Snow Days are coming: November 7-9
Snow Days are coming, Rams, and temps are dropping fast.
Join CSU and Ikon Pass for a weekend that hits harder than the first storm. Compete in Rail Jam, enjoy a ski film under the stars, win giveaways (including Ikon Passes), learn from outdoor recreation professionals, and experience campus buzzing with winter energy. Plus, explore more than 50 outdoor recreation vendors and organizations at Vendor Village. Finally, hit the weekend’s summit as the Rams take on UNLV Saturday night before Sunday’s Moby Madness double header (starting at 1 p.m.).
Students: Enter to win an Ikon Pass!
Submit a photo of you with CSU gear in Colorado’s great outdoors.
Attend Snow Days events (schedule below).
Participate on CSU social.
Giveaways close Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025, at 11:59 p.m., MST
Schedule of events
Friday, Nov. 7
11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Vendor Village
(IM Fields 12 & 13)
Experience 50+ outdoor recreation vendors and sponsors with interactive booths and giveaways.
Students can stop by CSU Snowriders to register for 11/8 Rail Jam.
1:30 p.m.-4 p.m.
Academic Innovation Display
(LSC Theater Lobby)
Outdoor Recreation Industry Panels
(LSC Theater)
2-2:45 p.m.
Career Panel
3-4 p.m.
Executive Leadership Panel
4-7 p.m.
Visit Vendor Village!
6-8 p.m.
Feature film: Matchstick Productions presents, “After The Snowfall”
Outdoors at Vendor Village (IM 12 & 13)
Gather your friends and family, bring a lawn chair & blanket to enjoy the outdoor movie. Complimentary popcorn, hot apple cider and hot chocolate. Food trucks on site for the perfect movie-night dinner.
Saturday, Nov. 8
All activities on IM Fields 12 & 13.
3:30-6:30 p.m.
Explore Vendor Village
Experience 50+ outdoor recreation vendors and sponsors with interactive booths and giveaways.
Registered Rail Jam participant check-in and warm up.
4:30-6:30 p.m.
Rail Jam competition
7:30 p.m.
Ram Football kick-off vs. UNLV
Get your football and basketball tickets now with the Snow Days Half-Price Half Pipe promotion and get ready to cheer on your Rams!
Sunday, Nov. 9
Snow Days Basketball Doubleheader at Moby Arena
1 p.m.
Women’s basketball v. Long Beach State
4 p.m.
Men’s basketball v. Omaha
Outdoor Recreation Industry Panels
Career Panelists
Samantha Albert – Deputy Director, Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade
Ethan Billingsley – Senior Instructor in Warner College of Natural Resources, Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
Bodie Johnson – Founder of BackForty Management
Bob Stinchcomb – SVP Global Sales, Alterra Mountain Company
Moderated by Assistant Vice President for Strategy and the Executive Director for the Institute for Entrepreneurship Scott Shrake.
Executive Leadership Panelists
Rep. Rick Taggart – Representative for Colorado District 55.
Previously held leadership roles with Swiss Army Brands, Marmot and Timberland Company.
Conor Hall – Director of Outdoor Recreation Industry, Officer of Economic Development and International Trade
Rob Perlman – Alterra Mountain Company Executive Vice President and former President & COO of Steamboat Ski Resort
Moderated by CSU President Amy Parsons.
Tersus Solutions is excited to join CSU for Snow Days to help attendees keep their products in use longer. Stop by the Tersus booth for light repair and gear cleaning. We will be offering seam repair and simple sewing, heat tape repairs, snap replacements & light cleaning on footwear.
Vendor Village
- Active Minds
- Alpine Club at CSU
- Alterra Mountain Company – A Basin
- Alterra Mountain Company – Ikon Pass
- Alterra Mountain Company – Steamboat
- Alterra Mountain Company – Winter Park
- Bangladesh Student Association at CSU
- BAR-U-EAT
- Black Student Alliance
- Bobo’s
- BOLD Outerwear
- Buena Goods
- Chipper’s Lanes
- Christy Sports
- Coca Cola – Monster Energy
- Coca Cola – Simply Pop
- Colorado Adventure Guides
- Colorado School of Public Health at CSU
- CSU Agronomy Club
- CSU Fly Fishing Club
- CSU Freeride
- CSU Nordic Ski Club
- CSU Outdoor Program
- CSU Ram Racing FSAE
- CSU Skate Club
- CSU Sports Management Club
- Cursed Vintage
- Dactyls Student Organization
- Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability, Mountain Sentinels Alliance
- Design and Merchandising Leadership Team
- End Overdose at Colorado State
- FLAYQ Apparel
- Fort Collins Natural Areas
- Fort Collins Police Services
- Gearage
- Graham Behavioral Medicine Lab
- Hoohah US
- Ignite by I4E – The Institute for Entrepreneurship
- James C. Kennedy Mountain Campus
- Meier Skis
- Mountain Whitewater & Paddler’s Pub
- MT Provisions
- Music Business Collective
- Northern Colorado Powersports
- Outdoor Club at CSU
- Ram Events
- Rams Team Store
- Rams without Borders
- SkiSU (CSU Transportation)
- Snowriders Club
- Soil Judging
- Tellus Outdoor
- Tersus Solutions
- The National Retail Federation Student Association
- The Kappa Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi
- The Picklr Fort Collins
- Trashbags Apparel, LLC
- United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum
- Visit Fort Collins
- Wak! Clothing Co.
- Women’s Outdoor Leadership