Collection Updates, Mountain Bike Races, Purgatory Carve Wars

In this newsletter: Updates from the Coloradotopia Archives Collection, upcoming mountain bike races, the Carve Wars, and Colorado travel deals.

Jul 24, 2025

Colorado Quarto-Centennial Jubilee Medal

This is the most recent addition to the collection. This medal was created to celebrate Colorado’s 25th anniversary in 1901. It features Teddy Roosevelt on one side and the Pikes Peak Region on the reverse.

See the full page where this has been documented here.

Berthoud Pass Inn c. 1925

Another Harold Sanborn postcard showing the Berthoud Pass Inn has been cataloged for the website.

The backside has a postmark from 1929 and a note that reads:

Arrived here on Monday morning.
Can’t go very fast because of the mountains.
Air is very rare and the water in radiators boils over very easily.

Find the postcard here.

Upcoming Mountain Bike Races

The list below includes mountain bike races happening across Colorado in the next few weekends.

Leadville Stage

July 25-27
Leadville
Website

HCRA Badlands Circuit

July 25-27
Highlands Ranch
Website

Audi Snowmass 50 Mountain Bike Race

July 26
Snowmass
Website

Strider Balance Bike Race (Kids MTB)

July 27
River Run Village, Keystone
Website

Little Riders Rally Race 2 (Kids MTB)

July 30
Copper Mtn
Website

Trestle Gravity Series (Downhill MTB)

August 1-2
Winter Park
Website

Copper Triangle

August 1-2
Copper Mtn
Website

Snowmass Short Track MTB

August 6
Snowmass
Website

Big Mountain Enduro

August 7-10
Granby Ranch Bike Park
Website

Leadville Trail 100 MTB

August 9
Leadville
Website

Breck Epic

August 10-15
Breckenridge
Website

Purgatory Carve Wars

Plan ahead and add this one-of-a-kind event to your calendar.

August 1-3
Purgatory Ski Resort
Website

Enjoy three days of chainsaw woodcarving competitions, with auctions on Saturday and Sunday. Watch each piece being created—and if you see something that you like, you’ll have a chance to bid on it in the auction.

Here are a few photos from prior years.