The new Event Guide is ready, and this one covers a lot of ground: September through February, fall festivals through ski season. There’s also a fall color tip worth reading before late September, and a thank you from Friday.
— On the Calendar
Pete’s August Picks
Five days I’d get on the calendar now:
Still on the board this month:
Mt. Joy and Zach Bryan (August 13-14), Tori Amos (August 20), My Chemical Romance (August 27), and Union Peak at Copper (August 28-30).
Event service means your driver stays on site or comes back on a set window. No parking, no surge, no hunting for the car at midnight.
— The New Pocket Guide Is Here
Six months of Colorado in one place. September through February, with dates, venues, and locations for the events worth planning around.
Inside: fall festivals and Oktoberfest season, Broncos and Buffs home games, the Great American Beer Festival, leaf peeping, the holiday markets and light shows, and every major ski resort opening day from late October through Thanksgiving weekend.
It’s free, and it’s built to be shared.
— TIP
The Fall Color Drive, Timed Right
Peak Aspen color on Guanella Pass and Kenosha Pass runs from late September into the first week of October. It’s one of the best afternoons Colorado offers, and most people get two things wrong.
The timing. Weekends at peak are the problem, not the season. Both passes are close enough to Denver that Saturday and Sunday fill early. Midweek is calmer, and on any day you’re better off rolling before 9 AM or after 3 PM.
The parking. This is the real one. Both passes draw more cars than there are pullouts, and Clear Creek and Park County have run active towing operations on Guanella for cars left in the wrong spots. Nothing ends a color drive faster than coming back to no car.
The move most people miss: Guanella runs one way from Georgetown to Grant. If someone else is driving, you can walk a stretch of it and get collected at the other end, instead of doubling back to wherever you parked.
One more thing. There’s no water or food up there, so bring both.
Whether you book with us or not, go midweek and go early. That’s the whole tip.
— GIVING BACK
Friday at Red Hawk Ridge
We were a premium sponsor of the St Andrew United Methodist Church charity tournament, which raises money for The Market. Our fifth year backing them.
An 8 AM shotgun start and a course in near-perfect condition. We greeted all 144 players at our tee box, where we ran a bucket golf contest: chip into the bucket, earn extra tickets, and get entered to win a pair of REVO sunglasses. Thanks to Kim Miller at REVO for the six pairs we handed out at the awards lunch.
Our own foursome finished second. We’ll take it.
Every player went home with a Pocket Guide. If you were one of them, the new edition above is worth grabbing too.
Thank you to everyone who played, sponsored, or replied to these emails asking how to get involved.
— WHAT’S COMING
Three things the new guide puts on the horizon:
Ski season. A-Basin, Loveland, and Keystone open first in late October. Breckenridge and Copper follow on November 13, Beaver Creek on November 25, and Aspen and Snowmass on November 26. If your December is already taking shape, mountain transfers for the holidays are the ones to lock in early.
Football season, both kinds. The Buffs open at home September 3, the Broncos on September 13, and CU has home games on October 3, 17, and 31. Game-day traffic is its own sport.
Oktoberfest runs for a month. Breckenridge (September 11-13), Vail (September 18-20), and Denver (September 25-27), with the Great American Beer Festival on October 10-11. Four weekends where the smart move is not driving yourself home.
— FLYING INTO DENVER THIS MONTH?
Your flight lands. Your driver’s waiting.
Every airport pickup is flight-monitored in real-time. Your professional chauffeur adjusts to delays before you even land. Luxury SUV at the curb.
We wait for you, not the other way around. One text and done.
