Calendar

January

  • Winter sport heaven

February

  • Spend your romantic getaway in one of the most romantic spots on the planet
  • Winter sport heaven

March

  • Winter sport heaven

April

  • Take advantage of special off-season deals

May

  • Take advantage of special off-season deals
  • Marble Museum opens on Memorial Day

June

  • Summer sports begin
  • Marble Museum open
  • General Store open
  • Woody's Bar-B-Que open
  • Perfect time for that June wedding

July

  • Marble Sculpting Symposium
  • Marble Historical Society's Old Timer's Reunion, July 17th
  • Marble Historical Society's Bell Tower Celebration, July 17th 1:30 pm
  • Old Timer's Auction & Vintage Home Tour, July 18th, 10 am-3 pm, Redstone Inn
  • Marble Museum is open
  • General Store open
  • Woody's Bar-B-Que open
  • Prime wedding season
  • Summer sport heaven

August

  • Marble Sculpting Symposium
  • MarbleFest, August 21
  • Marble Airport Fly-in (date gets set according to weather conditions)
  • Marble Museum is open
  • General Store open
  • Woody's Bar-B-Que open
  • Prime wedding season
  • Summer sport heaven

September

  • Marble Airstrip Annual Fly-in, September 10-12 marbletourismassociation.org/marble_airstrip.html
  • SheepFest
  • Lead King Loop 25K
  • Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers announces 15th annual project season
    Project work days run from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (unless otherwise specified) and include dinner. Complete RFOV project information and a link to sign up to volunteer are available at www.rfov.org. For questions, email rfov@sopris.net or call 927-8241.
    Raspberry Creek Loop Trail, Marble
    Saturday, September 11      
    This 9-mile trail is a moderate to difficult hike that is surprisingly popular considering its remote location. Hikers and equestrians are rewarded with stunning views as they climb 3,100 feet through the Raggeds Wilderness to Anthracite Pass and back down into Marble. Volunteers will build dip/waterbar structures, checkdams, and short reroutes on the east leg. The second priority is the overgrown and eroding Raspberry Creek side. 
  • Woody's Bar-B-Que open
  • Speclacular Fall colors in Marble are not to be missed
  • Prime wedding season
  • Summer sport heaven

October

  • Speclacular Fall colors in Marble are not to be missed
  • Hunting
  • It's never too late for a wedding in Marble

November

  • There is nothing more magical then spending your holidays in Marble
  • Hunting

December

  • There is nothing more magical then spending your holidays in Marble
  • Winter sports begin

 

News Items

Colorado already has an official state bird, a state flower, even a state song. So why not--a state rock too?

Thanks to Girl Scout Troop 357 in Lakewood---we have just such a thing today. On 9News 6 a.m. Troop Leader Leslee Randolph said the girls worked for months trying to convince Colorado lawmakers to make yule marble the official state rock.

Their work is paying off with a State Capitol ceremony involving Governor Owens.

Yule marble, which comes from the Yule quarry in Colorado, has been used in many buildings, including the Washington Monument and the Tomb of the Unknowns.

It also was used extensively throughout the Colorado State Capitol. For their work, the girls of Troop 357 earned geology and government badges. And now, a place in state history.

A video clip of our interview is available under the video heading of 9News.com.

Marble's Milton Falls are the Original Coors Falls -Brief Article
Modern Brewery Age, Oct 20, 2003

AP For years, many of the 200,000-plus annual visitors to the Yankee Boy Basin have nicknamed two mirror-image waterfalls here "Coors falls," thinking they were the model for falls on Coors Light beer cans. Not so, says a spokeswoman for Coors Brewing Co. in Golden, after researching the question for The Denver Post.

The model for the Coors logo created in 1978 is not Twin Falls but Milton Falls near Marble, Coors spokeswoman Hilary Martin said--a fact that came as a nice surprise to Marble and a shock to Ouray.

"No kidding? That's fantastic," said Vince Savage, a Marble resident.

"Oh, my goodness," said a dismayed Rennie Ross of the Ouray Chamber of Commerce. "All I know is that is what I've always heard."

Even the owner of the falls, Florida businessman Dave Walker, said that he heard about the Coors connection when he bought the property in 1978 and has believed that the Twin Falls were the Coors falls.

Marble: the epicenter of fall colors in Colorado

For Colorado visitors seeking the best location to view fall colors, The Denver Post Travel Section noted Marble as “the epicenter of fall colors in Colorado”. During September and early October, the mountainsides surrounding Marble are blanketed with golden and red aspens, russet Gambel’s oak, maroon-colored serviceberry and mountain mahogany, and golden mountain ash and snowberry.