Featured Happenings
Events on this Day
38th Annual Snowdown Back to the 80's
9:00am / Various locations
What in the 80’s is the focus of the 80’s theme for Snowdown 2016?
Is it the music? Is it the movies?
Is it...
Snowdown Totally Awesome Scavenger Hunt Judging
9:30am / Billy Goat Saloon
Doors open at 9:30 AM, judging at 10 AM sharp.
Teams of 4 will dig the highways, the byways and the hang-outs around Durango for the items...
Snowdown Waiter/Waitress Race
2:00pm / Steamworks Brewery
Traditionally one of SNOWDOWN’S wildest events. Coed teams of servers from area restaurants compete in a fun and frequently messy obstacle course...
Four Square Tournament
4:00pm / Durango Welcome Center
The object is to be in the lead square #1 at the end of play. Players take a kneeling position in each of the four squares. All you Madonna wannabes get...
80's Costume Contest
4:30pm / Grassburger
Hosted by Mayor’s Youth Advisory Commission.
Righteous costume contest for youth and teens! Be trendie and wear your best 80s costume...
80's Photo Fun
5:00pm / Durango Welcome Center
Show off your 80s attire and capture the fantabulous moment forever with a FUN photo. The Welcome Center is hosting a FREE (only one per person) photo...
Human Pac Man
5:00pm / Moe’s Lounge
Very cool! Participants gobble up as many pac dots, (or you could call them pellets but how gross is that?) as they can in a predetermined time. Pac dots...
The Snowdown Chow Down to the Max
5:30pm / Durango Elks Lodge
Most definitely join us at the historic Durango Elks Lodge #507 for an 80s dinner! Menu: Manwich sloppy joes, tri-colored pasta salad and a fresh side...
Snowdown Light Parade
6:00pm / Downtown Durango
This show is hosted by the SNOWDOWN Board and sponsored by Serious Texas Barbeque, Three Springs, Tile & Light Art of Durango, The Wells Group, C&J Gravel...
Snowdown 80's Teen Flash Dance
7:00pm / La Plata County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall
Hosted by Century 21 Premiere/Adaptive Sports.
Cowabunga! This is where all the cool and totally awesome come to shake a leg. This dance...
Chapman Challenge Uphill/Downhill Race
7:30pm / Chapman Hill Ski Area
Hosted by Pine Needle Mountaineering.
This event is so flash! An uphill/downhill race at Chapman Hill where all forms of human snow travel...
Twister
7:30pm / Moe’s Lounge
This wicked event starts immediately after the Parade is finished. As if you don’t know, Twister is played on a large plastic mat and players are...
Snowdown Ski Softball
7:30pm / FLC Softball Complex - Fort Lewis College
Hosted by Purgatory Mountain Patrol.
Two happen’en rival teams — Purgatory Mountain Patrol and the Ski/Snowboard School, continue...
Ralph Dinosaur Presents the 80's
8:00pm / American Legion Auxiliary
Don’t be a couch potato dude! Chill with your homefry while you dance to the jams of Ralph Dinosaur!
Must be 21+.
Event Cost:...
Mr. Black Music Trivia
8:00pm / Derailed Pour House
Don’t be a ditz…Play along with one of the best classic 80’s rock bands in the Four Corners. Name the most songs and/or artists throughout...
Ralph Dinosaur Presents the 80s
8:00pm / American Legion Auxiliary
Don’t be a couch potato dude! Chill with your homefry while you dance to the jams of Ralph Dinosaur! Must be 21+.
Event Cost: $15...
Karaoke Contest
10:00pm / 8th Avenue Tavern
Warm up those vocal chords for this annual karaoke contest! There are lots of great 80s jams for contestants to sing. Judges will pick winners each night...
