It utilised to be that soon after the lifts closed, resorts hung up the Gone Fishin’ sign for the summertime. Not anymore. In the summer time months, Colorado Ski Nation turns into Colorado Bike Nation, or Colorado Hike Country, or Colorado Festival Nation – even though that a single doesn’t roll off the tongue fairly as easily. These days more and much more resorts flip on the lifts and welcome guests for mountains of summertime exciting. Read on to see what’s taking place in Colorado Ski Nation USA this summer season and kick start off your Fourth of July celebration!
Catch 4th of July Fireworks
Aspen Snowmass: aspen4th.com – all you require to know for an outdated fashioned 4th of July celebration.
Copper Mountain’s: 3 Ring Weekend – You don’t want to miss this cost-free loved ones event featuring music, fireworks, aware carnival, child-powered parade and much more.
Crested Butte: Parade in town with reside music and fireworks at the base of the mountain.
Telluride: From Farmer’s Markets and the Sheridan Art Foundation’s Telluride Plein Air, a celebration of outside painting, to 4th of July Celebration details proper this way.
Steamboat Ski Resort: Celebrate 4th of July in correct western vogue.Information here.
Winter Park: Phase up your wine game at The Village UnCorked – and finish the day watching fireworks in downtown Winter Park.
Ski Granby Ranch: Ring in the Fourth with the Flying Heels Rodeo and Kid’s Carnival. Particulars here.
 
Learn Colorado Mountain Bike Nation USA
With the Colorado Freeride Festival coming up July 23 – 24, score a Winter Park Trestle Bike Park season pass. Particulars right here.
Steamboat, Aspen Snowmass & Crested Butte are open for the summertime and provide an array of trails and scenery for all amounts of biking, hiking and trail working.
See the USA Professional Cycling Challenge in Colorado Ski Country
During stage three of the USA Pro Challenge on August 21, 2013 – Sprint to the finish in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. (Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
Steamboat Springs kicks off the week of cycling with a classic circuit race on August 17. The quiet roads offer you straights, twists, and a few rather steep surprises. Match that with fan preferred host city Steamboat Springs, and you have the makings of a great opening stage.
Arapahoe Basin hosts USA Pro Cycling Challenge Stage 2 Finish on August 18, which begins in Steamboat and winds its way to the foot of the Continental Divide in Summit County. To celebrate internet hosting a thrilling mountain finish to the a hundred+ mile second stage of the 2015 USA Pro Challenge, Arapahoe Basin is organizing two total days of fun at the mountain complete with camping, live music, and some of the world’s ideal cyclists. See arapahoebasin.com/prochallenge.
Copper Mountain plays host to its 1st ever Professional Challenge stage and sends off Stage three on Wednesday, August 19. Festivities commence with live music on Tuesday evening at Copper’s Center Village, and race day on Wednesday attributes athlete autographs, the race begin at eleven:00 am, live music, a jumbotron view get together for the stage finish, and an alfresco film evening.
Aspen welcomes finishers of Stage 3 on August 19. The principal program awaits on the upper slopes of Independence Pass and then down its breathtaking descent into Aspen in which some of the most memorable moments in Pro Challenge background have played out.
Get Muddy
Powderhorn: July 25, appreciate The Mud, The Band, The Beers featuring a endurance adventure race, craft beer tastings and dwell music.
Purgatory: Muck & Mire 10k, 5k and Children Mud Run on August 8, featuring dwell music, beer backyard, and child routines. Visit purgatoryresort.com
 
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