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Snowdown says goodbye to Reagan-era Star Wars, hello to intergalactic travel

Iowa man gives thumbs up to Light Parade

DATE: Jan 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango woman arrested in connection to broken El Rancho window

Damages estimated at $3,500

DATE: Jan 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Snowdown parade to stream live online

Herald, Welcome Center partner to bring entries to your computer

DATE: Jan 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Video: Spellabration

The annual Spellabration event, always an exciting event at Snowdown, took place Wednesday featuring words from gnarly to kine. ...

DATE: Jan 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Snow news is good news at 2016 Snowdown Follies

Things seem to be looking up for event

DATE: Jan 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Video: Doughnut eating contest

Snowdown 2016 kicks off with a doughnut eating contest Wednesday morning at Doughworks. ...

DATE: Jan 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Are you ready for Snowdown?

Snowdown 2016 begins Wednesday and those involved were busy Tuesday preparing for various events. Stay with The Durango Herald this week for coverage – on Twitter, Facebook, Inst...

DATE: Jan 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Oh, fer sure!

38th annual Snowdown begins

DATE: Jan 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Snowdowns of years past

Get geared up for today by looking at some really rad photos from past Snowdowns.

DATE: Jan 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Gallery

Snowdown sampler

Snowdown 2016 begins next week and the excitement around the annual winter celebration is building around Durango. See some of The Durango Herald’s photos from popular events ove...

DATE: Jan 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Snowdown 2015

Popular Durango fest to return soon

DATE: Jan 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

DHS girls hoops

Durango girls basketball team battles with Igancio High School girls team

DATE: Jan 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Gallery

Photos: Fashion at its bestSnowdown Fashion Do’s and Don’ts

Snowdown Fashion Do’s and Don’ts

Photos: Snowdown on SaturdaySnowdown’s Canine Fashion Show and Outlaw Josie Pete’s Golf

Snowdown’s Canine Fashion Show and Outlaw Josie Pete’s Golf

Photos: Snowdown Rock-em-Sock-em Snowbots pillow fights

Snowdown Light Parade can boast another successful yearLights flashed, fire trucks wailed and a foam cannon spewed suds

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