Want to test your mettle at a different kind of extreme winter sport? This year’s Meeker Skijor is coming up soon — Dec. 30-Jan 1 — and registration is currently open at https://www.meekerskijor.com/registration. This year’s race will be held at Ute Park, weather permitting. Saturday’s theme is “Mardi Gras” and Sunday’s theme is “Vikings.”
Not ready to race? Be a spectator to all the thrills and spills and partake of concessions and a beer garden at the race site, and plan to celebrate New Year’s Eve with live music by the Tucker Rose band and a dance at the 4-H Building at the Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds on Saturday before the competition wraps up on Sunday. Above, a custom Skijor art piece created by Ben Quinn at the Streamline Realty building.
By CAITLIN WALKER | [email protected]