Snowsports Industries Party in Denver

Colorado, skiing | dlacord | Thursday, January 28th, 2010 at 2:21 pm

The massive Snowsports Industries America Snow Show is in Denver for the first time. The show, which runs through Sunday, is only open to retailers, manufacturers, marketers and members of the media. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t some cool show-related events open to the rest of us. Billed as “The World’s Largest Apres Ski + Ride Party,” the events include:

An Aspen/Snowmass X Games Party at Skyline Park, from 5 to 9 p.m. today through Saturday, with events broadcast live from Aspen/Snowmass on a giant screen.
A special showing of Warren Miller’s films on a giant LED display on the Great Wall of Denver Pavilions from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily through Saturday.
The completion of a 3-D chalk drawing of a boarder taking off from a ridge at Crested Butte Mountain Resort at the Denver Pavilions.
“Wear Your Ski-And-Ride Clothes-to-Work Day” fashion show and contest, Denver Pavilions, Friday at lunchtime. Prizes include a pair of Southwest Airlines tickets; lift tickets, lodging packages, ski gear and gift certificates.
TransWorld SNOWboarding’s 11th annual Rider’s Poll Awards, Fillmore Auditorium. Doors open at 7 p.m. on Friday

And dozens of downtown bars and restaurants are offering dining, drinking and party specials. The Appaloosa Grill has teamed up with Telluride; Blake Street Vault with Monarch; Earl’s Restaurant Downtown and Paramount Cafe with Aspen Ski Co.; Hard Rock Cafe with Steamboat; Katie Mullens with Loveland; LoDo Bar & Grill with Vail Resorts; Lucky Strike Lanes with Copper Mountain; Marlowe’s with Powderhorn; Rialto with SolVista; Rio Grande with Echo Mountain; Rock Bottom Brewery with Durango Mtn., Tilted Kilt with A-Basin, and Wynkoop Brewery with Winter Park.

– Deb Acord

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