Easter eggs are just part of the fun at a number of area events celebrating the holiday.
From photos to pony rides to eggs hiding in the snow, here are details about some of those happenings.
n A group of friends, neighbors and coworkers who organized a live outdoor nativity event shortly before Christmas now have an Easter event for families to enjoy.
The On the Farm Easter Extravaganza will be from 1â6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 3â4, at 1280 20 Road in Fruita.
Organizers are ready to keep people busy with a long list of activities. There will be pony rides, a petting zoo, egg hunts, resurrection stories, live music, lemonade, a photo booth, crafts and games, such as gunny-sack races and egg relays, according to Corrie Jankeviciene, one of the eventâs organizers.
A day after President Joe Biden ordered that masks be worn on federal lands as one measure to fight coronavirus, both federal agencies and the public are still trying to
Powderhorn Mountain Resort opened early last month and, even though some changes had to be implemented because of COVID-19, and low levels, skiers and snowboarders returned to the mountain for early season runs.
âI think despite COVID restrictions, people still want to get out and enjoy themselves and do something that feels a little bit normal,â said Ryan Schramm, Powderhorn general manager.
After a few new adjustments, people are still skiing and snowboarding, he said.
âWeâre certainly above the 10-year average,â Schamm said about visitation. âAround 15% above the 10-year average and just about where we were last year.â
Some of the new protocols include mask requirements for everyone in the resort and on the chairlifts.
In a given year, roughly 20 to 25 percent of people who ski in the United States do so in Colorado. Keeping them all safe in the midst of a global pandemic is no small task, even though much of the skiing experience takes place outdoors in wide-open, ostensibly less-virus-saturated spaces. Resorts have had to make changes, both minor and major, to tamp down the spread of infection. But while new requirements like lift ticket reservations and face mask mandates may feel cumbersome, plenty of other shifts actually could help streamline (read: improve!) our days on the slopes. “As weird as it sounds,” says Loryn Duke, director of communications for Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation, “one of the silver linings to COVID is that it has made us take a step back and see opportunities for the future for changing the way we do business.” The following pandemic-inspired protocols may well live on for powder runs in the years to come.