Colorful Colorado...

As part of the season ending activities at Copper Mountain, we participated in the first ever Copper Mountain 5K Color Run on April 19th.  The run started in the Center Village at Copper and made a large winding loop out past the East Village and Golf Course and back, with most of the race taking place on groomed snow.  The primary goal of taking part in this run is to start out wearing white, and to end with as much color as you can.  Therefore, as you run (at nearly 10,000 feet) you pass through 5 color stations where you are blasted by volunteers with a different color and ultimately ending the race in a mosh pit of color in front of a live band.  Nearly 3,000 people participated in this inaugural event.

The event was a great time and a nice way to close out our time at Copper.  If you're interested in participating in a The Color Run event, Google them as they host 100's of runs each year all around the world.

Before the season was over, we enjoyed many more days of skiing in Colorado Sunshine and a few more days of dispersed camping, snow shoeing and hiking.  Proof of Shonah's recovered leg can be seen in the video below:

During one of our dispersed camping trips, we snow shoed and hiked to Baker's Tank near Frisco.  Baker's Tank served the Denver-South Park and Pacific narrow gauge railroad (later the Colorado and Southern).  The railroad had 63 miles of track and 43 "S" curves with the longest stretch of straight track being 1.6 miles.  The line was begun in 1880, completed in 1884 and abandoned in 1937.  This tank was used to restock the water in the steam locomotives that ran the route.  It is located at the top of a mountain pass.

 

Here are some additional shots of the beautiful Rocky Mountains from our treks:

 

We were also able to see several fox while in and around Copper.  Below are a couple pictures of what look to be soft and cuddly animals, until they show their rather large teeth!

Next up, we head for Texas to (we hate to say it) become residents and more enjoyably, visit Shonah's Grandfather and Sister.