On Saturday afternoon, I headed up to the small mountain town of Nederland, Colorado for their annual Frozen Dead Guy Days festival. This event is a celebration for the towns allegedly cryogenically frozen dead guy.  It costs $25 to go see “grandpa” so I cannot actually vouch for his existence. A group of six of us made the hour-long drive up to Nederland, and arrived just as the Parade of Hearses was taking place. We lucked into a couple of parking spots within a block or two of the main street, so we were able to catch most of the parade. After that was over, we explored the few little restaurants and bars in town, before heading down to a little pond for the Polar Plunge.  They had cut a small square out of the frozen surface of the pond, and people took turns jumping into the icy water.  Safety crews were on hand to assist when needed.

After the plunge was over, the Coffin Races began.  In this event, teams of seven people race through an obstacle course as quickly as possible.  Two teams race at a time, with six of the participants carrying a homemade coffin through the course, while another person rides in the coffin.  It was an exciting event to watch.  From there we stopped for some pizza and headed back to the main (perhaps only) street in town.  Here we stumbled upon Ice Turkey Bowling.  For $5 a person, you could take three turns launching an originally frozen turkey toward six bowling pins.  As this even went on it became increasingly disgusting.

Many in our group also attended last years trip to the ski joring event in Leadville.  So for us, this was just another of those crazy events that happen in the various little mountain towns of Colorado.  More information on the Frozen Dead Guy and the festival is available on Wikipedia, for those interested in learning more.  Below are some pictures I took while enjoying the festivities.

Nederland on Dwellable