Cripple Creek / Colorado Springs W. KOA

June

• Donkey Derby Days: Sponsored by the Two Mile High Club; businessman's donkey race, parade and family events.

July

• Cripple Creek's Two Mile High 4th of July: Fireworks show set to music in the Rockies. Explosive fun! Anique tractor pull, free concert at City Park


• Cripple Creek National Living History and Reenactment Competition: See characters such as Buffalo Bill, Doc Holiday and Cripple Creek's own Pearl DeVere during this competition. There will also be gunfighter clubs from all over the nation competing for cash prizes. Also includes period vendors and chuck wagon cooking.


• Gold Rush Days: Sponsored by the Victor Chamber of Commerce; mining games, parade, family events


• Cripple Creek Pony Express Classic Horse Race: Old time horse racing fun!

August

• Teller County Fair: Sponsored by Teller County Fair Board. Exhibits, food, roping, livestock shows and a rodeo


• Cripple Creek Art Festival: Art shows, food and music - summer fun in the Rockies


• Salute to American Veterans Motorcycle Rally & Festival: Sponsored by Pro Promotions; veterans memorial, parade, POW/MIA recognition ride, vendors, tattoo contest. Call 719-487-8005


• Cripple Creek BMX Ride: Family fun


• Victor Celebrates the Arts: Art celebration; watch the artists paint ein plein aire

September

• Lumberjack Challenge: Watch manly men (and women) saw and chop their way to victory. You've seen it on ESPN, now see it live


• Youth Appreciation Day: Honoring Cripple Creek's youth


• Victorian Festival: Victorian dance, exhibitions, Old Tyme Baseball game


• Cruise Above the Clouds Car Show: Classic cars line Bennett Avenue


• Aspen Tours: Experience fall splendor in the historic Cripple Creek Mining District. Sponsored by the Two Mile High Club. Traditionally, the aspens will reach their peak colors the third week of September


• King of the Hill Rodeo: A roughstock rodeo. Bareback and Saddle Bronc Riding, Down and Dirty Bull Riding


• World Fast Draw Competition: National competition


• Frontier Daze: Free country concerts, Native American dancing, gunfighter demonstrations, vendors, fast draw competition and chuckwagon food. Don't miss this taste of the Old West

October

• Vampire of Cripple Creek: Thrills and chills in this melodrama set in historic Cripple Creek.