Breckenridge Associates
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UllrFest 2012 is new and improved. Tomorrow, Thursday, is the parade and following it will be the return of the bonfire. For many years, safety concerns prevented the town from having the big outdoor fire that had been a fixture of the fest. But this year, the fire is back in Ullr. After the Ullr floats parade from north to south down Main Street they will circle back to the start and over to the Gondola parking lot where the bonfire will be lit.  The exact location is the southeast corner of this lot, or directly behind Breckenridge Town Hall. For those who remember the old days, there will be no throwing of skis into the bonfire! We're green now. Skis, and many other things that were historically thrown into the fire, do not burn cleanly. New to the 2012 event, was a coronation party held Monday at Main Street Station. Jan and Eric Degeberg are the reigning King and Queen of Ullr.  Ullympics were held for the first time on the Riverwalk Lawn, Tuesday evening. With t...

For decades Breckenridge has been in the myth-making business – creating greatly memorable vacations, fantasy-good lifestyles for locals and loose-yourself getaways for seasonal inhabitants. Never is this myth making more apparent than in January when, giddy with leftover holiday cheer, the town puts on another installment of the pageant of Ullr. For 49 years, we’ve pretended Ullr Fest was some kind of ancient ritual from the nebulous old country and Ullr was the Norse god of snow. Not that we adore false idols here. We simply know we’re crazy to be living in a place where snow can pile up so high it meets the snow sliding from the roof. We need a winter festival that’s just for fun. So, our legend of Ullr is a complete fabrication created by ski-town hippies and members of the Breckenridge Resort Chamber, who began spinning this myth way back in the 60s. Every January, the myth gets magnified and confabulated, possibly aided by spirits. Spirits of the kind that are usually found...