Mardi Gras Family Festival
beads, beads, and more beads
March 7 - 9, 2025
Celebrate Mardi Gras on the slopes of Granite Peak with tons of fun for our second family festival of the season, March 7 - 9, 2025. All of our family festivals feature fun added value for our families visiting from out of town as well as locals. Everything with the exception of Groomer Rides are free for all!
COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN? ALL KIDS & PARENTS BOOKING A THREE NIGHT STAY RECEIVE FREE RENTALS TO ACCOMPANY THEIR MARDI GRAS ON THE SLOPES!
Check out the full schedule below!
Friday Night: Show Us Your Tricks
Our Friday Night rail jam on Aspen kicks off our Mardi Gras Family Festival Weekend! DJ, Lights, and plenty of beads are at the heart of this competition where skiers and snowboard athletes take to a custom built venue to secure as many beads as possible for the title of King and Queen and a boat load of cash & prizes.
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Saturday: Groomer Rides with our Mardi Gras King
Add on Groomer Rides with our very own Mardi Gras King Kellen! King Kellen will give you a 10 minute trip to showcase off one of our Prinoth Grooming Machines! Each family will receive a downloadable photo with King Kellen and some special Granite Peak Beads only available from the King himself!
Groomer Rides are $20 per trip and are available for up any combination of up to two adults and two children. If two adults the children must be small enough to sit on the adult's laps.
SATURDAY ALL DAY: 20,000 BEADS TO BE SHARED
Our staff from lift attendants, to ski school skiing jesters, and more will have plenty of beads to share but the unique and specialty ones will be found through our scavenger hunt! Clues will be shared every hour on the hour through our social media stories on Instagram and Facebook for clues on where to find them. Be aware you may encounter some very special jesters along the way! As with all of our family festivals kids will always be the primary recepients of our bead priority!
Saturday Night: FIREWORKS AND SPECIALTY S'MORES
Specialty S'mores will be available on our Historic Deck for 100 kids. These s'mores packets will have some added ingredients to make these extra Mardi Gras colors such as purple, green and gold! Later we'll have a huge fireworks show at 8pm right out in front of the Historic Chalet!
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