12/1/2017 - 12/3/2017
12/8/2017 - 12/10/2017
12/15/2017 - 12/17/2017
12/22/2017 - 1/1/2018
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM Mountain
The giant headframes that are the remains of 1890's gold mining days will again light up the night sky around Victor and Cripple Creek for the 20th consecutive holiday season. These unique mining structures are one-of-a-kind remnants of the gold rush era.
Holiday ornaments, some as large as 20 feet tall, will be lit against the starry night skies of the Victor and Cripple Creek starting Friday, Nov. 24.
A self-guided driving tour map will be available at area businesses, as well as the Cripple Creek Heritage Center and online at VictorColorado.com. The lights will be best viewed after dark and will be in place Friday through Sunday nights through New Year’s Day, weather/safety and volunteers permitting. This year the lights on several of the headframes have been refurbished and do not miss the Silver Bells on the Strong Mine in Victor.
This holiday lighting tradition is 20 years old and is sponsored by Newmont Mining Corporation, on whose property most of the headframes are located. Volunteers from the communities staff the generators and line power connections each weekend. Other sponsors include an anonymous donor, Southern Teller County Focus Group, Cripple Creek Parks & Recreation, Two Mile High Mining LLC, City of Victor, and Cripple Creek District Museum. Support also comes from Black Hills Energy crews who help refurbish the lamps on the ornaments and donate power installations.
The Victor Lowell Thomas Museum and gift shop will be open for special holiday shopping hours, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, weekends through December from 10-5 weather allowing.
For the outdoors minded, the Vindicator Valley, Little Grouse, Independence Mill Site, Golden Circle, Gold Camp, Little Grouse, and Battle Mountain Trails are open all winter. Come prepared to hike or bike in sunny mountain weather. If there is enough snow, the trails are open to cross country skiing and snowshoeing.
More information is at VictorColorado.com.
(phone: 7196895509)
| 11/24/2017 - 11/26/2017 |    | |
| 12/1/2017 - 12/3/2017 | | |
| 12/8/2017 - 12/10/2017 | | |
| 12/15/2017 - 12/17/2017 | | |
| 12/22/2017 - 1/1/2018 | |
