ESTES PARK, Colo. (KDVR) — Sitting right at 7,522 feet above sea level and sharing the limelight with elk and the Stanley Hotel is what folks around these parts call the Rooftop Rodeo.
For 98 years, top cowboys and cowgirls have come to Estes Park, to the town once known as the horse capital of the country. Horse capital of the country? How did that happen?
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“There used to be a lot of horse shows here, and then you have all of these dude-strings that people take rides up into the park,” said Schonholtz.
The Rooftop Rodeo is the third-largest in the state of Colorado and the highest Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association rodeo event in the country. Rooftop Rodeo coordinator Cindy Schonholtz said it’s pretty special…