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Snowdown Light Parade can boast another successful year

Lights flashed, fire trucks wailed and a foam cannon spewed suds
The Durango Kids float covered Main Avenue with its foam cannon during the Snowdown Light Parade on Friday in downtown Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)

Bright lights, screaming fire trucks and children bundled up so thoroughly it seemed like an army of Michelin men had taken over downtown Durango.

Yep. It’s the much anticipated Snowdown light parade, this year distinguished by a crowd of onlookers peppered with scrabble tiles, Clue characters and playing cards.

Locals flocked to Main Avenue on Friday to get a look (and maybe a Smartie or two) at the floats parading through town on various, creatively decorated vehicles.

There were some obvious standouts at this year’s board game-themed parade.

After a fire truck’s opening sirens came the Purgatory car, toting a brightly lit ski bum moonlighting as a DJ, likely giving the women of Durango some unpleasant déjà vu.

Best dressed had to go to the Colorado Department of Transportation’s bulldozer, wearing the most believable Hungry Hungry Hippos costume seen yet.

Biggest crowd pleaser? The dancers boogieing to Chappell Roan’s “HOT TO GO!” while the crowd sang and wiggled along.

But what got the biggest rise out of the onlookers was the white plumes of motorcycle exhaust, courtesy of the Harley-Davidson club. The smell of burning octane was a convincing enough reason for people to briefly unclutch the rails and step away from their coveted positions at the front of the fence.

Last but not least, another machine spewing its interior into the crowd: a foam cannon, the first one to make an appearance in the history of Snowdown. Much better received than exhaust, it extracted gleeful screams from kids and adults alike.

jbowman@durangoherald.com

The Tico Time float takes part in the Snowdown Light Parade on Friday in downtown Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
The sidewalks of Main Avenue were filled for the Snowdown Light Parade on Friday in downtown Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
The sidewalks of Main Avenue were filled for the Snowdown Light Parade on Friday in downtown Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
The Maker Lab float participated in the Snowdown Light Parade on Friday in Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
The Hill Stompers make their way up Main Avenue while performing in the Snowdown Light Parade on Friday in downtown Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
The Durango Kids float used a foam cannon to cover Main Avenue during the Snowdown Light Parade on Friday in downtown Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
The Snowdown 2025 Light Parade on Friday in downtown Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)


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