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A larger than expected crowd braved the cold temperatures and increased snowfall to enjoy the Johnson County Ski-Jor Wars at the fairground on Saturday.
Organized by Buffalo Events LLC and the Buffalo Lions Club, the event pitted snow skiiers pulled by horseback over a series of slaloms along a 750 foot track set in front of the grandstands.
The winners of the 6 divisions were Garrett Kissack and Carson Long in the Youngsters division at a time of 17.84 seconds.
In the Midsters group, Julia Bargmann and Rob Beckman had the best time of the day at 16.03 seconds.
Terry Mines and John Gabiotis won the Old ranchers division with a time of 23.04 seconds.
th, but in a different location.
The event was “touch and go” for several days as snow was in short supply.
With the recent snowfall over the past week, the event can now safely take place.
However, there still is not nearly enough snow for the event to take place in downtown Buffalo north and east of Prosinski Park.
To run the event safely, it has now been moved to the Johnson County Fairgrounds, according to Buffalo Events Coordinator Claudia Todd…
The Johnson County Ski-Jor Wars is scheduled for downtown Buffalo on February 27
th, but one of the main requirements for the event is snow… and quite a bit of it.
The event involves skiers being pulled by riders on horseback and is planned for the Prosinski Park area east along Fetterman Street to Western Avenue heading south towards Angus, as explained by event organizer Kyle Todd…