{"id":2272314,"date":"2026-02-08T08:23:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T08:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2272314"},"modified":"2026-02-08T08:23:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T08:23:54","slug":"art-meets-engineering-and-duct-tape-arts-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/art-meets-engineering-and-duct-tape-arts-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Art meets engineering and duct tape | Arts & Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chase Ellsperman won the award for Most Creative Sled at the 2025 Art Cart Alpine Rally for his sled \u201cThe Super Venison\u201d \u2014 a deer dressed as Superman. For the 2026 race, he will be at Whoa Nelly Hill at the Aspen Recreation Center from 6-8 p.m. Saturday with his sled \u201cThe Peregrine Missile.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Hundreds of spectators will make their way over to Whoa Nelly Sledding Hill at the Aspen Recreation Center from 6-8 p.m. Saturday to check out one of Aspen\u2019s most unique competitions: the Art Cart Alpine Rally.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In its third year, the event invites participants of all ages to design and build creatively modified sleds, then race them down the hill for a chance to win prizes. There are prizes for fastest carts and most creative in both youth and adult categories.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The event is inspired by the annual \u201cArt Cart Derby,\u201d a 1980s Aspen tradition in which racers raced down Aspen Street on wheeled carts every September.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis nostalgic event is intended to bring our community together for some local, small-town fun,\u201d Aspen Special Events Assistant Manager Wesy Armour-Cook said in a news release.<\/p>\n

The event is open to both children and adults. Food trucks open for business at 5:30 p.m. A variety of options will be available, including offerings from Slow Groovin\u2019 BBQ and the Rolling Fork food truck. Hot chocolate by The Dreamery and fire pits will be provided to keep attendees warm, and a DJ will provide entertainment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Chase Ellsperman spent two weeks building his sled \u201cThe Peregrine Missile,\u201d pictured, which will compete in Saturday\u2019s Art Cart Alpine Rally on Whoa Nelly Hill at the Aspen Recreation Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Participants will be judged based on both the speed and design of their carts. Winners will be announced at the end of the event. The annual sledding race celebrates creativity, craftsmanship and winter sports. It also encourages participants to showcase their artistic skills through the design and construction of custom sleds.<\/p>\n

If someone wants to take first prize in the creativity category, they will have to go through defending champion Chase Ellsperman, 27, who grew up in Carbondale and won last year for his sled \u201cThe Super Venison,\u201d a deer dressed as Superman.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAny chance to be creative and build something cool is always something I\u2019ll take up,\u201d Ellsperman said. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty sweet to see what people build. All my friends come and we have a good time. They have lights, an announcer, it\u2019s just a blast.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Saturday\u2019s event, Ellsperman built a sled called \u201cThe Peregrine Missile.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI made a peregrine falcon, which is the fastest animal on earth and I put rocket boosters on it and NASA logos on it. I made mine completely out of cardboard and duct tape. Some people use other stuff, but I basically drilled skis onto a sled and then I just cut it up and glued it together, trying to get a shape going.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cSome people build their sleds out of wood and scaffolding, things like that, while some people just use a sled as a base. I cut mine all up with cardboard and just duct-taped it together into the right shape. Then I spray-painted it. I think some people paint their sleds with brushes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ellsperman works for the city\u2019s engineering department. Last year\u2019s winning sled hung in the city office before eventually being recycled.<\/p>\n

When asked what he hopes people take away from coming out to the sled race, Ellsperman said, \u201cI hope everyone gets a little more inspired to be creative in their own lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.aspendailynews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chase Ellsperman won the award for Most Creative Sled at the 2025 Art Cart Alpine Rally for his sled \u201cThe Super Venison\u201d \u2014 a deer dressed as Superman. For the 2026 race, he will be at Whoa Nelly Hill at the Aspen Recreation Center from 6-8 p.m. Saturday with his sled \u201cThe Peregrine Missile.\u201d\u00a0 Courtesy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2272315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2272314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Art-meets-engineering-and-duct-tape-Arts-Entertainment.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2272314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2272316,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272314\/revisions\/2272316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2272315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2272314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2272314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2272314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}