Hall, 5:30pm, free Nederland • March 24: Mountain MidLife Social Dinner & Games Night, Nederland Community Center, 5:30am, $ • Wednesdays: Old Skool Game Night, James Peak Brewery & Smokehouse, 6pm, free

• Thursdays: Chess & Board Game Club, Nederland Community Library, 3:30pm, free

Lyons • March 16: Pinball Tournament, Lyons Classic Pinball, 7:30pm, $5

• Mondays: Chess w/Aaron Caplan, Lyons Regional Library, 3pm, free

Estes Park • Mondays & Fridays: Estes Park Duplicate Bridge Club, United Methodist Church, 1pm, free • Tuesdays: Trivia Night, Rock Cut Brewery, 7pm, free • Wednesdays: Game Night, Lonigans Grill Pub,

Frozen Festival features three days of ‘outrageous’ events

NEDERLAND nown as one of the most unique and quirky festivals in the country, Frozen Dead Guy Days, March 10-12, features three days of frosty merriment featuring 30 live bands in heated super tents and outrageous events like coffin racing, costumed polar plunging, frozen T-shirt contests and much more.

Celebrating its 16th year in 2017, Frozen Dead Guy Days continues to be a world-renowned spectacle. The home-grown frosty fest pays homage to Bredo Morstol, who is frozen in a state of suspended animation and housed in a Tuff Shed on dry ice above town. Thousands of adventurous, life enthusiasts come to participate in Colorado’s “most frigidly fun festival” and view the events along with local, national and international media.

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The festival kicks off, March 10, 4 p.m.-1 a.m., with the Blue Ball: “A Legendary Evening,” in the ReAnimate Yourself Tent at Guercio Field featuring live music from The Last Revel, Dragondeer and Gasoline Lollipops. It’s a night of dancing, live music, spirits, costumery and celebration. Come dressed as Grandpa, Ice Queen or a favorite “legend” for the annual lookalike contest. Tickets are $20.

Last year’s new location for the coffin races and polar plunge was better for viewing and closer to other activities, according to festival Owner and Coordinator Amanda MacDonald. The course design has been improved for this time around and will be used for a new bike event as well. The first “Rise From the Continued on page 13

6pm, free

• Thursdays: Chess Club, Rock Cut Brewing, 6pm, free • Sundays: Sunday Funday, Chipper’s Lanes, 11am, $10 • Sundays: Bingo Night, Rock Cut Brewing, 6pm, free

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HEALTH/YOGA/WELLBEING Grand County • March 5: Sunday Morning Yoga, Winter Park Resort, 7:45am, free

Idaho Springs • Sundays: Restorative Yoga w/Laura Grygiel, The

2ND ANNUAL TEXAS HOLD ‘EM CHARITY POKER TOURNAMENT

BEARS IN OUR BACKYARD HIKE

RETRO DAYS AT ELDORA MOUNTAIN RESORT

• Mondays & Wednesdays: Beginning Yoga,

Da Rivuh Fish & BBQ Company in Idaho Springs hosts a poker tournament benefiting Charlie’s Place Animal Shelter, March 10. Bingo is from 5-6 p.m. and poker starts at 7 p.m. Light hors d’oeuvres are included.

Registration is $30 for poker. darivuh.com

In spring, bears and their cubs emerge from winter dens. Join volunteer Boulder County naturalists, March 25, from 10-11:30 a.m., for a free hike at Betasso Preserve to explore how bears survive the winter and become active again in the spring. www.bouldercounty.org

Retro Days returns to Eldora Mountain Resort, April 1-2. Break out your goofiest clothes to have fun on the slopes and compete for prizes during this popular weekend.

Guests of all ages are invited to show off their gear and join this fun-filled annual event. www.eldora.com

Yoga Room, 9am, $9

Sampler Mill Recreation Center, 6:45am & 10:30am, free (w/admission) • Mondays & Wednesdays: Continuing Yoga, Sampler Mill Recreation Center, 9am, free (w/admission) • Mondays & Wednesdays: Yoga, Sampler Mill Recreation Center, 5pm, free

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Annual Duck Race sales begin ESTES PARK The 2017 Estes Park Rotary Duck Race sales campaign has officially begun. Representatives of the organizations have collected their adoption forms, posters and pins and are ready to sell adoptions.

The process is simple: adopt a duck online for $21 at epduckrace.org or www.facebook.com/EPDuckRace or for $20 from a representative of any of the 68 charities and groups that are asking for support. Charities receive $19 of ev-

ery adoption form they sell in the largest fundraiser in the Estes Valley.

“We had a great turnout at Distribution Night, and our charities have launched sales for the 2017 Estes Park Rotary Duck Race,” Gregg ‘Big Duck’ Jurgens said. “It’s always a great event because the energy of the organizations propels our ducks to the finish line.”

The 29th Annual Estes Park Duck Race, May 6, continues a tradition which has returned more than $2 million to local charities and groups.

Forest use fees increase

FRONT RANGE The Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests approved a fee increase for campgrounds and day-use areas operated by American Land and Leisure for the 2017 season. Fees will increase by 10 percent or less to offset rising operating costs.

American Land and Leisure requested the fee change to offset the rising cost of trash collection, staffing, toilet pumping and campground cleaning. Fees were last changed in 2013.

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tinue to be honored providing a 50 percent discount to holders at campgrounds.

American Land and Leisure operates 51 campgrounds and seven day-use areas for the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, which has been operating most campgrounds and some day-use areas through concessionaires since the mid1990s.

Concessionaires perform the on-site operations and maintenance and return a portion of their proceeds to the ARP that are reinvested in improvements.

The 2017 campground fee and amenity list can be found at www.fs.usda.gov/ goto/arp/campinglist.

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MOUNTAIN EVENTS CALENDAR HEALTH/YOGA/WELLBEING (cont.)

Idaho Springs (con.t) • Mondays & Thursdays: Drop-in Adult Volleyball,

Sampler Mill Recreation Center, 6:30pm, free (w/admission) • Mondays-Wednesdays: Vinyasa Yoga, The Yoga Room, 5:30pm, $9 • Wednesdays: Vinyasa Yoga, The Yoga Room, 9am, $9 • Wednesdays: Drop-in Adult Pickelball, Sampler Mill Recreation Center, 1pm, free (w/admission) • Thursdays: Tai Chi, Sampler Mill Recreation Center, 6pm, $5 • Fridays: Yoga, Sampler Mill Recreation Center, 9am, free (w/admission) • Fridays: Candlelight Flow Yoga, The Yoga Room, 5:30pm, $9 • Saturdays: Vinyasa Yoga, The Yoga Room, 9am, $10 • Sundays: Restorative Yoga, The Yoga Room, 9am, $9

Gilpin County • March 8 & 28: Cardiac Risk Assessment, Gilpin County Public Health, 8am, free

• Mondays & Thursdays: Hatha Yoga, Gilpin County Community Center, 9:30am, $7.25/$9.25

• Wednesdays: Tai Chi, Gilpin County Community Center, 6pm, $8/$9.50

• Frdiays: Cardio Dance, Gilpin County Community Center, 9:30am, $

Golden Gate Canyon • Mondays: Yoga, Golden Gate Grange, 1:30pm, $ • Wednesdays: Yoga, Golden Gate Grange, 5pm, $ Rollinsville • March 1-15: Yoga Teacher Training Level 1, Shoshoni

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• Fridays: Nia Workout, Tadasana Mountain Yoga, 10:30am, $15 • Fridays: Happy Hour Yoga, Tadasana Mountain Yoga,

• Sundays: Community Tai Chi Class, Dao House, 9am, free • Sundays: Yin Yoga, Estes Park Yoga, 4pm, $

• Saturdays: Power Vinyasa Level 2, Tadasana Mountain

MEETINGS/CLUBS/GROUPS

5:45pm, $15

Yoga, 9am, $15

• Saturdays: Hatha Slow Yoga, Tadasana Mountain Yoga, 10:30am, $15

Silver Plume • March 13 & 27: Silver Plume Town Board, Town Hall, 7pm, free

Gold Hill • March 12: Full Moon Meditation, The StarHouse,

Georgetown • March 2: Parks & Recreation Meeting, Star Hook &

• March 17-19: Evolving Love 3-Day Workshop Rewrite Your Relational DNA, The StarHouse, 9am, $495 • March 18: Wine of the Flesh - A Rite of Rebirth, The

• March 7 & 21: Clear Creek County Board of Commissioners, Clear Creek County Courthouse, 9am, free • March 8 & 22: Planning Commission Meeting, Town

• March 19: Spring Equinox Celebration, The StarHouse,

• March 14: Clear Creek District Library Board, John

7:30pm, $10

StarHouse, 6:30pm, $35-$45

7pm, $15

• March 27: New Moon Event, The StarHouse, 6:45pm, $15 • April 1: Inner Knowing - Rooting & Rising, The Starhouse, 6pm, $140-$175

Allenspark • Mondays: Intermediate Yoga, The Old Gallery, 6pm, $10 • Mondays-Fridays: Tai Chi/Qigong, The Old Gallery, 9am, $10 • Tuesdays: Beginner/Gentle Yoga, The Old Gallery, 9:30am, $10

Lyons • March 15: Monthly Community Class - Gentle Stress Reduction Yoga, Namaste Yoga, 6:30pm, free • Mondays & Wednesdays: Yoga for Low Back + Hips, Namaste Yoga, 8:15am, $14

Ladder Building, 6pm, free

Hall, 6pm, free

Tomay Memorial Library, 6pm, free

• March 14 & 28: Board of Selectmen, Town, Hall, 6pm, free • March 14 & 28: Spanish Group, John Tomay Memorial Library, 6pm, free

Dumont • March 8: Clear Creek Fire Authority, CCFA Station No. 1, 6:30pm, free

Idaho Springs • March 1: Idaho Springs Planning Commission, Town Hall, 6:30pm, free

• March 1: Chamber of Commerce Mixer, Majestic Building, 5:30pm, free

• March 2: Clear Creek County Veterans Coalition, Idaho Springs Elks Lodge, free

• Mondays: Gentle Stress-Reduction Yoga, Namaste

• March 2 & 16: Idaho Springs Lions Club, Wildfire • March 8: Idaho Springs Chamber of Commerce,

• Sundays: Community Yoga, Shoshoni Yoga Ashram,

• Tuesdays: Strong Ski Legs, Namaste Yoga, 8:15am, $14 • Tuesdays: Gentle Stress-Reduction Yoga, Namaste

• Sundays: Parent & Tot Yoga, Shoshoni Yoga Ashram,

• Thursdays: Gentle Stress-Reduction Yoga, Namaste

Coal Creek Canyon • Mondays: Yoga w/Abby Burk, CCCIA Hall, 6:30pm, $ • Tuesdays & Wednesdays: Tai Chi Class, CCCIA Hall,

• Thursdays: Slow Flow Vinyasa, Namaste Yoga, 5:30pm, $14 • Friday: Yoga for Low Back + Hips, Namaste Yoga, 8am, $14 • Friday: Happy Hour Yoga, Namaste Yoga, 5pm, $14 • Saturdays: Slow Flow Vinyasa, Namaste Yoga, 8am, $14 Estes Park • March 2: Group Meditation, Senior Center, 10:30am, free • March 3: Community Yoga, Estes Park Yoga, 6pm, free • March 3-5: Healing Power From Within, Dao House,

Yoga Ashram, $

10am, $25

10am, $10

9:30am, $

• Wednesdays & Fridays: Yoga w/Kim Rand, CCCIA Hall, 9am, $

Nederland • Sundays: Sacred Sound Vinyasa, Tadasana Mountain Yoga, 10:45am, $15

• Sundays: Cultivating Compassion w/Arwen Ek, Wild

Bear Mountain Ecology Center, 12:30pm, free • Sundays: Slow Flow, Tadasana Mountain Yoga, 5pm, $15 • Sundays & Mondays: Restorative Flow, Tadasana Mountain Yoga, 9am, $15 • Mondays: Zazen Meditation, Tadasana Mountain Yoga, 6:30am, $15 • Mondays: PIYO Fitness, Tadasana Mountain Yoga, 10:45am, $15 • Mondays: Ashtanga Yoga, Tadasana Mountain Yoga, 5:45pm, $15 • Mondays-Fridays: Mountain Flow, Tadasana Mountain Yoga, noon, $ • Tuesdays: Vinyasa Flow, Tadasana Mountain Yoga, 9am & 5:45pm, $15 • Tuesdays: Mountain Flow, Tadasana Mountain Yoga, noon, $15 • Tuesdays: Candlelight Restorative Yoga, Tadasana Mountain Yoga, 7pm, $15 • Wednesdays: Slow Flow, Tadasana Mountain Yoga, 9am, $15 • Wednesdays: Power Vinyasa Level 1, Tadasana Mountain Yoga, 5:45pm, $15 • Wednesdays: Yin Yoga, Tadasana Mountain Yoga, 7pm, $15 • Thursdays: Adult Tai Chi, Nederland Community Center, 8am, $4 • Thursdays: Ashtanga Yoga, Tadasana Mountain Yoga, 9am, $15 • Thursdays: Yoga/Pilates Fusion, Tadasana Mountain Yoga, 5:45pm, $15 • Thursdays: Yoga for Athletes, Tadasana Mountain Yoga, 7pm, $15 • Fridays: Hatha Yoga, Tadasana Mountain Yoga, 9am, $15

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Yoga, 6:30pm, $14

Yoga, 10am, $14

Yoga, 8:30am, $14

9am, $695

• March 5-12: Daoist Feng Shui, Dao House, 9am, $2,500 • March 7: Basic Life Support/CPR Class, Estes Park Medical Center, 9am, $

• March 9: Basic Life Support/CPR Class, Estes Park Medical Center, 9am, $

• March 17: Sound Healing: Tibetan Bowls, Estes Park Yoga, 6:30pm, $15

• March 19: Far Out First Aid - Wilderness & Remote First Aid & CPR, Estes Park Mountain Shop, 9am, $69 • March 19: Intro to the Chakras, Estes Park Yoga, 1:30pm, $20

• March 24: Partner Yoga Workshop, Estes Park Yoga, 6pm, $15

Restaurant, noon, free

Majestic Building, 6pm, free

• March 9: Upper Clear Creek Watershed, Town Hall, 9am, free

• March 13 & 27: City Council Meeting, Town Hall, 7pm, free • March 15: Clear Creek County Planning Commission, Town Hall, 6:30pm, free

Central City • March 7 & 21: City Council, Town Hall, 7pm, free • March 14 & 28: Gilpin County Commissioners, County Court House, 9am, free

Black Hawk • March 8 & 22: City Council, Town Hall, 3pm, free Gilpin County • March 28: Coffee with the Commissioners, Gilpin County Community Center, 6:30pm, free

Coal Creek Canyon • March 2: The Environmental Group, CCCIA Hall, 5:30pm, free

• March 5: Gross Dam Expansion Info, CCCIA Hall, 3pm, free • March 9: Homesteaders’ Club, CCCIA Hall, 7pm, free • March 14: CCCIA Board Meeting, CCCIA Hall, 7pm, free • March 28: United Power Meet the Candidates, CCCIA Hall, 7:30pm, free

Nederland • March 7 & 21: Board of Trustees, Nederland Community Center, 7pm, free

• March 27: Open House – Drainage & Stormwater Master Plan, Town Hall, 6pm, free Lyons • March 6 & 20: Lyons Board of Trustees, Town Hall, 7pm, free • March 7: Lyons Arts & Humanities Commission Meeting, Western Stars Gallery & Studio, 4pm, free • March 13: Parks & Recreation Commission Meeting, Lyons Depot, free

• March 13 & 27: Planning & Community Development Commission Workshop, Town Hall, 7pm, free Estes Park • March 1: Estes Valley Model Railroaders - Rails in the Rockies Follow-up, Estes Valley Library, 6:30pm, free • March 2: Estes Valley Sunrise Rotary, Estes Valley Library , 5:30pm, free

• March 7: Great Decisions Discussion Group, Estes Valley Library , 11:30am, free

• March 8: Commissioner Donnelly Citizen Meeting, Senior Center, 9am, free

• March 8: Estes Valley Watershed Coalition, Estes Valley Library, 11am, free

• March 8: Lunch & Learn Roundtable Discussions, Estes Valley Library, noon, free

• March 9: Estes Park Equestrian Club, Estes Valley Library, 6pm, free

• March 9: Estes Park Genealogical Society, Estes Valley Library, 4pm, free

• March 14: Estes Park Aviation Club, Estes Valley Library, 6:30pm, free

• March 20: Library Friends & Foundation Board Meeting, Estes Valley Library, 2pm, free • Tuesdays: Estes Valley Sunrise Rotary, Other Side Restaurant, 7am, free

• Thursdays: Rotary Club of Estes Park Meeting, Rodeway Inn, noon, free

SPORTS/RECREATION Grand County • March 4: Village Mardi Gras Celebration, Winter Park Resort, noon, free

• March 4-5: 6th Annual Grand Lake Catch & Release Ice Fishing Contest, Grand Lake, 9am, $40 • March 4 & 18: Meltdown Series Bike Race, Granby Ranch, 9am, $

• March 11-12: Stampede Race, YMCA of the Rockies Snow Mountain Ranch, 9am, $40/$60/$70

Summit County • March 18: Alpenglow Ascents Rando Challenge No. 1, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, 9am, $25 • March 25: 9th Annual Save our Snow Celebration, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, 9am, $10

Georgetown • March 2: Outdoor Divas Demo Day, Loveland Ski Area, 9am, free (w/lift ticket)

• March 4 & March 25: Free Family Race Day, Loveland Ski Area, 9am, free (w/lift ticket)

• March 8: Ski With a Forest Ranger, Loveland Ski Area, 1:30pm, free (w/lift ticket)

• March 9: Ski Hooky Days w/95.7 FM & Oskar Blues, Loveland Ski Area, 9am, $25

• March 29: Trailblazer Wellness Series: Feed Your Brain, Estes Valley Library , 1pm, free • April 2-9: The Alchemy of Tai Chi 13, Dao House 4pm, $ • Mondays: Beginner Yoga, Estes Park Yoga, 6pm, $ • Mondays: Mindfulness Meditation, Estes Park Yoga,

• March 13: Mountain MidLife: Conversation Café,

• March 18: ON3P Skis Demo Day, Loveland Ski Area, 9am,

• March 15: Nederland Downtown Development Authority, Nederland Community Center, 6:30pm, free • March 15: Library Foundation Board Meeting,

• March 25: Ski With a Forest Ranger, Loveland Ski Area,

• Mondays & Wednesdays: Community Tai Chi, Estes

• March 22: Library District Board Meeting, Nederland

• Tuesdays & Thursdays: Women’s Movers & Shakers,

• Mondays & Fridays: Level 2 Yoga, Estes Park Yoga,

• March 22: Planning Commission Meeting, Nederland

• Tuesdays & Thursdays: Men’s Moaners & Groaners,

• Tuesdays: EmPower Yoga, Estes Park Yoga, 8:30am, $ • Tuesdays: Level 1 Yoga, Estes Park Yoga, 6pm, $ • Wednesdays & Thursdays: Level 1 Yoga, Estes Park

• March 28: Indian Peaks Radio Club, Nederland

• Wednesdays : Level 2 Yoga, Estes Park Yoga, 7pm, $ • Thursdays: EmPower Yoga, Estes Park Yoga, 6pm, $ • Saturdays: EmPower Yoga, Estes Park Yoga, 8am, $ • Sundays: Wu Dang Chen Sunday Sermon, Dao House,

Ward • March 6: Town Council, Town Hall, 7pm, free Jamestown • March 6: Board Meeting, Town Hall, 7pm, free • March 13: Special Board Workshop, Town Hall, 7pm, free

7:15pm, $

Valley Library, 5:30pm, free 8:30am, $

Yoga, 8:30am, $

8:30am, free

Nederland Community Center, 12:45pm, free

Nederland Community Library, 6pm, free

Community Library, 7pm, free

Community Center, 7pm, free

Community Center, 7pm, free • Tuesdays: Tech Tuesday, Nederland Community Library, 2pm, free

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10:30am, free (w/lift ticket)

• March 29-30: Never Summer Demo Days, Loveland Ski Area, 9am, free (w/lift ticket)

Georgetown Community Center, 8am, $

Georgetown Community Center, 9am, $

Dumont • March 20: Hike with a Shelter Dog, Charlie’s Place Animal Shelter, 10am, free

Idaho Springs • March 6: Clear Creek Recreation Hiking Club – State Capitol Tour, Sampler Mill Recreation Center, 10am, free • March 12: Concealed Carry Class – Level 1, Samper Mill Recreation Center, 9am, $89

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Expo highlights sports, fitness ESTES PARK Estes Park and Front Range businesses and organizations focused on promoting and supporting the sports and fitness lifestyle are being assembled for the inaugural Estes Parks Sports & SPECIAL Fitness Expo, March EVENT 18, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Estes Park Events Center. Exhibitors will be sharing their products and services as well as a variety of hands-on demonstrations to inspire you to get out and get active. Engage with expert speakers and benefit from their ideas and tips on Fall and Winter wellness and safety. The event is free and open to the public.

Join expo participants to jump start your wellness this season, integrate new ideas into your existing fitness routine, and learn more about how to get involved in the incredible sports fitness, and wellness opportunities in the Estes Park community.

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which to exercise, play and extend a reach toward health and fitness.

Explore the many sports and fitness opportunities available to the active community in Estes Park. Organizations and businesses representing a diverse array of activities including running, cycling, swimming, yoga, cross-training, climbing and many more will be available to share how everyone can make the most of local active opportunities. Engage with our expert speakers and presenters and benefit from their ideas and tips on sports performance, experience, outdoor recreation, fitness and wellness.

This inaugural sports and fitness expo is presented by the Estes Park Medical Center. The Estes Park Sports & Fitness Assocation is grateful for the support of EPMC who have played a critical role in helping develop sports, fitness and wellness in Estes Park.

DETAILS Estes Park Sports & Fitness Expo March 18 • 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Estes Park Events Complex 1125 Rooftop Way, Estes Park 303-304-9159

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Weekly class teaches compassion NEDERALND Are world events getting you down?

Are you struggling to find inner peace in the midst of chaos? Are you seeking authentic connection with family, friends, and yourself? You are not alone.

Join Arwen Ek, for a free, public Cultivating Compassion class on Sundays from 12:30-1 p.m. at Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center introducing mindfulness techniques, healthy coping strategies, and how to cultivate authentic compassion for our friends, our enemies and the world. This is a nondenominational class and safe space.

Ek has been practicing and teaching

meditation since 2004. She held monastic vows and lived as a Buddhist nun at Tara Mandala Buddhist Retreat Center in Pagosa Springs for three years. She is the founding director of The Holistic Homestead, a local nonprofit dedicated to improving health and wellness on every level of being.

DETAILS Cultivating Compassion Class w/Arwen Ek Sundays • 12:30-1 p.m.

Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center 20 Lakeview Dr, Nederland wildbear.org •303-258-0495

Ski area celebrates ‘power to save powder’ SUMMIT COUNTY Arapahoe Basin Ski Area presents its 9th Annual Save our Snow Celebration.

March 25, to benefit the High Country Conservation Center, Summit County’s resource center providing awareness, education, appreciation and preservation of the environment. A $10 donation to the group allows patrons to demo some of the newest equipment available.

To celebrate the “Power To Save The Powder,” a tent village in the Base Area

will feature organizations practicing sustainability in their businesses and products.

Meet the ski area’s Green Team and learn about A-Basin’s sustainability initiatives.

DETAILS 9th Annual Save Our Snow Celebration March 25 • 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

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A team competes in the 2016 Coffin Races.

Photo by Jeffrey V. Smith

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Dead” Fat Bike Rally features experienced and novice fat bike racers riding snow bikes up, over and around obstacles, plus through town.

This year’s festival, which has received plenty of media attention in the past, will be featured on PBS’ “Wild Travels” and the Travel Channel’s “Booze Traveler.” The event also has its own craft beer, “Bredo’s Brew,” created

by Grossen Bart Brewery and is the subject of a new, locally-produced TV pilot, “Frozen Dead.”

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Find a complete schedule online with information for all the free-to-watch frosty events that go on, along with the line-up in three heated tents providing beer, spirited drinks, food and live music. Wristbands for $10 allows entry into all three tents on Saturday and Sunday.

DETAILS Frozen Dead Guy Days Festival March 10-12 • Various Times Guercio Field & First Street, Nederland frozendeadguydays.org

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MOUNTAIN CULTURE CALENDAR SPORTS/RECREATION (cont.)

Idaho Springs (cont.)

• March 12: Full Moon Hike to St. Mary’s Glacier, Silver Lake Lodge, 5pm, free

• March 21: Clear Creek Recreation Hiking Club – Three Sisters, Sampler Mill Recreation Center, 10am, free • March 30-31: Clear Creek Recreation Hiking Club – Francie’s Cabin Overnight, Sampler Mill Recreation Center, $55

• Mondays: SilverSneakers Classic, Samper Mill Recreation Center, 8am, free (w/admission)

• Mondays: Master Swim, Samper Mill Recreation Center, 9am, free (w/admission)

• Mondays: Indoor Cycling, Samper Mill Recreation Center, 4pm, free (w/admission)

• Mondays & Wednesdays: Aqua Zumba, Samper Mill

Recreation Center, 6:30pm, free (w/admission) • Tuesdays: Sit & Fit, Project Support Senior Center, 10:30am, $ • Tuesdays: Power Up, Samper Mill Recreation Center, 6pm, free (w/admission) • Tuesdays: Deep Water Aerobics, Samper Mill Recreation Center, 5:30pm, free (w/admission) • Tuesdays & Thursdays: Core Conditioning, Samper Mill Recreation Center, 8:30am, free (w/admission) • Tuesdays & Thursdays: Water Aerobics, Samper Mill Recreation Center, 10am, free (w/admission) • Tuesdays & Thursdays: Vortex Class, Samper Mill Recreation Center, 11am, free (w/admission) • Wednesdays: SilverSneakers Cardio, Samper Mill Recreation Center, 8am, free (w/admission) • Thursdays: Turbo Kick, Samper Mill Recreation Center, 5pm, free (w/admission) • Fridays: SilverSneakers Cardio, Samper Mill Recreation Center, 8am, free (w/admission) • Fridays: Indoor Cycling Class, Samper Mill Recreation Center, noon, free (w/admission) • Saturdays: Turbo Kick Express, Samper Mill Recreation Center, 8:30am, free (w/admission)

Gilpin County • Mondays: Pilates, Gilpin County Community Center, 8:15am, $

• Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays: Aquacize, Gilpin County Community Center, 9:30am, $

• Mondays & Wednesdays: Swim Team, Gilpin County Community Center, 4:30pm, $

• Mondays & Saturdays: Bootcamp, Gilpin County Community Center, 6:15am, $

• Tuesdays: Quick & Tone, Gilpin County Community Center, 8:15am, $

• Tuesdays & Thursdays: Pickleball, Gilpin County Community Center, 10am, $

• Tuesdays & Thursdays: Tae Kwon Do, Gilpin County Community Center, 6am, $

• Wednesdays: Fire Fitness, Gilpin County Community Center, 9:15am, $

• Wednesdays & Fridays: Adult Strengthen, Gilpin

County Community Center, 11am, $ • Wednesdays: Guts & Glutes, Gilpin County Community Center, 6:15pm, $

Coal Creek Canyon • Wednesdays: Elevate Conditioning Super Circuit Class, CCCIA Hall, 7pm, $ Nederland • March 11: Mountain MidLife Hike, Nederland Community Center, 10am, free

• March 11: Necromancer Group Fat Bike Ride, Tin Shed Sports, 9am, free

• March 12: Rise From the Dead Fat Bike Rally, Guercio Field and First Street, 1pm, $20

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• March 18-19: East Council YSL Championships – GS/ SL, Eldora Mountain Resort, $ • March 25-26: USSA Head Rebels YSL Championships, 2nd Winter TREK Games, Eldora Mountain Resort, $ • April 1-2: Retro Days, Eldora Mountain Resort, $ • Mondays: Zumba, Nederland Community Center, 9:15am, $4 • Mondays & Wednesdays: NAS Exercise, St. Rita’s Catholic Church, 10:30am, free

• Mondays, Wednesdays & Saturdays: Pickleball,

Nederland Community Center, 10am, free (first time only) • Tuesdays: Adult Basketball, Nederland Community Center, 6pm, $4 • Wednesdays: Pickleball, Nederland Community Center, 6pm, free (first time only) • Fridays: Women’s Cardio Sculpt, Nederland Community Center, 8:15am, $4

• April 4: Jim Boyd Advanced Pistol Skills Review, Indoor Shooting Range, 4:30pm, $

• April 5: Jim Boyd Private Pistol Skills Review, Indoor Shooting Range, 5pm, $

• April 6: Estes Park Cycling Coalition After Work Ride, Via Bicycle Café, 5:15pm, free

• Mondays: Monday Special, Chipper’s Lanes, 11am, $1 • Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays: Deep Water Aerobics, Estes Park Aquatic Center, 8:15am & 11:30am, $4.75-$6.75

• Mondays-Fridays: Lap Swim, Estes Park Aquatic Center, 6am, $4.75-$6.75

• Mondays-Fridays: Aquanastics, Estes Park Aquatic Center, 9am, $4.75-$6.75

• Mondays-Fridays: Walking, Estes Park Event Center, 9am, free

$20/$30

• March 21: Strengthening Parent-Child Communication at Different Developmental Stages Parent Education, Lyons Elementary School, 6pm, free • Mondays: Fun Chess w/Aaron Caplan, Lyons Regional Library, 3pm, free

Estes Park • March 1: Planning for Incapacity & Writing a Will, Senior Center, 9:30am, free

• March 1-2: Biennial Research Conference: People and Stewardship, Town Hall, 8:30am, free • March 1, 29, April 5: Tech Café, Estes Valley Library, 4:30pm, free

• March 25: Bears in Our Backyard Hike, Betasso

• Tuesdays & Thursdays: Twinges in the Hinges, Good

• March 30: Hike for Seniors, Walker Ranch Open Space,

• Wednesdays: Deep Water Aerobics, Estes Park Aquatic

• March 2: Mayor’s Chat, Poppy’s Pizza and Grill, noon, free • March 2, 9, 16 & 23: Estes Outreach - The Battle of Gettysburg, Estes Park Middle School, 4pm, $43 • March 3: World Wildlife Week - Harry Kent A Lifetime Living on the Edge, Stanley Hotel, 6pm, free • March 4: World Wildlife Week - Antarctica 2041 Taking Opportunities and Creating Change, Stanley

Peaceful Valley • March 15: Active Adult 50+ Snowshoe Tour & Nature Experience, Peaceful Valley Resort, 10:30am, $30

• Wednesdays: Adult Volleyball, Estes Park Middle School,

• March 4, 5, 11, 12, 18 & 19: Wild in Winter!, Rocky

• Wednesdays & Fridays: Open Swim, Estes Park Aquatic

• March 6: Selling Your Stuff Online, Estes Valley Library,

• Thursdays: Boot Camp, Estes Park High School, 3:45pm, $60 • Thursdays: College Night, Chipper’s Lanes, 9pm, $6 • Thursday & Saturday: Pickleball in The Pavilion, Estes

• March 7: Estes Outreach - Inside US Intelligence,

• Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays: Ice Skating & Ice Fishing, Trout Haven Fishing Pond, 10am, $5 • Saturdays: Lap Swim, Estes Park Aquatic Center, 9am, $ • Saturdays: Ski the Wilderness in Winter, Rocky

• March 7: Secrets of Growing Tomatoes in Estes Park,

Boulder County • March 19: Spring Has Sprung! Hike, Heil Valley Ranch Open Space, 10am, free

Preserve, 10am, free 10am, free

Lyons • Wednesdays: Active Adult 50+ Fitness Class, Walt Self Building, 10:15am, free

• Thursdays: Adult Open Basketball, Lyons Elementary School, 8pm, $5

Estes Park • March 1: Jim Boyd Private Advanced Pistol Skills Review, Indoor Shooting Range, 4:30pm, $ • March 1, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, 18, 19: Snowshoe Ecology Walk, Rocky Mountain National Park, 12:30pm, free • March 3: Family Mountaineering & Backcountry Weekend, YMCA of the Rockies, 10am, free/$20 • March 4: REI Outdoor School - Building The Ultimate Snow Cave, Rocky Mountain National Park, 9am, $75/$95 • March 4: Beginner Snowshoe Hike, Rocky Mountain National Park, 1pm, free

• March 4: Jim Boyd Fundamentals of Pistol Shooting Course, Indoor Shooting Range, 8am, $ • March 4 & 18: Winter Ecology - A Snowshoeing Trek for Kids & Families, Rocky Mountain Conservancy, 9am, $15 • March 5: Intermediate Snowshoe, Rocky Mountain National Park, 1pm, free

• March 5: REI Outdoor School - Snowshoe & Hot Chocolate Extravaganza, Rocky Mountain National Park, 9am, $75/$95

•March 3-5: Family Winter Mountaineering & Backcountry Weekend, YMCA of the Rockies, 10am, $ • March 4: REI Outdoor School - Building The Ultimate Snow Cave, Rocky Mountain National Park, 9am, $75/$95 • March 7: Jim Boyd Advanced Pistol Skills Review, Indoor Shooting Range, 5pm, $

• March 11: REI Outdoor School - Wilderness Survival & Winter Skills, Rocky Mountain National Park, 9am, $75/$95

• March 12: Ranger-Led Full Moon Walk, Rocky Mountain National Park, 5pm, free

• March 18: Jim Boyd Defensive Pistol Course, Indoor Shooting Range, 8am, $

• March 19: REI Outdoor School – Snowshoe Mills Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, 9am, $75/$95 • March 25: Coyotes: The Song Dogs of the West, Rocky Mountain Conservancy, 8am, $76/$80

• March 26: REI Outdoor School - Snowshoe Peak Ascents, Rocky Mountain National Park, 8am, $85/$105

• Monday: Pickleball in The Pavilion, Estes Park Event

• March 5: American Red Cross First Aid/CPR Certification Child/Infant, Walt Self Building, 9am, $40 • March 18: Intro to Beekeeping, Lyons Farmette, 1pm,

Center, 7pm, $

• Tuesdays & Thursdays: Shallow Water Aerobics, Estes Park Aquatic Center, 8:15am, $4.75-$6.75 Samaritan Village, 9:30am, $4.75-$6.75

Center, 6pm, $4.75-$6.75 7pm, $

Center, 6pm, $4.75-$6.75

Park Event Center, 8am, $

Mountain National Park, 9:30am, free

TALKS/TOURS/WORKSHOPS/CLASSES Georgetown • March 10: Early Idaho Springs Photo Slide Show, Idaho Springs Public Library, 6pm, free

• March 17: Devil’s Gate History Club: “History of the Colorado Mountain Club” by Scott Robson, Georgetown Community Center, 7pm, free

• March 30: CSU Master Gardeners - Pruning: When?

Where? Why? How?, Georgetown Heritage Center, 6pm, free Idaho Springs • Thursdays-Mondays: Mill, Mine & Museum Tour, Historic Argo Gold Mine & Mill, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, $14/$22

Hotel, 6pm, free

Mountain National Park, 10am, free

4:30pm, free

Estes Park Middle School, 4pm, $38

• March 7: Nehemiah Gateway Program – Albania, Estes Valley Library, 7pm, free Senior Center, 1pm, free

• March 9: Searching the Estes Park Museum Collection Online, Estes Valley Library, 2pm, free • March 10: Estes Valley Restorative Justice Partnership Workshop “When Cultures Meet,” Town Hall, 8am, $15

• March 16: Life Hacks, Quick Fix & Tipster Tricks, Estes Valley Library, noon, free

• March 23: Legacy Gifts with Lifetime Income and Tax Benefits for the Donor, Estes Valley Library, 6:30pm, free • March 23: Dream Circle, Senior Center, 1pm, $10 • March 27: Common Cents Counts Basic Financial Series - Goal Setting & Financial Planning, Estes Valley Library, 7pm, free

• March 29: Money Matters - Part II, Estes Valley Library, 6:30pm, free

• Mondays: Citizenship Classes, Estes Valley Library, 7pm, free

Gilpin County • March 7: Common Cents for Colorado - Managing Money During Retirement, Gilpin County Public Library,

• Wednesdays: English Conversation Café, Estes Valley

• March 8: CSU Extension Gilpin - Chickens in Your Mountain Yard, Gilpin County Fairgrounds Exhibit Barn,

• Fridays: Great Courses Lecture Series - Wonders of the National Park, Senior Center, 10am, free

7pm, free

Library, 7pm, free

• Thursdays: Trail Trekkers Mini Adventure Series, Estes Valley Library, 7pm, free

6:30pm, $5

• March 9: CSU Extension Gilpin County Teen Tech Thursdays, Gilpin County Public Library, 4:30pm, free Coal Creek Canyon • March 9: Homesteader Class, CCCIA Hall, 7pm, $ • March 19: Saws & Slaws Forest Ecology Series, CCCIA Hall, 3pm, free

Nederland • Tuesdays: Tech Tuesdays, Nederland Community Library, 2pm, free

Lyons • March 4: American Red Cross Babysitters Training, Walt Self Building, 9am, $55

Submit mountain events and activities for free listing in the Mountain Events Calendar to: MMACeditor@gmail.com All listings/dates subject to change.

Contact venues to confirm events.

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COVER STORY Skip lines, save cash, enjoy solitude by skiing uphill FRONT RANGE he fun isn’t limited to going downhill at our regional ski resorts. The growing trend of uphill skiing is gaining a considerable foothold at Colorado ski areas and resorts. Those who take part enjoy the increased exercise and solitude along with the chance to skip lift lines, get a considerable price break on access and bring their dog. Many guests also enjoy exercising amid the breathtaking mountain settings before or after the lifts close.

Uphill skiing, also known as “skinning,” “alpine touring” or “ski mountaineering,” involves bypassing ski lifts and climbing to the top of each run under one’s own power. Mountaineers and a small group of extreme skiers have been skinning for ages, to gain access to unspoiled areas. Ten years ago there were just a few folks heading uphill. These days several hundred people are skinning up ski slopes before they open on snowy weekends.

Though it’s still a relatively new industry, ski mountaineering has grown enough to encourage resorts to define their policies and procedures around the activity. Some, but not all, ski areas allow uphill access by means of crosscountry skiing, skiing or splitboarding uphill with the use of skins for alpine skis, snowshoeing, or hiking. Near the Front Range, Arapahoe Basin, Breckenridge, Copper, Eldora, Keystone, Loveland and Winter Park all provide options for uphill access—most are free. Rules vary from resort to resort, so before you

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start heading uphill, make sure to know the policy of the ski area.

Uphill access by means of skinning, snowshoeing and hiking has gained popularity at Arapahoe Basin in recent years. The ski area welcomes and supports individuals seeking to exercise and enjoy the quiet mountain setting. Alpine touring is free at the ski area, but an Uphill Access Pass must be obtained at the Season Pass Office. During operational hours, access is restricted to the eastern edge of the High Noon run, between the base area and Black Mountain Lodge.

Except for terrain parks, the entire mountain is fair game in the early mornings and evenings. You can even bring your dog during non-operational hours.

“Skinning can be one of the hardest, but most rewarding and fun activities in your quiver, especially when you skin in-bounds and push yourself,” Arapahoe Basin Marketing & Communications Manager Adrienne Saia Isaac said. “But, the feeling of solitude, especially in the mornings, and the freedom to choose your own adventure in terms of the route you take, are totally worth the sweat! I love that the Basin encourages uphill travel, and is working to grow the sport.

This is the place that taught me how to ski uphill, and I just love it.”

According to Issac, A-Basin has one of the easiest uphill access policies to navigate. “We also have affordable races like our Rise n’ Shine Rando Series that appeal to everyone from the hardcore endurance athletes to people just getting into the sport,” she said. “We also encourage uphill travel during our Moonlight Dinners, with two of the dinners accessible only by hiking or skinning.”

Other Summit County resorts limit alpine touring to after hours. Breckenridge Ski Resort and Keystone Resort do not require passes while Copper Mountain requires a free pass and reflective armband, which is available at Copper Mountain’s Lower Patrol Room, 5 a.m.-5 p.m. during the winter season.

In partnership with the U.S. Forest Service, Eldora Mountain Resort is running a trial of uphill alpine touring this season.

Unlike everyday operations for alpine, snowboarding and Nordic, Uphill Alpine Touring access will be offered on a modified agenda, including mid-week access, and for special events and competitions.

Special rates and passes apply.

Loveland Ski Area requires its round-

An uphill skier reaches the top of a run at Arapahoe Basin.

Photos by Dave Camara/Arapahoe Basin Ski Area

the-clock skinners to have an Uphill Access Card, available at no charge at the Ski Patrol Headquarters from 8:30 a.m.3:30 p.m. daily. Pass holders can enjoy two ascents. Route A goes to the top of the Ptarmigan run and Route B heads to the top of the Continental Divide. Uphill skiers can have dogs under voice command before and after operating hours at Loveland Basin.

Winter Park Resort allows access for uphill skiing and skinning on any open trail at all hours without a pass.

Uphill skiers, snowshoers and hikers are asked to stay on the side of the trails when ascending and follow other safety rules. After lifts close and the mountain is cleared by Ski Patrol, dogs are allowed. They must remain on a leash at the base area and under voice command in all other areas of the resort.

“We’ve definitely seen an increase in uphill skiers at Winter Park because it has become a key element of the healthy, active mountain lifestyle that attracts so many people to Colorado,” Director of Public Relations and Communications Steve Hurlbert said. “To many people who live in our area, the day is just not off to a good start without a morning skin up Winter Park and we’re happy to accommodate those who enjoy this fun and tranquil activity.”

Skinning and skiing on uncharted terrain or on groomed trails, after resort staff have gone for the day, should be left to expert-level athletes who have both avalanche-preparedness training and alpine rescue gear. Beginners should consider limiting their activities to daytime, operational hours.

Individuals who skin and snowshoe at a ski area, with or without a pass, are considered as a skier under the Colorado Skier Safety Act. Individuals who skin and snowshoe assumes the risk of any injury to person or property resulting from the inherent dangers and risk of

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the activity. Be aware, most resorts will not respond to emergencies during nonoperating hours.

Keeping in mind the sport’s considerable risks, it is strongly recommended that all uphill access users utilize reflective materials on ski poles, clothing, and/ or packs to heighten visibility. In addition to headlamps, flashing lights such as those commonly used on bicycles make it easier for other users as well as ski area personnel to see you and your party in the dark. Lastly, a whistle can be beneficial if the need arises to send an audible warning or signal.

Before heading uphill, learn the policies of the ski area you are visiting. By following the rules, you are preserving this opportunity for all mountain users.

REGIONAL ALPINE SKI AREAS Arapahoe Basin 28194 U.S. Highway 6, Dillon 888-ARAPAHOE • ArapahoeBasin.com Breckenridge Ski Resort 1599 County Road 3, Breckenridge 970-453-5000 • www.breckenridge.com Copper Mountain 209 Ten Mile Circle, Copper Mountain 800-458-8386 • coppercolorado.com Eldora Mountain Resort 2861 Eldora Ski Road 140, Nederland 303-440-8700 • Eldora.com Keystone Resort 100 Dercum Square, Keystone 970- 496-4386 • www.keystoneresort.com Loveland Ski Area I-70 west exit 216, Georgetown 303-571-5580 • skiloveland.com Winter Park 85 Parsenn Road, Winter Park 970-726-5514 • winterparkresort.com

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MOUNTAIN ARTS CALENDAR CLASSICAL MUSIC Georgetown • March 11: Devil Moon Series: Classical Pianist Mallory Bernstein, Georgetown Heritage Center, 7pm, $25/$30

• April 1: Sounds of Spring - Georgetown Musicale and Friends, Georgetown Heritage Center, 7pm, free

• April 2: Central City Opera Youth Program How the West Was Sung, Georgetown Heritage Center, 2pm, $

Gilpin County • Wednesdays: Peak to Peak Chorale Practice, Gilpin County Library, 7pm, free

Estes Park • March 5: Estes Park Music Festival w/Julia Kruger, Victor Bunin & Natalia Tchaikovsky,

Erosion highlights photographer’s

Stanley Hotel Concert Hall, 2pm, $10

• March 19: Estes Park Music Festival w/Peggy Lyon & Gregory Dufford, Stanley Hotel Concert Hall, 2pm, $10

Photos by Les Barstow

• March 26: Estes Park Music Festival w/Seicento Baroque Ensemble, Stanley Hotel Concert Hall, 2pm, $10

• March 31-April 1: A Centennial Salute, Estes Park High School Auditorium, 7pm/2pm, free

connection with nature

By Jennifer Pund GILPIN COUNTY ature has always held a “strong place” in Les Barstow’s heart. The award-winning photographer says it “opens a window to the Divine” and leaves him “full of inspiration and wonder.” Nature’s “invitation to explore” is something he’s incorporated into his photography from the beginning. See how his images “evoke the best of emotions” from nature at his Gilpin County Library exhibition, “Erosion,” which hangs through March.

“Warmth was my main goal,” Barstow said. “It had been quite cold, and more than usually overcast for a while, when I was contacted about the exhibit. I decided that whatever I presented needed to have some warmth. Sun caught on desert sandstone is my idea of warm, both visually and physically, so I started with pieces that showcased that warmth. I added a few pictures of waterfalls, canyons, and the Badlands to round out the theme and provide a bit of variety to the show.”

Barstow has been taking photographs for most of his life and has always found a way to incorporate nature and places he feels need recognition for preservation. “My first memorable photograph was taken in the Badlands. I was 15 at the time, on a high school geology trip through the west,” he said. “I have never changed my

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photographic goals of capturing the majesty of nature. I want what I photograph to be accurately reflected in my final prints. I process all of my prints digitally—even those that I captured a decade ago on film—but, I process as minimally as possible to bring out what I remember of the scene, combined with what the camera captured.

I also like to emphasize that our natural places need protecting; if they’re overused or misused, future generations may never be able to see these sights as we do.”

The photographer’s connection to nature has served him well.

His award-winning images have been used by the Colorado Parks and Wildlife service and the National Park Service on brochures and websites. His images have also hung in the offices of the Colorado State Senate and in the Capital Rotunda.

When Barstow and his wife moved from Western New York almost 20 years ago, the couple spent a year in the metro Denver area before deciding they wanted something more rural, with more snow.

They were open to move anywhere, but they wanted to live in the mountains with nature all around, and still have access to the city.

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• April 2: Estes Park Music Festival w/Sandra Wong, Stanley Hotel Concert Hall, 2pm, $10 • Tuesdays-Wednesdays: James Davis’ Spanish & Classical Guitar, Twin Owls Steak House, 6pm, free • Friday & Saturday: Ray Young Jazz Piano, Nicky’s Steakhouse, 6pm, free

CRAFTS/SEWING/QUILTING Georgetown • March 9: Adult Craft Group, John Tomay Memorial Library, 5:30pm, free

• March 13: Adult Craft Group, Idaho Springs Library, 5:30pm, free

Gilpin County • March 1, 8 & 15: Wednesday Morning Pottery, Gilpin Recreation Center, 9:30am, $135/$155

• March 2 & 16: Stitchers Get-Together, Gilpin County Community Center, 8:30am, free

• March 2 & 9: Thursday Evening Pottery, Gilpin Recreation Center, 5:30pm, $135/$155

• March 2-5: March ‘Scrapbook Madness’ Open Event, Mojito Creek, 10am, $140 • March 4 & 11: Saturday Morning Pottery, Gilpin Recreation Center, 9:30am, $135/$155

Coal Creek Canyon • March 7 & 21: Coal Creek Quilters, Coal Creek Coffee, 6pm, free

Nederland • March 7 & April 4: Quirky Quilters, Nederland Community Library, 10:30am, free

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• March 9: Ned Knits, Nederland Community Library, 10:30am, free

• March 15: Knitting and Crafting Workshop, Nederland Community Library, 3:30pm, free

Allenspark • March 9 & 23: Courageous Creators, The Old Gallery, 2pm, free

“FUN FLOWERS” WITH SANDY FRITZ

FIBER VIBRATIONS ART QUILT CLASS

DROP SPINDLE CLASS WITH FANCY TIGER CRAFTS

Take a creative journey into mixed media collage, March 11, from 1-4 p.m. at the Art Center of Estes Park during the FUN Flowers class. This technique includes hand-painted papers, texture, acrylic paint and spray paints. The class fee is $60. www.artcenterofestes.com

Create an art quilt during the Fiber Vibrations class at Lyons Quilting, March 23, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., while learning improvisational curved piecing plus a unique technique for fused applique and simple thread painting.

A free pattern is provided by instructor. lyonsquilting.com

Students learn the age-old craft of handspinning wool fiber into rustic yarn at the Drop Spindle Class, March 25, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., at the Lyons Farmette. The fun class taught by Fancy Tiger Crafts co-owner Jaime Jennings. lyonsfarmette.com

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• Tuesdays: Warped Weavers, Kelley House, 8:30am, free Lyons • March 4: Animal Portraits Workshop, Lyons Quilting, 10am, $90

• March 4: Needle Felting, Lyons Farmette, 1pm, SOLD OUT • March 6: Dresden Plate, Lyons Quilting, 10am, $75 • March 8: Free Motion Quilting Part 2, Lyons Quilting, 10am, $50

• March 9: Hexagons & Cubes Class, Lyons Quilting, 10am, $50

• March 10: Beginning Quilting Yellow Brick Road Class, Lyons Quilting, 10am, $50

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MOUNTAIN ARTS Pianist performs classical program GEORGETOWN The Georgetown Heritage Center welcomes Mallory Bernstein for a classical piano concert, March 11 at 7 p.m. as part of its CLASSICAL Devil Moon Series.

Born in White MUSIC Plains, New York, Mallory Bernstein has given solo performances throughout the United States as well as in Germany, Italy, and Portugal. Highlights of the last

few seasons include performances with the Sonoma Philharmonic, solo and collaborative recitals in Colorado and New York, three performances of Rhapsody in Blue with the Aurora Symphony and the two-piano arrangement of the Brahms Requiem at the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival.

Bernstein is the collaborative pianist for Opera on Tap in Denver and the Evergreen Chorale. She is a founding member of the Denver Art Song Project and the Boxwood Ensemble. She holds degrees in Piano Performance from Ithaca College, the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and the University of Denver, and is on the faculty as a collaborative pianist and coach at the College Audition Advantage summer institute.

Tickets are $25 in advance or $30 at the door.

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Georgetown Heritage Center 809 Taos St., Georgetown www.georgetowntrust.org

Back Pew Creations stages a melodrama about the incorporation of Estes Park in March.

Melodrama celebrates Centennial ESTES PARK After a one year absence, the annual melodrama staged by Back Pew Creations at Presbyterian Community Church of the Rockies returns this year for five performances, March 10-11 and 17MELO19. This year’s meloDRAMA drama—“Estes Park: A Dedicated Town or Who’s in Charge Here?”—is an “authentic” Estes Park Centennial Celebration activity and is loosely based on the history of how Estes Park became an incorporated town.

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“The 100th anniversary… was too much to pass up,” explained Back Pew Creations chair Ginger Wilkinson.

Adult tickets are $10 at Macdonald’s Book Shop and the church office or $12 at the door. Children 12 and under are $5.

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of nature, and the need to protect it. The peace of living in the mountains is irresistible,” he said. “Fall here in the county is amazing, and I think we have some of the best Aspen color in the entire state.”

Barstow spends his days as a computer software engineer, so time away from work is spent as close to nature as he can get. “When I travel, it’s almost always to nature. Nature is infinitely intricate and beautiful to me; it’s my connection to God and all that’s spiritual. It is that beauty that I try to capture with my photography.”

Three of Barstow’s images in the library show were taken at a site on the Utah and Arizona border nicknamed, “The Wave,” in the Paria-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness. The trip where he captured this image was “spur of the moment,” he said. The protected area has colorful petrified dunes where erosion has created delicate ridges that are easily damaged. Visitors are restricted to 20 a day.

“There were 89 people in the room with me, so I got lucky. ‘The Wave’ is magical to anyone with an eye for the intricacy of nature. The warm tones and intricate ripples in the sandstone make for incomparable pictures,” he said. “Spending a day out there—knowing there are still places that remote and untraveled—was a privi-

lege I’ll treasure for a long time.”

Two other images are from Ricketts Glen State Park in Pennsylvania, which is home to 22 named waterfalls. “I included these pictures because of the distinctive cuts in the rock that, growing up in the Northeast, typify the title of the exhibit.”

While hiking to get one of these images, Barstow slipped on a rock and was hurt. “I’m very glad I got the picture, and I wasn’t leaving until I got a good shot, even after I was injured. [The injury] has limited my photography and my ability to get out into nature for eight years now,” he said. “It’s a reminder that the cost of creating artwork, even photography, is often much higher than people realize.”

Another pair of images, taken at the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah, were chosen for their warmth.

One shows the oddly-curved Metate Arch and the other is a glowingly warm picture of a little slot canyon and some box elder trees. “This monument caused great commotion when President Clinton declared it in 1996 because the land was, and still is, extensively used by local ranchers and even mineral extraction companies. Its scenic value and recognition have proven their worth, but the monument is still a contentious issue for some,” Barstow explained.

“They are in my collection largely because

I have been inspired to take images of places that need this recognition.”

Two more images are from Zion National Park’s canyon river walks where foot traffic is limited due to fears of erosion of the river banks. “These two pictures are the juxtaposition in the exhibit—the warm tones of desert sandstone, but seen through the canyon-carving effects of water rather than wind erosion and exfoliation seen in my other desert images,” he said.

Finally, there is an image of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison’s Painted Wall “in dappled sunlight” and a warm morning image of a Badlands ridge, “with rich greens not always present.”

Barstow’s work is available online at www.lesbarstow.com. Greetings cards with his images are available at Mountain Mocha in Black Hawk. Visit the library during operating hours—Tuesday and Thursday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Wednesday and Friday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.—to view the free exhibit.

DETAILS “Erosion” Photography Exhibit March 1-31 • Free

Gilpin County Library 15131 Hwy. 119, Black Hawk www.gilpinlibrary.org • 303-582-5777

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MOUNTAIN ARTS Gilpin Arts hires new manager prior to hosting 70th show CENTRAL CITY Gilpin Arts, which runs a pair of galleries in Central City and hosts the state’s longest continuously running juried art show, recently hired a ART new manager.

GALLERY Dawn Neu has been a Gilpin County resident for more than five years and is new to the gallery scene. “I have an extensive business background that focused main-

ly on accounting and human resources,” she said. “Several years ago, I spent time in the museum environment as the Director of Group Reservations for The Tech Museum of Innovation, in San Jose California. I was in charge of bringing an average of 3,000 school children into the museum each day, putting together events for educators, and collaborating with IMAX movie producers and staff to create classes for the students.”

The new manager is excited to get going. “I

MOUNTAIN ARTS CALENDAR • March 11: Catch All Caddy Class, Lyons Quilting, 10am, $40 • March 12: Napkins Class, Lyons Quilting, 1:30pm, $15 • March 13: Open Sewing, Lyons Quilting, 10am, $10 • March 17: Rocky Mountain Splendor, Lyons Quilting, 10am, $50

• March 18: Judy Niemeyer Vintage Rose, Lyons Quilting, 10am, $300

• March 19: Bindings Class, Lyons Quilting, 1:30pm, $30 • March 21: Gypsy Wife Quilt-A-Long, Lyons Quilting, 10am, $35

• March 22: Color For Quilters Class, Lyons Quilting, 10am, $50 • March 23: Fiber Vibrations Class, Lyons Quilting, 10am, $50 • March 24 & 31: REDesigned w/Judy Niemeyer, Lyons Quilting, 10am, $75

• March 25-26: Collage Class, Lyons Quilting, 10am, $75 • March 25: Drop Spindle Class w/Fancy Tiger Crafts, Lyons Farmette, 11am, $45

• March 29-30: Kids Can Quilt Class, Lyons Quilting, 10am, $50 • April 1: Lucky Stars for Beginners Class, Lyons Quilting, 10am, $50

• April 2: Relax the Back Quilt Basting Class, Lyons Quilting, 2pm, $15

Estes Park • March 2 & 16: Beginning to Knit Class, The Stitchin’ Den, 1pm, $20

• March 8: Estes Park Quilt Guild, Good Samaritan Village, 6:30pm, $10

• March 9: Beginning Quilting, The Stitchin’ Den, 1pm, $20 • March 9 & 23: Beginning Crochet, The Stitchin’ Den, 1pm, $20

• March 21: Try-it Tuesday: Make a Felted Dragon Egg, Estes Valley Library, 4pm, free

• March 23: Quilting – Beyond Basics, The Stitchin’ Den, 1pm, $20

• March 27: 3D Printing at the Library, Estes Valley Library, 4:30pm, free

• March 26: Bedouin Bag Class, The Stitchin’ Den, 11:30am, $60

• March 26: Claudette Cardigan Class, The Stitchin’ Den, 2pm, $60

• Mondays: Stitch ‘n Rippers Quilters, New Covenant Church, 1pm, free

• Tuesdays: Trail Ridge Quilters, Estes Park Medical Center, 1pm, free

• Wednesdays: Chat, Knit, Spin & Weave Any Handwork, Weavers Attic, 1pm, free • Wednesdays, Saturdays & Sundays: Weaving Demonstrations, Old Church Shops Weavers Attic, 1pm, free • Saturdays: Estes Outreach - Sewing, Estes Park Middle School, 1pm, $64 (5 classes)

FILM/PHOTOGRAPHY Georgetown • March 3: First Friday Movie Night, Georgetown Heritage Center, 6pm, free

• March 26: Sunday Movie Classics Hitchcock Series: “Rear Window,” Georgetown Heritage Center, 7pm, free

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really look forward to working with each and every one of you to make this, the 70th consecutive year, a very special one,” she said.

The Washington Hall Gallery across from the Central City Opera House, hosts the 70th Annual Juried Exhibition this summer, June 3-Aug. 6. Gilpin Arts also hosts exhibits in The Showcase Gallery, located upstairs in the Visitor’s Center.

For more information, call 303-582-3345 or visit www.gilpinarts.org.

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Gilpin County • March 1-31: “Erosion” Photography Exhibit, Gilpin County Public Library, 9am, free

Nederland • Fridays-Saturdays: Film Screening, Backdoor Theater, $3/$6

Estes Park • March 1-2: “The Lego Batman Movie-2D” Screening, Historic Park Theater, 2:15pm/7:15pm, $6/$9

• March 1-2: “The Lego Batman Movie-3D” Screening,

Historic Park Theater, 2:15pm/5pm, $9/$12 • March 15: Photo Editing with GIMP, Estes Valley Library, 4pm, free • Mondays-Sundays: Film Screenings, Reel Mountain Theater, $

FINE ART/PAINTING/GALLERY EVENTS Evergreen • March 3: “Elementary Artists” Art Show, Shadow Mountain Gallery, 10am, free

Central City • March 1-April 30: Gilpin Arts “Spring Into Winter” Exhibit, Visitor Center Showcase Gallery, 10am, free Coal Creek Canyon • Thursdays: Watercolor Painting Class w/Kathy Bremers, CCCIA Hall, 9:30am, $15 Lyons • March 1-31: Town Hall Art Show - Quilting & Fiber Arts Creation, Town Hall, 9am, free • March 14: Sip n’ Paint St. Patrick’s Day Shamrocks, Western Stars Gallery & Studio, 6:30pm, $35

• March 16: Sip n’ Paint Polar Bear Fundraiser, Western

LITERARY EVENTS/BOOK GROUPS

Idaho Springs • Wednesdays: Middle Eastern Belly Dance, Sampler

Georgetown • March 16: Book Group, John Tomay Memorial Library,

Gilpin County • Tuesdays: Youth Dance Classes, Gilpin Recreation Center,

Idaho Springs • March 20: Book Group, Idaho Springs Library, 6pm, free Gilpin County • March 1 & April 5: First Wednesday Book Club, Gilpin

• Fridays: Cardio Dance, Gilpin County Community Center,

Nederland • March 2: Book Club Meets Science Café - Nature,

• Tuesdays & Thursdays: Mountain Movers, Nederland

6:30pm, free

7pm, free

County Public Library, noon, free

Nederland Community Library, 7pm, free • March 9: Mtn. MidLife Book Group, Location TBA, 6:30pm, free

Allenspark • March 10 & April 4: Women’s Book Club - “Written on My Heart,” The Old Gallery, 4pm, free Lyons • March 21: Senior Book Club, Walt Self Center, 12:30pm, free • Wednesdays: All Ages Story Time & Craft, Lyons Regional Library, 10:30am, free

Estes Park • March 15: Financial Book Club, Estes Valley Library, 7pm, free

• March 16: Nineteen Seventeen Book Club, Estes Park Museum, 10am, free

• March 16: Book Club Social - The Return of One Book One Valley, Estes Valley Library, 7pm, free

Stars Gallery & Studio, 6:30pm, $35

Estes Park • March 1-26: “Mentor/Student Show,” Art Center of Estes Park, 10am, free

• March 1-April 30: Painters of Earthwood Galleries of Colorado Opening, Earthwood Collections, 10am, free • March 3: First Friday Art Groove, Various Locations, 5pm, free

• March 3: “Looking to Spring” - Meet our Artists w/ Gary Hall, Aspen & Evergreen Gallery, 5pm, free • March 11: “FUN Flowers” Mixed Media Collage Class w/Sandy Fritz, Art Center of Estes Park, 1pm, $54/$60 • March 31: “In the Spirit” Art Show Reception, Art Center of Estes Park, 5pm, free

• March 31-May 7: “In the Spirit” Art Show w/Cynthia Price Reedy, Art Center of Estes Park, 10am, free • Mondays: Museum Masterpieces - The National Gallery in London, Senior Center, 10am, free • Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday: Sip-NPaint, Murphy’s Resort, 7pm, $45 • Wednesdays: Estes Outreach - Spring Oil/Acrylic Painting, Estes Park High School, 6pm, $150 (5 sessions) • Sundays: Wine Glass Painting Class, Snowy Peaks Winery, 1:30pm, $45

THEATER/OPERA/DANCE/FASHION

Coal Creek Canyon • March 2: Coal Creek Book Club, Coal Creek Coffee,

Idaho Springs • Mondays-Sundays: Museum Open, Visitor Center Heritage Museum, free

• Thursdays-Mondays: Museum & Tours Open, Argo Gold Mine & Mill, 11am, $14/$22

• Saturdays & Sundays: Museum Open, The Underhill Museum, 10am, free

Estes Park • Fridays-Sundays: Museum Open, Estes Park Museum, 10am, free

POETRY/SPOKEN WORD/COMEDY Central City • March 3: First Friday Comedy w/Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald, Reserve Casino, 8pm, $10

Nederland • March 11: Frozen Dead Poet Society Open Reading, First Street, 5pm, free

• March 12: Frozen Dead Poet Slam, First Street, 3pm, free • March 16: Wine & Words Open Mic Poetry, Happy Trails Café, 7:45pm, free

Estes Park • March 3: Spoken Word & Poetry Slam Evening,

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9:30am, $7.25/$9.25

Nederland • Mondays: International Folk Dancing, Nederland Community Center, 7pm, $5

Community Center, 4pm, $100 (8 classes)

Salina • March 5 & April 2: Feldenkrais/Dance Workshop & Potluck, Salina Schoolhouse, 4pm, $10 Gold Hill • March 23: Gold Hill School Play, Gold Hill School, 6:30pm, $

Peaceful Valley • March 25: Community Dance for All Ages w/Rocky Mountain Fiddle Club, Peaceful Valley Resort, 7:30pm, free Lyons • March 4: Lyons Old Time Square Dance, Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 7pm, free

Estes Park • March 2, 9 & 16: Shakespeare’s “Henriad,” Part 2, Senior Center, 9:30am, SOLD OUT

• March 10, 11, 17 & 18: Melodrama Play “Estes Park: A Dedicated Town or Who’s in Charge,” Presbyterian Community Church of the Rockies, 7pm, $10/$12

MUSEUMS

Riverside Plaza, 7pm, free

Mill Recreation Center, 7:15pm, $72

• March 17-19 & 24-25: Fine Arts Guild of the Rockies: “Secret Garden,” YMCA of the Rockies, $12 • March 20: iPad & iPhone Basics, Estes Valley Library, 10am, free

• March 31, April 1, 7 & 8: “Relationships” A Readers Theatre Presentation, Masonic Lodge Studio Theatre, 2pm/7pm, $15

WRITING Nederland • March 6 & 20: Joy of Writing Skills, Nederland Community Center, 1pm, free

• March 8 & 22: Life Stories Writing Group, Nederland Community Center, 1pm, free

• March 21: Writer’s Circle, Nederland Community Library, 5pm, free

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MOUNTAIN MUSIC CALENDAR SILVER PLUME Bread Bar

1010 Main St., Silver Plume • www.breadbarsp.com • March 4: Bison Bone, 6:30pm, free • March 18: Anthony Ruptak, 6:30pm, free

GEORGETOWN Alpine Restaurant & Bar

1106 Rose St., Georgetown • alpinerestaurantgeorgetown.com • March 4: Tony Rosario, 4:30pm, free • March 24: Donna S-Sheer, 4:30pm, free • March 31-April 1: Tony Rosario, 4:30pm, free • Thursdays: Grumpy Jam, 6pm, free • Friday-Saturday: Live Music, 5pm, free

Georgetown Heritage Center

809 Taos St., Georgetown • 303-569-5014

• April 1: Sounds of Spring - Georgetown Musicale & Friends, 7pm, $ Loveland Ski Area

I-70, Exit 216, Georgetown • skiloveland.com • March 4 & 19: Strung High String Band, 2:30pm, free • March 11: Jublingo, 2:30pm, free • March 12 & April 2: Andy Rein, 12:30pm, free • March 18: Tiffany Christopher, 2:30pm, free • March 25: Coral Creek, 2:30pm, free • March 26: Andrew Wynne, 2pm, free • April 1: Zenobia Street Collective, 2:30pm, free

Todd Snider and Dave Schools of Hard Working Americans Photos by Jeffrey V. Smith

Troia’s Café & Marketplace

511 Rose St., Georgetown • 303-569-0289

Musician returns with troubadour spirit in tow

NEDERALND nown for his solo troubadour spirit—and knack for telling a good story—Todd Snider has been carving a musical niche for himself ever since releasing a debut album in 1994. It took joining a band three years ago, however, to push him in some new directions and teach him to be less “wordy.” Snider, who performed with Hard Working Americans at NedFest 2015, returns to town for a solo performance at The Caribou Room, March 17, with Rorey Carrol.

“It’s funny, the reason I got into that jam band was to try to learn to be more melodic and hopefully bring that back to whatever this is that I call the troubadour thing. Hopefully, I can get better at making up songs. People in my genre, are kind of wordy, and the people in the jam scene are more melodic. I like that.”

Snider’s solo shows, by contrast, are all about stories. Compared to working with the band, he says doing his solo act is like hard work. He points out that the lead singer of a jam band is in a unique position. “Think of the time you have on your hands. “ he said. “[My show] is like, make up a song and sometimes tell people why you made it up, if that seems to be going with the flow of the night,” he said. “And, people sing a lot, some people dance, but you have to take a lot of acid to dance at a folk show. It’s been done, and I’m not discouraging anyone from doing it. Compared to the Dead, it’s almost like going to watch someone read. But there is music and singing there too.”

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• March 4, 10, 24 & 31: Gary & Claudia, 6pm, free • March 3, 11, 18 & 25 Jim Stahlhut, 6pm, free • March 17: Amy Rose, 6pm, free

IDAHO SPRINGS United Center

1440 Colorado Blvd., Idaho Springs • unitedcenterinc.com

• March 11: Grant Gordy & Ross Martin, Sarah Morris & Friends, 7pm, $15 West Winds Tavern

1633 Miner St, Idaho Springs • 303-567-0982 • March 4: Brian Barganier, 8pm, free

CENTRAL CITY The Scarlet

130 Main St., Central City • www.thescarletvenue.com • March 7: Grateful Tuesdays: Might As Well, 9pm, free • March 23: ThriftWorks, 8pm, $12/$18 • March 25: Late Night Radio, 8pm, $15

• March 31: Govinda, Vibe Street, Homemade Spaceship, 8pm, $12/$16

BLACK HAWK

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Ameristar Casino Resort Spa

11 Richman St., Black Hawk • ameristar.com/black-hawk • March 3-4: DJ Rockstar Aaron, 9pm, free • March 10-11: DJ Johnny Gear, 9pm, free • March 24-25: DJ Bedz, 9pm, free

Monarch Casino Black Hawk

ANTHONY RUPTAK AT BREAD BAR

RHYTHM FUTURE QUARTET AT HISTORIC PARK THEATRE

HIGH STREET CONCERTS PRESENTS RAGGED UNION

Denver singer-songwriter Anthony Ruptak performs at the Bread Bar in Silver Plume, March 4 at 6:30 p.m. His goal is to affect the hearts and minds of his audience and to bring them something they’ll remember for years to come. breadbarsp.com

Boston’s Rhythm Future Quartet, which strives to keep the spirit of Gypsy jazz alive, performs at The Historic Park Theatre in Estes Park, March 15 at 7 p.m. Tickets for the virtuosic foursome are $20 in advance online or $25 at the door. historicparktheatre.com

High Street Concerts presents bluegrass from Boulder’s Ragged Union with special guest The Cody Sisters with Jackson Earles, March 11 at 8 p.m., at Rogers Hall in Lyons.

Tickets are $15 in advance online, and $17 at the door. highstreetconcerts.com

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488 Main St., Black Hawk • monarchblackhawk.com • March 3-4: Vision, 11am, free • March 3-4: PJ Zahn, 6pm, free • March 10-11: Walker Williams Band, 11am, free • March 10-11: 6-10 Back in The Day, 6pm, free • March 17-18: Live To Tell, 11am, free • March 17-18: Chris Daniels & The Kings, 6pm, free • March 24-25: Shotgun Lullaby, 11am, free • March 24-25: Margarita Brothers, 6pm, free • March 31-April 1: Raising Cain, 11am, free • March 31-April 1: Boogie Machine, 6pm, free

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MOUNTAIN MUSIC Acoustic guitarists explore traditions IDAHO SPRINGS The United Center welcomes Grant Gordy and Ross Martin with Sarah Morris & Friends, March 11 at 7 p.m.

Grant Gordy has been a major voice on the American acoustic music scene, and one of the most highly regarded instrumentalists of his generation. He played guitar in the David Grisman Quintet for six years and worked with Edgar Meyer, Steve Martin, Edie Brickell and Darol Anger.

With a desire to explore different genres and traditions on acoustic guitar, Gordy

joined with Martin. Searching for a balance between composed melodies and improvisation, their repertoire ranges from fiddle tunes to jazz standards, original compositions to traditional hymns to Bach.

DETAILS Grant Gordy & Ross Martin, Sarah Morris & Friends March 11 • 7 p.m. •$15/$20 United Center 1440 Colorado Blvd., Idaho Springs www.unitedcenterinc.com

ARISE Music Festival returns to Loveland, Aug. 4-6.

ARISE festival announces line-up LOVELAND Mark your calendars for ARISE Music Festival’s 5th Year Celebration, Aug, 4-6, at Sunrise Ranch. This year’s line-up at the independent, family-run, leave-no-trace event includes Atmosphere, Tipper, Ani DiFranco, Rising Appalachia, Brother Ali, The Expendables, Dirtwire, Desert Dwellers and Late Night Radio; as well as featured appearances from bluegrass favorites The Trave-

lin’ McCourys, Jeff Austin Band and The Brothers Comatose. With eight stages of musical performances, plus more bands to be announced, the 5th Year Celebration of Colorado’s fastest growing music festival is sure to be the best yet.

For more information about ARISE Music Festival, widely regarded as “Colorado’s Best Festival,” and Early Bird ticket opportunities, visit www.arisefestival.com.

Wildflower Pavilion at Planet Bluegrass

Intimate concert series announced LYONS Planet Bluegrass announced its Winter/Spring 2017 Wildflower Concert Series for its cozy, all-season indoor venue.

The events offer beer, wine, and other drinks at the bar; convenient, free parking on the ranch; and bonfires and jams by the river after the shows.

This 2017 series is the most musically broad yet—from spoken word to singersongwriters; country soul to bluegrass and old-time.

Concerts include: Shane Koyczan, March 10; Bonnie & The Clydes, March 31; The Haunted Windchimes and The Sweet Lillies, April 7; Jayme Stone & Friends with The Deer, April 14; Gipsy Moon and special guest, April 21; and Joe Pug, April 28.

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The musician says what he does is an old tradition, something he calls the “Rambling Jack Elliot-thing” or the “Woodie Guthrie-thing” where you just travel and sing and talk about it. “There’s not really a whole lot of guitar even involved,” he explained. “It’s Mark Twain-ish. I think it starts if you’re bumming shit, if you need a ride or a place to crash or anything like that. If you’ve got a song and a guitar, that’s going to up your chances of being invited or allowed to stay a while. And then, for me, it just became a way of life.”

The musician discovered he wasn’t alone in this idea and that performers like Jerry Jeff Walker, who wrote Mr. Bojangles, were actually quite similar. “I saw him when I was like 20. He was all by himself, doing exactly what I do,” he explained. “I thought ‘oh, fuck,’… it’s like you’re a free loader until you get the guitar, and then your a free spirit.”

His shows are pretty loose, which makes them a lot of fun. “I have always been somebody who’s hung around bars and ran my mouth, since before I was 21,” Snider said. “It feels like someone slid a stage under me when I was about 20, and that part has always felt pretty natural. It’s always felt more like a rehearsal or I’ve been on this 25-year tour with this crowd practicing up for the real one that’s coming soon. When I’m alone, I can stop in the middle of a song. You can do what ever you want. So, it’s pretty unprofessional, but I’ve been doing it forever.”

Although he has yet to play a solo show in town, Snider has some pretty strong ties to Nederland. He began working with Hard Working Americans thanks to his friendship with Vince Herman of Leftover Salmon and Jeff Austin who was with Yonder Mountain String Band at the time. Both were Nederland-area residents.

“If you ask me to list the top five, I would put not just Boulder, but Nederland in particular on there… just going there and going to Vince’s house. Some of the loudest laughs I’ve heard in my life are from his house,” he said. Nederland is also home to Mark Watkins who first taught Snider to play the guitar when he was a kid. “I just feel I fell in with a good crowd of people up there.”

Snider has also worked with local band Great American Taxi—which includes the Hard Working Americans’ Chad Staehly—and arrives in town early to rehearse with them as the two acts are joining forces on tour this summer. He’ll also linger in the area after the performance to enjoy some time off and a little fishing.

The celebrated songwriter has explored a variety of writing methods over the years, but says his goal now is to get a song he feels is “finished,” in any way he can. “Because it’s so internal, no one can tell you different,” Snider explained. “Everyone can go, ‘it’s good, it’s done, it’s done,’ but in your mind you’re like, ‘it’s not done.’

And so, that feeling of having one done, I’ll take it any way I can get it.”

He says his style changes when the old ways stop working. “I was working the same way for a while, and then lately, I’ve been doing it more like the old way, but informed by having done it differently for a couple of years. The band also gave me a chance to do it differently because I didn’t feel like I was me. I feel like I got to express myself in very different way.”

The artist recently released his latest solo album, Eastside Bulldog, which is a celebration of his East Nashville neighborhood. “I made that up in a night and shouldn’t have put that out. I don’t remember making it,” he said. “That one is just a party in the neighborhood. Everybody plays on it. It’s all about the neighborhood and everybody in the neighborhood is a singer, so nobody has shit to do all day.”

As throughout his career, Snider uses each of his musical experiences as a building block toward the next one. “It was an experiment, and it kind of came out good.

And it’s on the radio. But, I made it up as I was going along.” He explained that by doing the album, it “opened up” something so he was able to do what he did with Hard Working Americans. “I hope that will now inform whatever I do now.”

DETAILS Todd Snider with Rorey Carrol March 17 • 7pm • $20/$22 The Caribou Room 55 Indian Peaks Dr., Nederland thecaribouroom.com • toddsnider.net

Dr. Feelgood’s Traveling Medicine Show Great American Taxi 3/10: Cervantes Other Side, Denver 3/11: Dickens Opera House, Longmont 3/12: Frozen Dead Guy Days, Nederland 3/15: Downtown Artery, Fort Collins

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eaturing the new lineup of Chad Staehly (keyboards, vocals), Jim Lewin (guitar, vocals), Brian Adams (bass, vocals) and newest member Arthur Lee Land (guitar, banjo, vocals) with guest drummer Duane Trucks (Hard Working Americans, Widespread Panic) NOTEjoining them on WORTHY the group’s latest, strongest studio effort, Dr. Feelgood’s Traveling Medicine Show, which was produced by Railroad Earth’s Tim Carbone at Silo Sound Studios in Denver, was released in January.

“Dr. Feelgood’s Traveling Medicine Show” roars out with a country roadhouse bounce.

Elsewhere there’s the bell bottom blues of “Sunshiny Days,” reflective shuffle “Home,” the classic AM radio jump of “Everybody,” the rawhide gypsy dance of the title tune, PBR raising anthem “Out On The Town,” and the shimmering sigh of closer “Mother Lode”—all part of a wellrounded journey that actually takes one somewhere.

“The latest from Great American Taxi… cartwheels wonderfully through a range of moods, all while sounding of a piece,” Carbone said.

“From the carnivalesque title track to the expansive ‘Mother Lode,’ to the easy flowing, handmade feel of ‘Home,’ this is an album that takes you on a journey that you’re glad to be on. It was an honor to produce this record, my second for the band, and a total blast working with them again!”

TRACKS

1. We Can Run 2. Out on the Town 3. Sunshiny Days 4. All the Angels 5. Home 6. Louie Town

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GOLD HILL

Stage Stop

60 Main St., Rollinsville • stagestoprollinsville.com • March 9: Karaoke, 7pm, free • March 10: beautyofmyland, 9pm, free • March 11: Oak Steel & Lightening, 4pm, free • March 11: The Jauntee, Cycles, 10pm, free • March 12: Formula 5, 2pm, free • March 15: Jazz Fusion Night, 7pm, free • March 19: Brunch w/Brian Parton, 1pm, free • March 23: Karaoke, 7pm, free • March 24: Cowgirl’s Train Set, 8pm, free

NEDERLAND

Gold Hill Store & Café

531 Main St., Gold Hill • www.goldhillgeneralstore.com • March 1: Tommy & Saundra O’Sullivan, 6:30pm, $15 • March 15: Moors & McCumber, 7pm, $15 • March 24: Mike & Bonnie Coats, The Tune Farmers, 7pm, free

WARD 20 Modoc St., Ward

The Ward Church

• March 4: Way High Radio 20th Anniversary w/ Contraband, Banshee Tree, Drink Drank Punk, 4pm, $

JAMESTOWN

Kathmandu 110 N Jefferson St., Nederland • www.nepalidining.com • March 10: The CBDs, 7pm, free Ned’s 121 N. Jefferson St., Nederland • www.facebook.com/eatatneds • March 11: Malai Llama, 9pm, $ Pioneer Inn

15 E. 1st St., Nederland • www.PioneerInnNederland.net • March 4: Zeta June, 10pm, free • March 10: Onda, 10pm, free • March 11: Global Soul Experience, 10pm, free • March 18: The Angle, 10pm, free • March 31: The Symbols, 10pm, free • Tuesdays: Open Mic, 10pm, free • Wednesdays: Blues Night, 10pm, free • Thursdays: Open Jam, 10pm, free

Rocky Mountain Oyster Bar

25 E 1st St, Nederland • rockymountainoysterbar.com • March 3: Dinner & Drinks w/Dechen Hawk, 7:30pm, free • March 11: Howlin’ Goatz, 9pm, free • Thursdays: Bluegrass Open Pick, 7pm, free

Salto Coffee Works

112 E. 2nd St., Nederland • saltocoffeeworks.com

• March 3: First Friday w/Tiffany Christopher, 6pm, free • March 10: NoGo Gilbillies, 6pm, free The Caribou Room

55 Indian Peaks Dr., Nederland • www.thecaribouroom.com • March 4: Gipsy Moon, Mipso, 9pm, $10/$12 • March 17: Todd Snider, 9pm, $20/$22 • March 18: Ginga, Expeditions, 9pm, $10

• March 24: Mighty Mystic & Hard Roots Movement, 9pm, $10

• March 31: Genetics, Smooth Money Gesture, 9pm, $10 • April 1: Jyemo Club, Intuit, 9pm, $8/$10 Timbers Tap Room – Eldora Mtn. Resort 2861 Eldora Ski Road, Nederland • www.eldora.com • April 1: Andrew Wynne, 1pm, free Very Nice Brewing

20 Lakeview Dr., Nederland • www.verynicebrewing.com

• March 3: “Songs We Wrote, Songs We Wish We Wrote” w/Eric Stone, Gabrielle Gewirtz, Sarah Banker & Marc Latiolais, 6pm, free • March 4: Bo DePena, 6pm, free • March 5: NoGo Gilbillies, 4pm, free • March 9: Open Mic, 7pm, free • March 10: All Hat No Horse, 6pm, free • March 11: Snowbound Hounds, 6pm, free • March 12: Steepland String Band, 5pm, free • March 17: Celtic Session hosted by The Gael, 6pm, free • March 18: Between the Ditches, 6pm, free • March 19: Flynn & Co., 4pm, free • March 24: dB Sound Co., 6pm, free • March 25: Wildwood Roots, 6pm, free • March 26: Flash Mountain Flood, 4pm, free • Wednesdays: Vinyl Night, 6pm, free

Jamestown Mercantile

108 Main St., Jamestown • jamestownmercantile.com • March 2: Jason McIntyre and Friends, 8pm, free • March 3: AJ Fullerton, 6pm, free • March 4: The Vipers, 8pm, free • March 9: Idlewhile, 8pm, free • March 10: Rebecca Wudarski, 6pm, free • March 11: The Farmer Sisters, 8pm, free

• March 16: 300 Days, 8pm, free • March 17: TBD, 6pm, free • March 18: Uncle Jake & the 18 Wheel Gang, 8pm, free • March 23: Chris Sheldon and Friends, 8pm, free • March 24: James M Paul, 6pm, free • March 25: Boulder Big Band, 8pm, free • March 30: Matt Skinner Trio, 8pm, free • March 31: Sean Farley, 6pm, free • April 1: The Hunters, 8pm, free • Mondays: Open Joven (Open Mic), 8pm, free

LYONS Oskar Blues Grill & Brew

303 Main St, Lyons • oskarbluesfooderies.com/grill-and-brew • March 3: Curly Taylor and Zydeco Trouble, 8:30pm, free • March 4: The Lonesome Days, 8:30pm, free • March 5: Jet Set, 5pm, free • March 8: Lyons High School Jazz, 7pm, free • March 9: Open Stage, 7:30pm, free • March 10: Blue Canyon Boys, 8:30pm, free • March 11: Interstate Stash Express, 8:30pm, free • March 12: Woodbelly, 5pm, free • March 16: The Complete Unknowns, 7:30pm, free • March 17: Jesse Burns Irish Band, 8:30pm, free • March 18: The Von Hodads, 8:30pm, free • March 19: Truckstop Honeymoon, 5pm, free • March 24: Chain Station, 8:30pm, free • March 25: Jesse Garland Band, 8:30pm, free • March 26: The 89s, 5pm, free • March 31: Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams, 8:30pm, free • Tuesdays: Bluegrass Pick, 8pm, free

Pizza Bar 66

430 Main St., Lyons • www.pizzabar66.com • March 3: Woodbelly, 9pm, free • March 10 & 24: Karaoke, 9pm, free

High Street Concerts

4th & High Street, Lyons • www.highstreetconcerts.com • March 11: Ragged Union, The Cody Sisters, 8p m, $

The Stone Cup

442 High St., Lyons • www.thestonecup.com • March 4: Antonio Lopez, 10am, free • March 5: Amy Francis, 10am, free • March 11: Ben Knighten, 10am, free • March 12: Enion Pelta-Tiller, noon, free • March 18: Jay Stott, 10am, free • March 19: Billy Shaddox, 10am, free • March 25: The Story of Two, 10am, free

• March 26: Michelle Allen/Erik Johnson, 10am, free

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• April 1: Caleb Ryan Martin, 10am, free • April 2: Amy Francis, 10am, free Wildflower Pavilion @ Planet Bluegrass 500 West Main St., Lyons • www.bluegrass.com

• March 10: Shane Koyczan, 7pm, $20/$23 • March 31: Bonnie & The Clydes, 7pm, $15/$20

ESTES PARK Aspen & Evergreen Gallery 356 E Elkhorn Ave., Estes Park • www.aspenandevergreen.com

Muddy Buck Pub 28065 Hwy. 74, Evergreen • www.muddybuckcoffee.com • March 3: Ben Hammond, 6pm, free • March 10: 104.7 FM Blue Roots Denver, 6pm, free

• March 17: St. Patty’s Day Party w/The Dusty Ramblers, 6pm, free •M arch 24: “Springtime in Paris” w/Petit Bleu, 6pm, free • March 31: Nate Hancock, 6pm, free • Thursdays: Open Mic Night, 6pm, free

GRAND COUNTY/WINTER PARK

• March 3: “Looking to Spring - Meet our Artists” w/ Gary Hall, Aspen & Evergreen Gallery, 5pm, free Ed’s Cantina 390 E. Elkhorn Ave., Estes Park • edscantina.com • March 7 & 21: Open Mic w/Jon Pickett, 6pm, free • March 14 & 28: Jon Pickett & Friends, 6pm, free

Estes Park Resort

1700 Big Thompson Ave., Estes Park • theestesparkresort.com • Thursdays: Ladies Night Live Music, 6pm, free

Fajita Rita’s

1560 Big Thompson Ave,. Estes Park • fajitaritasestespark.com • Thursdays: Ladies Night w/Mountain Town Trio, 6pm, free

Historic Park Theater 130 Moraine Ave., Este Park • www.historicparktheatre.com • March 15: Rhythm Future Quartet, 7pm, $20

Ullrs Tavern

78415 U.S. 40, Winter Park • www.ullrs-tavern.com • March 5: Sol Seed, 9pm, free • March 10: Andy Frasco, 9pm, $5 • March 12: Funk You, 9pm, free • March 26: BIG Something, 9pm, free • March 31: Flow Tribe, 9pm, $5

Winter Park Resort - Derailer Bar 85 Parsenn Rd, Winter Park • www.winterparkresort.com • March 3: Fat Fridays w/Piano Joe, 3pm, free • March 4: Andy Straus, 3pm, free • March 11: Rob Drabkin, 3pm, free • March 18: Ryan Kelly, 3pm, free • March 25: Weston Smith, 3pm, free • April 1: Honker Down, 3pm, free

Lonigans Pub

110 West Elkhorn Ave., Estes Park • www.lonigans.com • Wednesdays: Open Mic Night w/Mike Roe, 9pm, free • Fridays-Saturdays: Karaoke, 9pm, free

Other Side Restaurant

900 Moraine Ave, Estes Park • www.theothersideofestes.com • Fridays: Dempsey/Fox Duo, 5pm, free • Saturdays: Mountain Town Trio, 5pm, free

Rock Inn Mountain Tavern

1675 Hwy. 66, Estes Park • rockinnestes.com • March 3: Sean Flynn, 6pm, free • March 4: Jay Stott, 6pm, free • March 10: Terry & Ash, 6pm, free • March 17: Chain Station, 9pm, free

• March 19: Ellie Fair Acoustic Brunch, 11am, free • March 24: Just Jill, 6pm, free • March 25: David Potter, 6pm, free • March 31: KC Groves, 6pm, free • Thursdays: Open Bluegrass Jam, 6pm, free Snowy Peaks Winery Lounge

292 Moraine Ave., Estes Park • www.snowypeakswinery.com • March 3: Dahlby & Nadine, 4pm, free • March 10 & 31: Will Thomas, 4pm, free • March 17: Hazel Hue, 4pm, free • March 24: Follow The Fox, 4pm, free

Stanley Hotel 333 Wonderview Ave., Estes Park • www.stanleyhotel.com • March 10-12: Leftover Salmon, SOLD OUT

HIGH COUNTRY NEIGHBORS EVERGREEN Little Bear Saloon

28075 Hwy. 74, Evergreen • www.littlebearsaloon.com • March 2: Goat Trail Element, 7pm, free

• March 3: Shakedown Street, Windup Monkeys, 6pm, $8 • March 4: Cowboy Dave Band, 9pm, $6 • March 10: Lauren Michaels Band, 9pm, $6 • March 11: Homeslice, ReJuveniles, 6pm, $8 • March 17: Angus Mohr, 9pm, $ • March 18: Jakarta, 9pm, $ • March 25: Paul Nipper, 9pm, $ • March 30: Mark’s Midnight Carnival Show, 7pm, $ • March 31: Sirsy, 9pm, $

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SUMMIT COUNTY Barkley Ballroom

610 Main St., Frisco • barkleyballroom.ticketfly.com • March 3: Jaden Carlson Band, 9pm, free • March 4: EDM Night, 9pm, free • March 7: Turkuaz, The Jauntee, 9pm, $10 • March 8: Arkansauce, 9pm, free • March 10: GF&B, 9pm, $10 • March 11: Dead Phish Orchestra, 9pm, free • March 15: Grateful Bluegrass Boys, 9pm, free • March 16: The Werks, Cure for the Common, 9pm, $12/$15 • March 18: Big Something, 9pm, free • March 22: Malai Llama, 9pm, free • March 24: Frisco Funk Collective, 9pm, free • March 25: Jubilingo, 9pm, free • March 26: Electron, American Babies, 9pm, $20/$25

Goat Soup & Whiskey Tavern

22954 U.S. 6, Dillon • www.soupandwhiskey.com

• March 4: Save Our City! The Doors 50th Anniversary Tribute, 9pm, $7/$10 • March 10: KLB, 10pm, free • March 11: Funk You, 10pm, free • March 17: The Sweet Lillies, Shaky Hand String Band, 10pm, free The Historic Brown 206 N Ridge St., Breckenridge • www.historicbrown.com • March 3: Amoramora, 10pm, free • March 4: MIDIcinal, 9pm, free • March 9 & 18: El Paso Lasso, 9pm, free • March 10: SoDown, Oklio, TruFeelz, 7pm, free • March 11: Greener Grounds, 9pm, free • March 16: Oak Steel & Lightning, 10pm, free

• March 17: St. Patrick’s Day w/Duey & The Decibels, 9pm, free

Warren Station Center for the Arts 164 Ida Belle Dr., Keystone • warrenstation.com • March 5: Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, 8pm, $30/$35

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