Ice skaters get Mardi Gras beads at the ice skating rink in Snowmass Base Village on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
Festive skiers wait in line at the Village Express on Mardi Gras in Snowmass on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
Snowmass Guest Services Bob Post, left, hands out slices of King Cake to people a the s’mores cart in the Snowmass Mall during Mardi Gras on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
Little skiers wait in line with Mardi Gras beads to load onto the Village Express lift in Snowmass on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
Allie Welsh, Snowmass Tourism/Courtesy image
When longtime Snowmass Village locals Scott Arthur and Nell Strijbos-Arthur found out that they were this year’s Mardi Gras king and queen, it took a moment for the news to sink in.
“I laughed I said, ‘There’s no way! We’re all in the house,’” Nell said. “That’s really sweet, it’s a great honor, however, I don’t know that we’re going out.”
But, hey, if the crown fits …
“We were really honored,” Scott said.
Scott and Nell join a long list of Snowmass royalty, the likes of which include longtime town clerk Rhonda Coxon (queen in 2009), former Mayor Markey Butler (queen in 2013) and the town’s first housing director Joe Coffey (king in 2016).