Teams competing in the three-leg pond skim challenge wore matching costumes on Saturday, April 27, 2024. (JonathanIngrahamDigital [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/c/dd/7f0/cdd7f086-b693-11ec-b373-bba598953eb6.fc0f5608a6f1144f64f080f771bd904d.png)
The second annual Slush Rush competition at Copper Mountain Resort pitted teams of three to relay-race down the superpipe, ski or ride a cross course while holding a Gatorade cup and ski or ride a rail, jump a medium-sized jump and pond skim an icy water pond to the finish line.
Teams competing in the three-leg pond skim challenge wore matching costumes on Saturday, April 27, 2024. (JonathanIngrahamDigital [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/c/dd/7f0/cdd7f086-b693-11ec-b373-bba598953eb6.fc0f5608a6f1144f64f080f771bd904d.png)A skier dressed in a Cheshire Cat costume skis across the pond of the pond skim section during the 2nd annual Slush Rush Saturday, April 27, 2024 at Copper Mountain Resort in Copper Mountain, Colorado. (JonathanIngrahamDigital [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/c/dd/7f0/cdd7f086-b693-11ec-b373-bba598953eb6.fc0f5608a6f1144f64f080f771bd904d.png)An inflatable toy shark looms in the icy waters of the pond skim pond at the 2nd annual Slush Rush Saturday, April 27, 2024 at Copper Mountain Resort at Copper Mountain, Colorado. (JonathanIngrahamDigital [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/c/dd/7f0/cdd7f086-b693-11ec-b373-bba598953eb6.fc0f5608a6f1144f64f080f771bd904d.png)A snowboarder snowboards across ‘shark-infested waters’ of the pond skim section at the 2nd annual Slush Rush Saturday, April 27, 2024 at Copper Mountain Resort in Copper Mountain, Colorado. (JonathanIngrahamDigital [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/c/dd/7f0/cdd7f086-b693-11ec-b373-bba598953eb6.fc0f5608a6f1144f64f080f771bd904d.png)A skier wearing a Hawaiian shirt and shorts skis across the pond during the pond skimming section during the Slush Rush Saturday, April 29, 2024 at Copper Mountain Resort in Copper Mountain, Colorado. (JonathanIngrahamDigital [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/c/dd/7f0/cdd7f086-b693-11ec-b373-bba598953eb6.fc0f5608a6f1144f64f080f771bd904d.png)A skier belly flops out of Copper Mountain’s Slush Rush pond to reach the finish line quickly on Saturday, April 27, 2024. (JonathanIngrahamDigital [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/c/dd/7f0/cdd7f086-b693-11ec-b373-bba598953eb6.fc0f5608a6f1144f64f080f771bd904d.png)Copper Mountain Resort Ski Patrol patroller Kevin W. wears tiny pink sunglasses at his post at the pond skim during the 2nd annual Slush Rush Saturday, April 27, 2024 in Copper Mountain, Colorado. (JonathanIngrahamDigital [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/c/dd/7f0/cdd7f086-b693-11ec-b373-bba598953eb6.fc0f5608a6f1144f64f080f771bd904d.png)Two dogs play near a ‘Slush Rush’ sign pinned to the superpipe during the 2nd annual Slush Rush Saturday, April 27, 2024 at Copper Mountain Resort in Copper Mountain, Colorado. (JonathanIngrahamDigital [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/c/dd/7f0/cdd7f086-b693-11ec-b373-bba598953eb6.fc0f5608a6f1144f64f080f771bd904d.png)A snowboarder attempts to skim across Copper Mountain’s Slush Rush pond on Saturday, April 27, 2024. (TomHellauerMultimedia [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/f/9e/622/f9e6228a-3b6b-11ed-bf10-fbb71fa8e421.f54b911252c540f1d61709edc4727a39.png)A snowboarder dressed as a ‘fat’ lumberjack jumps from the medium-sized jump feature during the 2nd annual Slush Rush Saturday, April 27, 2024 at Copper Mountain Resort in Copper Mountain, Colorado. (JonathanIngrahamDigital [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/c/dd/7f0/cdd7f086-b693-11ec-b373-bba598953eb6.fc0f5608a6f1144f64f080f771bd904d.png)A skier who did not make the full skim across the pond rushes down the last hill of the Slush Rush challenge to the finish line on Copper Mountain on Saturday, April 27, 2024. (JonathanIngrahamDigital [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/c/dd/7f0/cdd7f086-b693-11ec-b373-bba598953eb6.fc0f5608a6f1144f64f080f771bd904d.png)
