Spirit of Colorado Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Adventures

  Dog-sledding; hot-air balloons; cattle drive; white-water rafting; mountain biking.

• After School
• All in a Day's Work

  Forest firefighters; Culpepper and Merriweather Circus; steam locomotives.

• Animals

  The Meeker Sheepdog Trials; painting rhinoceros.

• Are We Having Fun Yet?

  Recreation in Colorado.

• Art for Arts Sake (Ars Gratia Artis)

  Denver International Airport; cowboy boots; Opera; art galleries; Día de los Muertos.

• Back in the Saddle

  Durango rodeo; Denver Mounted Police; Colorado horse roundup; 'Just Say Whoa' program; Bronco mascot.

• Backcountry

  Skiing; Rocky Mountains; wildflowers; snow caves.

• Backroads

  Cattleman Eddie Linke; photographer Michael Lewis.

• Call of the Wild

  Skiing; wilderness; canoeing; llama; avalanche.

• Canyon Country

  Canyons; mountain biking; road system; ecology; train trip; ranching.

• Celebrate!

  Bill Picket Invitational Black Rodeo; American Indian culture; the Long's Peak Scottish Highlands Festival; Monte Vista's Crane Festival; Día de los Muertos.

• Cowboys

  Cowboys; cowboy poet Baxter Black.

• Cowboys

  Professional steer wrestlers; rodeo school.

• Dogs

  Habitat for wolves/wolf hybrids; sled dogs; sheep dogs.

• Dream Jobs

  Dream jobs.

• Everything Old Is New Again

  Mining in Marble; snow plow clears railroad tracks; stained-glass windows are restored; Elitch Garden's 1925 carousel; cattle rancher Faye Brown.

• Extra Credit

  Ballet Folklorico de Longmont; rodeo school; outdoor skills; the Meeker Sheepdog Trials; ski school.

• The Forest

  Forests; timber frame house; pinion nuts; Christmas tree.

• Fun 'n Games

  Corn-field maze; vintage baseball; horse ride; kayaking; burro ride; football; pub.

• Furry Friends

  Furry creatures; burrows; rescue dogs; Chatfield Park.

• Good Earth

  Handmade flutes; sunflower ranch; bee farm; goat dairy; bison ranch; marble quarry.

• Good Times

  Festivals; New Year's Day; soldiers.

• Good Work!

  Colorado Trail maintenance; SARDOC (Search and Rescue Dogs of Colorado); narrow-gauge train crew; timbermen.

• The Harvest

  Harvest.

• High Country

  Leadville Airport is North America's highest altitude airport; Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad; Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.

• High Country Rails

  Railways.

• Home on the Range

  Buffalo; alpaca; llamas; ostriches; a one-room schoolhouse; ecological education; cowboy poet Baxter Black.

• Hooves, Paws & Claws

  Rescue dogs; alligators; Clydesdales; the teddy bear.

• The Horse

  Breaking wild horses; racing burros; polo; Denver Nuggets coach Dan Issel.

• Horse Country

  Roundup and auction of wild horses; birth of a foal; teen equestrians; horse packing trip through the Routt National Forest.

• It Beats Working

  Dance ensemble; milk delivery; taxi; carrier pigeons; farriers.

• It's a Dogs Life

  Dog sledding; dog cuisine; the American Kennel Club's National Agility Championship; cow dog breeder.

• Kids

  Snow tubing; pumpkin patch; wool; rappeling; Raptor Education Foundation.

• Let the Games Begin

  Boulder's Kinetic Sculpture Challenge; the Grand Lake Yacht Club Regatta; Fairplay's Burro Race; Empire's Frog Rodeo.

• Made in Colorado
• Mi Casa Es Su Casa

  Different types of houses.

• Mountaineers

  A mountain man rendezvous; veterans of the 10th Mountain Division ski troop; handicapped skier Matt Feeney.

• Music in Thin Air

  Thelonious Monk Institute Jazz Colony; Indian drum-making; Irish music; Grammy Awards; family mariachi band; bluegrass music.

• Mysteries, Legends and Tall Tales

  Web-footed horses; ghost of Charlie Eagle Plume; disappearance of the Anasazi; cemetery at Cheeseman Park.

• National Western Stock Show

  Cowboy poet Baxter Black; stock show; Mexican rodeo; sheep-shearing championship.

• Native Americans

  American Indians; the Medicine Warrior drum group; art.

• Nature

  Elk Ranch; American Indians; dog-sledding; children's poems.

• The New West

  The New West; conservation ranch; preserving the West; buffalo and elk ranching; artificial insemination; family of wheat-cutters.

• Off the Beaten Path

  Hiking trails; tourist cabins; motorcycle rally.

• Off to the Races

  Ironhorse Bicycle Classic; horseshoe competition; dog sledding; Wolford Mountain's Ice Fishing Competition.

• Olde West

  Horse drive; crossing grasslands on a prairie schooner; American Indian homes; Georgetown Loop Railroad; wet-plate photography; Leadville antiques.

• Rail Fans

  Trains; railroad art.

• Railways

  Railroad engineering; Georgetown Loop; the Ski Train; Coors brewery; California Zephyr.

• Ranch Life

  Western wear; bolo tie; goat herds.

• Road Trip!

  Tropical insect museum; carousel; chain-saw artist; drive-in hotel.

• The Rodeo Road

  Professional cowboys; rodeo school; contributions of the black cowboy to the American West.

• The Ski Life

  Skiing; ski patrol; dog; senior ski club; vintage footage; family ski area.

• Snowbound
• Snowscapes

  Snow sculpture competition; cross-country skiing; Rabbit Ears Pass.

• Sport

  Televised sports; filmmaker Warren Miller; fishing: ice, fly; bull riding; women's college basketball.

• Steam Trains

  Trains; Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad; Georgetown Loop Railroad; Cheyenne Frontier Days Train.

• Taking the Waters

  Water's many uses.

• That's Good Eatin'!

  The unique foods of Colorado.

• Thrills and Chills

  Biplane; skijoring; snowshoes; biking.

• Thrillseekers

  Sled hockey; hang gliding; auto racing; freestyle skiing.

• Thunder Lizards

  Dinosaurs.

• Top of the World

  Skyscrapers; cyclists; disabled skiers; cog train; mountaineers.

• Trains

  Historic trains; Durango-Silverton narrow Gauge Railroad; Cumbres-Toltec Scenic Railroad; Georgetown Loop; miniature steam trains.

• The Way We Were

  Blacksmith; cliff dwellers; Mantle Ranch at Dinosaur National Monument; buffalo soldiers.

• Wild and Crazy

  Chariot race; Boulder Kinetics; fog rodeo; alligator wrestling; New York Checker Cab in Aspen.

• Wild, Wild West

  Unusual activities in the West.

• Wildlife

  Lynx; butterfly pavilion; bighorn sheep lambs; elk; Rocky Mountain wildlife.

• Winter

  Mountain division; ski patrol; winter-driving class; avalanche survival; ice sculptures.

• Winter Wonderland

  Ice climbing; marching band; snowboard competition; dogsled; hibernating bear.