Saturday, July 27, 2019

Fairplay World Championship Pack Burro Race won’t reach Mosquito Pass for first time ever due to snow drifts | SummitDaily.com

Fairplay World Championship Pack Burro Race won’t reach Mosquito Pass for first time ever due to snow drifts | SummitDaily.com:
See the source image"Days away from August, this winter and spring’s snowfall is still affecting outdoors events in the High Country. Sunday’s 71st annual World Championship Pack Burro Race will not reach Mosquito Pass for the first time since the race, which pairs a human with a donkey, has run its course from historic South Park in Fairplay up to the 13,185-foot Mosquito Pass, and back.
“The snow is still too deep,” town of Fairplay special events coordinator Julie Bullock said Wednesday evening.
Bullock said snow drifts up near the top of the pass, near 13,000 feet, remained as high as 13 feet late last week..."
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