Downtown Leadville prepares for the city’s 72nd annual ski joring event

A week of temperatures above freezing melted the snow downtown, but that was not a problem because Leadville received plenty of snow this year that was easily trucked to the town’s main street.

This mural illustrates what ski joring is.

Complete rules are available at the event’s website.

While taking these pictures I met a couple from Georgia that came to Leadville specifically for this event, which runs Saturday and Sunday.