Top 5+ August Events in Winter Park

August is already here, and a new school year is just about to begin, though there’s still plenty of summertime fun to be had in Colorado’s Favorite Playground! With mountain biking events, delicious dining events, live music events, and more, there’s still plenty of ways for your family to get in a few more great summer mountain getaways. Here are a quick top 5+ August events in Winter Park: Summer tubing: The Snow Mountain Ranch-YMCA of the Rockies just recently opened a summer tubing hill. That’s right – tubing in the summertime! It’s just like winter tubing, but in the sunshine of summer instead. This summer tubing hill is just the third of its kind in the U.S. and the first in Colorado! Check it out for yourself. Last High-Note Thursday: Winter Park has FREE live concerts on Thursday evenings in Rendezvous Event Center at Hideaway Park! The last High-Note Thursday concert is just around the corner, featuring The Andy Hackbarth Band on August 14. Come enjoy the summer's High-Note Thursday concert series finale! Chili Festival: August 16-17 brings the High Altitude Flamethrower’s Chili Festival to the Winter Park Resort. Red chili, green (verde) chili, and salsa categories are featured, with some of Colorado’s top chili chefs competing…bring an appetite! Gears & Beers: There’s always mountain bike fun to be had in Mountain Bike Capital USA™! The third installment in Bike Granby Ranch’s Gears & Beers enduro race series goes down Saturday, August 16. This is a more laid back race for bikers of all abilities, so it’s fun for everyone. Registration includes 1 lift ticket, 1 burger, and 1 beer – well worth the price of admission! Trestle Gravity Series: Labor Day brings even more summer fun, including even more mountain bike fun, of course! The Trestle Bike Park’s Gravity Series Labor Day Finale features competition categories from pro to 14 & under, with a surprise finale on Labor Day Monday. Zoppé Circus: The Zoppé Family Circus is a classic circus in the Old-World Italian tradition, complete with clowns, acrobats, equestrians, and awesome audience participation too. This unique event takes place on Labor Day Weekend at Winter Park Resort. Bring the whole family! Labor Day Block Party: Downtown Winter Park’s Cooper Creek Square is hosting a Labor Day Block Party & Sidewalk Sale, August 30 from 1-4pm. Come enjoy the sidewalk sales, live music featuring the Sasquatch Mountain Project, face painting, balloon artists, arts & crafts, and a bouncy castle too. Labor Day BBQ: Even more Labor Day Weekend fun continues with a holiday barbecue at the Devil’s Thumb Ranch Resort & Spa, August 31 from 11am-4pm. The event features live music, visits from the ranch animals, and happy hour drink pricing to go with the delicious BBQ prepared by the chef…yum! Oops…we know we said we’d mention 5 events, but there’s just too much still going on this summer in Winter Park! Check out our calendar for a full lineup of even more August events, or contact us at the Chamber for more info about anything and everything Colorado’s Favorite Playground! To contact the Winter Park & Fraser Chamber, call 800.903.7275 or email [email protected]