{"id":21192,"date":"2020-01-30T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T22:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/annual-winter-carnival-comes-with-drone-event\/"},"modified":"2020-01-30T15:29:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T22:29:00","slug":"annual-winter-carnival-comes-with-drone-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/annual-winter-carnival-comes-with-drone-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Winter Carnival comes with drone event"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Teams race in the bed sled races during a previous Grand Lake Winter Carnival. This year’s festival takes place on Saturday with events throughout the day.<\/strong>
Sky-Hi News file photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

The Wild Wild West might see some UFOs as the annual Winter Carnival overlaps with a drone event this Saturday in Grand Lake.<\/p>\n

Grand Lake\u2019s Winter Carnival is an all day event, and this year\u2019s theme centers on the American frontier. But another event, Whoop the Mountains, will bring a futuristic spin with its inaugural festivities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhoop\u201d refers to tiny drones, about 20-25 grams in weight, that have recently become more affordable and are perfect for indoor racing. Organized by Denver Drone Co, anyone with a drone under 85 mm can purchase a $20 ticket to compete Saturday at the Grand Lake Center. Pilot check in begins at 11 a.m.<\/p>\n

Events include singles and team racing, along with a freestyle competition where drones will be rated on their \u201cperformance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, the Winter Carnival will also be hosting its traditional events all day Saturday. Throughout the town, participants can enjoy snow sculptures based on reflections of the Wild West.<\/p>\n

Activities start at 9:30 a.m. at the Grand Lake Center with Cowboy Coffee Teapot Curling. Teams of four can participate for $20.<\/p>\n

At the town park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Billy the Kid hole-in-one golf is $5 for a bucket of balls. There will also be snowman building from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., bull races for kids under 90 pounds at 11 a.m. and a mustang ring toss from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

New this year, the White Buffalo Pizza Company is hosting a Sugar Fort Building Contest for kids 12 and under from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.<\/p>\n

The Wild West Stampede Parade through town starts at 12:30 p.m. This will be followed by the Buckaroos Parent and Child Sled Pull down Grand Avenue. Participants should bring their own sled.<\/p>\n

The Good, The Bad, The Bed Sleds will race down Grand Avenue at 1:15 p.m. for a team fee of $25. Strike it Rich Human Bowling follows on the main street at 2 p.m. and is $10 for adults.<\/p>\n

The Hoe-Down Hootenanny Ball starts at 7 p.m. at Pancho & Lefty\u2019s with a $5 cover fee. The carnival concludes with fireworks over Grand Lake at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

The festivities won\u2019t be over for the drone race, with a cowboy and alien themed dance party from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m. Sunday.<\/p>\n

Finish the fun Sunday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. with a drone battle, featuring cowboys shooting alien drones out of the skies with Nerf guns.<\/p>\n

via:: Sky-Hi News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Teams race in the bed sled races during a previous Grand Lake Winter Carnival. This year’s festival takes place on Saturday with events throughout the day.Sky-Hi News file photo The Wild Wild West might see some UFOs as the annual Winter Carnival overlaps with a drone event this Saturday in Grand Lake. Grand Lake\u2019s Winter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21192","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-17 22:32:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}