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Poker Ride, Bike, Hike & BBQ with Live Music
Ft. Mae Estes, SJ McDonald, Autumn McEntire, & Mar

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Date: September 21, 9:00 am-3:00pm
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Location: Ambush Ranch, Crested Butte
Details: Enjoy a trail ride on your own horse or choose to hike or bike through spectacular views of the gorgeous fall colors and see if you collect the cards for a winning poker hand. This is an outdoor fundraiser for Gunnison Tough complete with a barbecue and live music ft. Mae Estes, Mae Estes, SJ McDonald, Autumn McEntire, & Marti Dodson!! Horse Owners: ready to try your luck on horseback and have some fun? The horseback loop is approximately 2 hours and you will draw cards for your poker hand along the way. We will be staggering small groups of horses starting at 9:00 am. You must have your own horse! Hikers: the hiking loop is approximately 1 1/2 hours and you will draw cards for your poker hand along the way. Hikers start together at 9:30 am. Bikers: the biking course is being set – more details to follow. You will draw cards for your poker hand along the way. Bikers start together at (time to be announced). Flexible times for the BBQ to accommodate biker, hiker, and rider arrivals back to the ranch: 12:00 pm (ish) – 5B’s BBQ Lunch & Drinks 12:30 pm (ish) -MUSIC Evelyn Roper – our beloved and talented local singer-songwriter 1:30 pm (ish) – Mae Estes, SJ McDonald, Autumn McEntire, & Marti Dodson How the Poker Ride/Hike/Bike Works Rider/Hiker/Biker receives 7 cards per hand and can use top 5 cards. There will be 7 stations along the trail where folks pick up cards. CASH Payout for Top Five Poker Hands! Additional Prizes for Top Hands If Possible, Please Carpool. BYO Chairs or Blankets. Please, NO dogs allowed. TICKETS AVAILABLE SOON- Visit https://gunnisontough.com/events/ambush-ranch-bbq/ for more event details!
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Upcoming Events
  TIME   EVENT   LOCATION
Sunday, Sep 21
  9:00am-3:00pm Poker Ride, Bike, Hike & BBQ with Live Music Ambush Ranch, Crested Butte
  12:30pm-5:30pm Poker Ride at Ambush Ranch Ambush Ranch/Brush Creek
  6:00pm-7:00pm Floating Harvest Harmonics Three Ladies Park at 31 Butte Ave, Crested Butte, CO 81224
Monday, Sep 22
  6:00pm-9:00pm Calling All Magic: The Gathering Players! Storyweaver Games, 901 W Tomichi Unit 2, Gunnison, CO 81230
  6:00pm-7:30pm Free Salsa Lessons! 1 Quartz Street
Tuesday, Sep 23
  10:00am-12:00pm Historic Elk Ave Walking Tours 331 Elk Ave
Wednesday, Sep 24
   Crested Butte Film Festival Center for the Arts & Majestic Theatre
  6:00pm-8:00pm Peanut Lake / Lower Loop Run At Totem Pole Park at 3 rd and Maroon Ave in Crested Butte
Thursday, Sep 25
   Crested Butte Film Festival Center for the Arts & Majestic Theatre
  10:00am-12:00pm Historic Elk Ave Walking Tours 331 Elk Ave
  6:00pm-8:00pm Alla Prima: Pet Portraits | Ages 15+ 102 S Main St, Gunnison, CO 81230
  6:30pm-8:00pm Date Night/Friends Night Clay | Ages 18+ 102 S Main St, Gunnison, CO 81230
Friday, Sep 26
   Crested Butte Film Festival Center for the Arts & Majestic Theatre
  5:00pm-8:00pm Art Walk Participating Galleries
  5:30pm-8:30pm Drawing the Figure | Ages 18+ 102 S Main St, Gunnison, CO 81230
  6:00pm-9:00pm Calling All Magic: The Gathering Players! Storyweaver Games, 901 W Tomichi Unit 2, Gunnison, CO 81230
  6:00pm-7:00pm Book of the Month Club 331 Elk Ave
  6:00pm-8:00pm Opening Reception with the Artists Off Center Designs 115 W Georgia Ave, Gunnison, CO 81230
  6:30pm-8:00pm Date Night/Friends Night Clay | Ages 18+ 102 S Main St, Gunnison, CO 81230
  7:00pm-10:00pm Harvest Hoedown South Main, Gunnison
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