8th Annual 285 Winterfest: Saturday, February 29

Join us in Conifer on Saturday, February 29th for our 8th annual 285 Winterfest!

The 2020 285 Winterfest is presented by The Thompson Group and kicks off at 9:30am on the Meyer Ranch Sledding Hill for the Mount Lugo Luge Snow Tubing Competition. Teams of four compete by tubing down the hill both individually and as a team with awards for the fastest and best aerial dismount. Entries are $5 per participant; teams of four required. Event parking is available at Aspen Park Village shopping center and shuttle service is available to the park, provided by Little Den Early Learning Center. Fastest team wins $100! After the Luge, enjoy a winter festival featuring food, live music, games, free family movie and beer tasting at Aspen Park Village shopping center.

Sign up early for our Annual Snowman Carving Competition as reservations are limited. Teams of four compete between 11:30am - 1:30pm to carve the most creative snowman. Carving tools provided; props encouraged. Voting is based on people’s choice. Entries are $5 per carver; teams of four required. After the snowman carving competition, warm up inside Conifer’s Stagedoor Theatre for a free showing of “Abominable” at 1:30pm.

For the adults, a Craft Brew Crawl will be offered at participating businesses in the shopping center. Tickets are $15 and include a souvenir tasting glass and samples from various local craft breweries! Businesses that are sponsoring a brewery include: Unleashed, Page Turner Book Store, The Bean & The Leaf, Luna’s Mandela Gifts & Boutique, Blizzard Mountain Pinball, People’s Mortgage Co., Conifer Vapor, Taspen’s Organics & Holistic Wellness Center and Crossfit Conifer. Pickup a punch card at the Chamber tent. While you are strolling the shops at the center tasting local craft brew, get your punch card punched to enter drawings for fun prizes.

All day packages available. $20 family / youth package includes luge and snowman carving for four. $40 adult package includes luge and craft brew crawl tickets for four. For more information please visit www.goconifer.com and follow us on Facebook.

Help us welcome Green Mountain Beer Co and Mad Jack's Mountain Brewery to our annual Craft Brew Crawl! You'll find them at their host locations the day of the event, Page Turner Book Store and Luna's Mandala, respectively.

CRAFT BREW CRAWL: Check in at the Chamber tent to pick up your tasting glass and then enjoy exploring the businesses at Aspen Park Village while tasting local craft beer. Tickets are $15 and may be purchased online now.

Announcing two more breweries joining us for 285 Winterfest: Coal Mine Avenue Brewing Company and El Rancho Brewing Company! Tickets for the Beer Crawl are $15 per person, include a souvenir glass and tastings, and can be purchased online ahead of time.

So glad to have Coal Mine Avenue Brewing at 285 Winterfest! This dog-friendly brewer will fit right in at Unleashed Pet Foods!


El Rancho Brewing is coming back to 285 Winterfest! Hooray!!! Thank you to the Bean and the Leaf for hosting them!

We've got plenty of snow and a tubing and snowman carving competition to get underway this Saturday - have you put together your dream team and registered? We can't wait to see you all there!

The remaining breweries participating with us at 285 Winterfest...happening in just two days at Aspen Park Village, 25797 Conifer Rd! Get your tickets ahead of time at www.goconifer.com/285-winterfest

New brew at 285 Winterfest! Help me in welcoming Boggy Draw to our party! Thank you to Conifer Vapor for hosting!


Hard to believe Lariat Lodge has time for us, but they do!!! Can't wait to see what they bring to 285 Winterfest. Thank you to People's Mortgage for hosting them!


2nd year in a row! Jackass Hill is bringing their amazing brews up the hill. They'll be handing out tastes at Blizzard Mountain Pinball. Yep, you heard us - beer and pinball - see you there!


LTD!!! We are so happy to have Living the Dream at 285 Winterfest! Look for them and their refreshing brews inside their host business, Crossfit Conifer.


Love beer but hate gluten? Try out Brewery Rickoli at 285 Winterfest, they reduce gluten in their brews to under 10ppm. They'll fit right in at Taspen's Cosmic Kitchen!

9News mentioned 285 Winterfest as one of the things to do this weekend - we hope to see you tomorrow!
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Reminder: parking for today's events is at the Aspen Park Village - we'll shuttle you over to Meyer Ranch Open Space if you are participating in the Mt Lugo Luge. See you soon!

Tickets for the event are no longer available online. You can purchase your tickets for the Luge competition at the tubing hill or at Aspen Park Village at the chamber table on the patio.

• Brew Crawl Tickets $15 per person
• Luge Individual $5 per person
• Snowman Carving Individual $5 per person
• Luge and Snowman Carving teams of 4 - $20 total
• Adult Luge and Brew Crawl teams of 4 - $40 total