Photo by Will Sardinsky

Another Mountain Fair has come and gone, and with it — countless colorful memories.

Mountain Fair is a magical time akin to Brazil’s Carnival where our social roles loosen and everyone has the opportunity to celebrate good music, art and food together in Sopris Park. New connections are made and old bonds forged stronger.
Adults and children alike parade around in costumes, exchanging hugs and finding silly fun. Among the youth especially, it’s a celebratory summer crescendo before the inevitable return to school.
Mt. Sopris herself is central to it all, watching over the many lives that call these valleys home.

Photos by Will Sardinsky
Shayla Paradeis and Gabriela Mejia delivered the opening prayer at this year’s Mountain Fair.
The community drum circle brought together all ages and set a pulse for the entire weekend, per tradition.
Photos by Raleigh Burleigh
Photos by Jane Bachrach
Flexibility pays off for this participant of the limbo contest on Saturday afternoon at this year’s Mountain Fair. Photo by Tommy Sands

Contest results, provided by Carbondale Arts:

Pie

Exotic

  1. Nora Bilby – Garden Delight Key Lime
  2. Olivia Groth – Mojito Pie
  3. Laurie Stone – Chocolate Raspberry Ganache

Fruit

  1. Robin Shannon – Strawberry Apple
  2. Jessica Davidoff Meyer – Strawberry Rhubarb
  3. Katie Carlson – Strawberry Fields

Cream

  1. Jenna – Earl Grey
  2. Alie Olivia Wetstein – Lemon Brulee
  3. Jessica Davidoff Meyer – Lemon Strawberry

Best of Show – Garden Delight Key Delight(3rd year in a row)

Cake

Cake

  1. Jessica Davidoff Meyer – Orange Buttercream
  2. Kerry Toohey – Chocolate Oreo with Cream Cheese Frosting
  3. Valee Noone – Orange Almond Poppyseed

Alternative

  1. Redstone General Store – GF Lemon Ricotta Olive Oil
  2. Jody Henderson – Chocolate Irish Cream
  3. Michelle Page – Strawberry/Coconut/Carrot

Cupcake

  1. Halsie Peck – Cereal Milk
  2. Jessica Davidoff Meyer – Sicilian Orange
  3. Peter Davidoff – Passionfruit Blueberry

Best of Show – Jessica Davidoff Meyer – Orange Buttercream

Men’s Woodsplitting

Winner – Aaron Maisch – 17 seconds   Flair – Edgar Rojo

2nd – Morte Ross – 17.40 seconds

3rd – Matt Hogenboom – no time recorded

Women’s Woodsplitting

Winner – Alyssa Barker – 28 seconds    Flair – Elissa Rodman Gorman

2nd – Georgia Ackerman – 33.8 seconds

3rd – Rachel Croft – 35.05 seconds

Limbo

  1. Cari Rohe – 2’2”
  2. Talia Kurtz
  3. Dara Unger

Bike Race

Men’s

  1. Kyle
  2. Lindgren
  3. Devin

Women’s

  1. Chloe
  2. Annie
  3. Sarah

Fly Casting

  1. Maureen Taufer
  2. Scott White
  3. BJ Schmidt

Double Horseshoes

  1. Frank Anderson + Craig “Baggs” Hoffman
  2. Christen + Troy Gawart
  3. Mark Nersesian + Dan Jenkins

Single Horseshoes

  1. Frank Anderson
  2. Eddie McNeal
  3. Craig “Baggs” Hoffman

Throwdown

“Silk Rodeo” Adam Ting, Emily Abbott, Nori Pao, Brian Chen

Singer/Songwriter

Jenny Henry

Running Race

Men’s: Tyler Parker

Women’s: Caroline Cole