Gems Events
Welcome to the 2008-2009 Ski Season! Below are a list of events at our 9 Gems resorts. Take a look and make plans to be there! If you would like to request an event on the site, please send us an email request.
Gems Resorts Events
Arapahoe Basin: 22nd Annual Enduro More Info »
07/05 - 04/13Only A-Basin would bring you an endurance race of this caliber. Skiers and riders take laps on the Pali chair from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. without stopping. 69 runs is the record. All proceeds from the event benefit a local charity. |
Arapahoe Basin: Christmas at the Basin More Info »
12/18Santa Claus is visitng A-Basin from 1pm-3pm. Bring your children and let them have their photo taken. Don't forget to get your candy cane. The Summit Choral Society will be singing your favorite Christmas tunes in the base area from 1pm-3pm. |
Monarch Mountain: New Year's Eve Torchlight Parade & Fireworks More Info »
12/31Join us for our annual Torchlight Parade and Firework Show. Festivities will begin around sunset with drink specials and an incredible firework display. Guests can sign up with Guest Services to participate in the Torchlight Parade. |
Monarch Mountain: COSMIC ski mountaineering race More Info »
02/13The Colorado Ski Mountaineering Cup, a seven-race ski mountaineering series in Colorado. |
Monarch Mountain: Kayaks on Snow Boater X More Info »
04/02Monarch's signature event. Contestants race head to head, similar to Skier Cross, down a specially designed course featuring berms, banks, and bumps, ending in an icy pond! This is as fun to watch as it is to race. Great sponsors like New Belgium Brewery and Keen Footware are on hand to provide plenty of stoke for this unique event. |
Monarch Mountain: End of Season Cook-off and Tailgate Party More Info »
04/10Celebrate the end of ski season and beginning of whitewater season with our annual parking lot cook-off and tailgate party. Guests are encouraged to whip up their best eats, competing for next year's season pass among other goodies. Contestants will also be judged on decor and spirit, so spiff up your rig and come on up, snow or shine! This event continues to attract closet chefs from around the region. Bring your appetite! |
Arapahoe Basin: 8th Annual Huck Rock'N Roll More Info »
05/07After the other parks have put away the rails and dozed the jumps the Treeline Terrain Park will be ready to host an amateur slopestyle competition for snowboarders and freeskiers who aren’t quite ready to call it quits. Details: Competitors will individually take two runs on the course and show judges tricks on rails, boxes and jumps. Catagories: Males ski, male snowboard, female ski, female snowboard, juniors Cost: $TBD per person Prizes: TBD Live Entertainment in the base area after competition. |
Arapahoe Basin: 10th Annual Festival of the Brewpubs More Info »
05/29Join us for our largest party of the year! Spend the day sampling mugs of beer from a variety of Summit County brewpubs for one low price per 14 oz mug (must be 21). Breweries include Pug Ryan’s, Breckenridge, Dillon Dam, Backcountry. Expect great live music, springtime skiing and much more! Cost: TBD Time: TBD Please bring ID, no mug will be sold without it! |
