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June 2020
CANCELLED June Arts & Crafts Fair
**THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLIC GATHERINGS** Come peruse the Grand Lake Chamber’s Arts & Crafts Festivals throughout the summer months. Browse various local and national handmade wares in the scenic beauty of Grand Lake’s Town Square Park on Grand Avenue. Arts and Crafts 2020 Dates are: June 13th & 14th July 11th & 12th August 8th & 9th Would you like to apply as a merchant for Grand Lake’s summer shows? Please download…
Find out more »Spirit Polar Plunge
Go jump in the lake to support Taking Steps for Cancer's cancer patient fund at Mountain Family Center.
Find out more »July 2020
46th Annual Grand Lake Rotary Pancake Breakfast
All you can eat pancake breakfast on 4th of July.
Find out more »July Arts & Crafts Fair
Come peruse the Grand Lake Chamber’s Arts & Crafts Festivals throughout the summer months. Browse various local and national handmade wares in the scenic beauty of Grand Lake’s Town Square Park on Grand Avenue. Arts and Crafts 2020 Dates are: June 13th & 14th July 11th & 12th August 8th & 9th Would you like to apply as a merchant for Grand Lake’s summer shows? Please download our application and return the the Grand Lake Chamber of Commerce. Space fills…
Find out more »Hummingbirds: Field Research (adults ages 16 and older)
Learn about Rocky’s hummingbird populations and their habitat while observing field ornithologists as they safely capture and band these remarkable birds. Marking individual birds remains essential to determine population size, migration corridors, and survivorship. Genetic and statistical analyses are complementing and expanding understanding of these important migratory pollinators. Class members will visit typical habitat, observe and identify types of food sources, and learn about factors influencing hummingbird survival. A classroom session following the field site visit will describe the hummingbird…
Find out more »Drawing for Painters (adults ages 16 and older)
A strong drawing is the backbone of a good painting. Early summer is a great time to brush up on your drawing skills to make your paintings stronger and better. Practice your skills and try something new! Relationships of shapes, values and perspective in painting, which determine the strength or weakness of the composition in your work, will be discussed and explored. With plenty of practice time, you will become more confident in drawing and experimenting with edges, shapes, values,…
Find out more »Who Pooped in the Woods? A Mammal Mystery (ages 6-9)
Who doesn’t love a good mystery? Who Pooped in the Woods? will have you solving real-life mysteries from start to finish. You’ll learn how to recognize different animal signs like scat (a fancy word for “poop”) and tracks, and you’ll get to take home your very own cast of an animal track!
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Tour 4 local homes to raise funds for Taking Steps for Cancer's cancer fund at Mountain Family Center.
Find out more »August 2020
Wild Mushrooms & Fungi of RMNP (adults ages 16 and older)
Often thought of as something to be avoided, fungi (including mushrooms) represent a vast and diverse group of organisms that play a critical role in virtually every terrestrial environment on the planet. Formerly thought of as plants, it is now known that fungi represent their own kingdom, along with plants and animals. Exemplified by prevalent, and often colorful, mushrooms, Rocky Mountain National Park has a bountiful and diverse fungal flora. Learn the basics of mushroom identification, their important role in…
Find out more »August Arts & Crafts Fair
Come peruse the Grand Lake Chamber’s Arts & Crafts Festivals throughout the summer months. Browse various local and national handmade wares in the scenic beauty of Grand Lake’s Town Square Park on Grand Avenue. Arts and Crafts 2020 Dates are: June 13th & 14th July 11th & 12th August 8th & 9th Would you like to apply as a merchant for Grand Lake’s summer shows? Please download our application and return the the Grand Lake Chamber of Commerce. Space fills…
Find out more »The History of Moose in RMNP (adults ages 16 and older)
The present-day story of moose in Rocky Mountain National Park started in 1978. Before 1978, there is some debate if moose were considered residents of the park. We will discuss the debate and learn where the present population came from. We will spend our day exploring various topics such as moose diet, seasonal behavior, predation, impact on willow communities, and radio collaring. We will also discuss the moose’s relationship to other wildlife (such as elk and birds) and why willow…
Find out more »Hike with a Naturalist: Mount Ida (adults ages 16 and older)
This hike on the western slope of Rocky Mountain National Park affords panoramic views of the Never Summer Mountains, Gorge Lakes, and both sides of the Continental Divide as participants traverse subalpine and tundra terrain to the top of Mount Ida. Possible sightings of bighorn sheep and elk can be enjoyed from the many lookout points along the way.
Find out more »September 2020
Rocky Mountain National Park Butterflies (adults ages 16 and older)
Butterflies fly in every life zone of Rocky Mountain National Park. This class will begin with an indoor introduction to basic butterfly biology, butterfly behavior, and butterfly diversity. In the field, we will visit several different habitats on the west side of the Park to search for late summer species, such as Rocky Mountain parnassian, Scudder’s sulphur, silver-bordered fritillary, mourning cloak and dark wood-nymph. We will learn to identify these species while discussing their life histories, ecology, host-plant associations, conservation…
Find out more »Ring of Fire
From the songbook of Johnny Cash comes this unique musical about love and faith, struggle and success, rowdiness and redemption, and the heal-ing power of home and family. More than two dozen classic hits—including “I Walk The Line,” “A Boy Named Sue,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” and the title tune, “Ring of Fire”—are performed by a multi-talented cast, and paint a musical portrait of The Man in Black that promises to be a foot-stompin’, crowd-pleasin’ salute to a unique musical legend!…
Find out more »Ring of Fire
From the songbook of Johnny Cash comes this unique musical about love and faith, struggle and success, rowdiness and redemption, and the heal-ing power of home and family. More than two dozen classic hits—including “I Walk The Line,” “A Boy Named Sue,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” and the title tune, “Ring of Fire”—are performed by a multi-talented cast, and paint a musical portrait of The Man in Black that promises to be a foot-stompin’, crowd-pleasin’ salute to a unique musical legend!…
Find out more »Ring of Fire
From the songbook of Johnny Cash comes this unique musical about love and faith, struggle and success, rowdiness and redemption, and the heal-ing power of home and family. More than two dozen classic hits—including “I Walk The Line,” “A Boy Named Sue,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” and the title tune, “Ring of Fire”—are performed by a multi-talented cast, and paint a musical portrait of The Man in Black that promises to be a foot-stompin’, crowd-pleasin’ salute to a unique musical legend!…
Find out more »Ring of Fire
From the songbook of Johnny Cash comes this unique musical about love and faith, struggle and success, rowdiness and redemption, and the heal-ing power of home and family. More than two dozen classic hits—including “I Walk The Line,” “A Boy Named Sue,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” and the title tune, “Ring of Fire”—are performed by a multi-talented cast, and paint a musical portrait of The Man in Black that promises to be a foot-stompin’, crowd-pleasin’ salute to a unique musical legend!…
Find out more »Ring of Fire
From the songbook of Johnny Cash comes this unique musical about love and faith, struggle and success, rowdiness and redemption, and the heal-ing power of home and family. More than two dozen classic hits—including “I Walk The Line,” “A Boy Named Sue,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” and the title tune, “Ring of Fire”—are performed by a multi-talented cast, and paint a musical portrait of The Man in Black that promises to be a foot-stompin’, crowd-pleasin’ salute to a unique musical legend!…
Find out more »Ring of Fire
From the songbook of Johnny Cash comes this unique musical about love and faith, struggle and success, rowdiness and redemption, and the heal-ing power of home and family. More than two dozen classic hits—including “I Walk The Line,” “A Boy Named Sue,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” and the title tune, “Ring of Fire”—are performed by a multi-talented cast, and paint a musical portrait of The Man in Black that promises to be a foot-stompin’, crowd-pleasin’ salute to a unique musical legend!…
Find out more »Ring of Fire
From the songbook of Johnny Cash comes this unique musical about love and faith, struggle and success, rowdiness and redemption, and the heal-ing power of home and family. More than two dozen classic hits—including “I Walk The Line,” “A Boy Named Sue,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” and the title tune, “Ring of Fire”—are performed by a multi-talented cast, and paint a musical portrait of The Man in Black that promises to be a foot-stompin’, crowd-pleasin’ salute to a unique musical legend!…
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