{"id":2458615,"date":"2020-05-19T11:04:01","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T17:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=325916"},"modified":"2020-05-19T16:47:04","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T22:47:04","slug":"snowmass-rodeo-cancels-47th-summer-season-will-return-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/snowmass-rodeo-cancels-47th-summer-season-will-return-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowmass Rodeo cancels 47th summer season, will return in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/rodeo-svs-062117-19.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/rodeo-svs-062117-19.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/rodeo-svs-062117-19-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><\/p><figcaption><strong>Garrett Buckley after winning the saddle bronc competition at the first Snowmass Rodeo of the summer in 2017.<\/strong><br \/><em>Anna Stonehouse\/Snowmass Sun<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Snowmass Rodeo is canceling its 47th summer season due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, officials announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The village\u2019s longtime western tradition has been a summer staple for many local and visiting families for years and was hard to call off completely, said Darce Vold, executive director and rodeo stock contractor of the Snowmass Rodeo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a really difficult thing because the rodeo is so beloved in Snowmass and is an event a lot of people count on,\u201d Vold said. The Snowmass Rodeo is produced by the Snowmass Western Heritage Association (SWHA), which decided at its Monday night board meeting the rodeo would not take place again until summer 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut as a group we decided it was in the best interest of everyone to postpone until next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row at-donation at-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"> <\/figure>\n<p>Up until Monday, Vold said the Snowmass Rodeo had planned to delay the start of the summer season from June to July and to take on the full cost of the weekly event. Vold said rodeo officials knew the event\u2019s typical business sponsors were hurting due to the pandemic and wanted to be mindful of that.<\/p>\n<p>But with the strict public health policies and social distancing requirements that are in place and will continue in some fashion through the summer, Vold said she and the SWHA board felt it best to cancel the season altogether.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t think families could come and enjoy the rodeo like we\u2019d like them to, and that\u2019s important,\u201d Vold said.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past 46 years, the Snowmass Rodeo has aimed to engage local and visiting families in a fun way, introducing them to a lifestyle they may be unfamiliar with.<\/p>\n<p>The rodeo usually kicks off with a family style barbecue, then features traditional bull and bronc riding events alongside kids\u2019 mutton bustin\u2019 and calf scramble competitions, ending with s\u2019mores around a fire pit.<\/p>\n<p>Vold has been putting on the Snowmass Rodeo for 23 years and contracting stock for the event even longer. All of her summers since she was 10 years old have been spent at rodeo grounds, and she comes from a rodeo family who is going through the same difficult decision-making she is due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>But despite the downsides, Vold knows the Snowmass Rodeo will be back in 2021 at the same high caliber and with the same tight-knit, family culture \u2014 something she and her staff looks forward to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not easy, but we\u2019ll manage. We\u2019ll get through this,\u201d Vold said.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/snowmass-rodeo-cancels-47th-summer-season-will-return-in-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Garrett Buckley after winning the saddle bronc competition at the first Snowmass Rodeo of the summer in 2017.Anna Stonehouse\/Snowmass Sun The Snowmass Rodeo is canceling its 47th summer season due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, officials announced Tuesday. The village\u2019s longtime western tradition has been a summer staple for many local and visiting families for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2458615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-18 12:26:15","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":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2458615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2458626,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458615\/revisions\/2458626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2458615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2458615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2458615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}