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Wooly wonder - 2021 Bighorn Sheep Festival full of fun

Photos by Sara Hertwig
Special to the Clear Creek Courant

Posted 11/16/21

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Wooly wonder - 2021 Bighorn Sheep Festival full of fun

The horns of a bighorn sheep wrap around Ryan Blanchard, 9, reaching to his back, as he holds the weight of them in his arms during Georgetown’s Bighorn Sheep Festival Nov. 13.

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Colorado Springs resident Lori Blanchard looks at a tuft of hair from a bighorn sheep through a magnifying glass Saturday during Georgetown’s Bighorn Sheep Festival.

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Ben Brown, 6, inspects his s’more as he pushes the graham crackers together, smashing the marshmallow.

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Bill Frobose, a Colorado Parks and Wildlife volunteer, stands outside the Gateway Visitor’s Center in Georgetown on Nov. 13 talking with visitors about the herd of bighorn sheep that live up the hill across I-70.

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Jane Frobose, a Colorado Parks and Wildlife volunteer, gives information on the horns and fur of bighorn sheep during Georgetown’s Bighorn Sheep Festival.

Photo by Sara Hertwig

From left, Wade, 4, Joe, and Ben Brown, 6, roast marshmallows over a fire in Strauss Park in Georgetown during the town’s Bighorn Sheep Festival Saturday. The boys loved the festival so much last year, they decided to come back for this year’s activities.

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Elbert the bighorn sheep emerges from the Gateway Visitor’s Center in Georgetown for the Bighorn Sheep Festival Saturday.

Photo by Sara Hertwig

Lori Blanchard takes a photo of her husband Mike and son Ryan, 9, as Mike holds the horns from a bighorn sheep over Ryan’s head outside the Gateway Visitor’s Center in Georgetown Saturday.

Photo by Sara Hertwig

Posted Tuesday, November 16, 2021 9:23 am

Photos by Sara Hertwig
Special to the Clear Creek Courant

The second Saturday in November each year, Georgetown, Colorado celebrates one of the biggest and oldest bighorn sheep herds in the state of Colorado. Partly for the education, partly to facilitate wildlife watching at the peak of breeding season and partly a fun excuse to get together as a community, the annual festival offers something for everyone.

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