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Map Game: Carbondale, Aspen, Copper Mountain, Grand Lake, Estes Park, Fort Collins

Can you place the six Ride The Rockies 2016 host cities on the map?

Day 2 of Ride the Rockies took cyclists over two mountain passes Monday.
Day 2 of Ride the Rockies took cyclists over two mountain passes Monday.
DENVER, CO - JUNE 16: Denver Post's Joe Murphy, on June 16, 2014. (Denver Post Photo by Cyrus McCrimmon)
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Getting your player ready...

// <![CDATA[
// Handle guesses from the child frames
var current_game = 0;
var all_games = ['carbondale', 'aspen', 'copper-mountain', 'grand-lake', 'estes-park', 'fort-collins'];
window.addEventListener('message', function(event) {
if ( event.origin === 'http://extras.denverpost.com' || event.origin === 'http://localhost' )
{
if ( typeof event.data.distance !== 'undefined' )
{
map_group.add_guess(event.data.distance);
current_game += 1;
var slug = all_games[current_game];
var title = slug.replace(/-/g, ' ');
// Count down to the next game
var countdown = 8;
$('#countdown').removeClass('hide');
$('#countdown').addClass('show');
var interval = window.setInterval(function() { $('#countdown_timer').text(countdown); countdown –; if ( countdown == 0 ) window.clearInterval(interval); }, 1000)
// Load the next game
window.setTimeout(function () { $('#game').html('’ + title + ‘Next game loads in: 9‘); }, ‘9000’);
// Update the status texts
$(‘#guessed’).html(current_game);
if ( event.data.distance == 0 ) $(‘#correct’).html(map_group.correct);
}
}
}, false);
var map_group = {
config: {
games: 6,
log_url: ‘http://denverpostplus.com/app/mapgame/tally.php’,
slug: ‘rtr-2016’
},
guesses: 0,
distance: 0,
correct: 0,
add_guess: function (distance)
{
this.guesses += 1;
this.distance += distance;
if ( distance === 0 )
{
this.correct += 1;
}
if ( this.guesses === this.config.games )
{
// They finished the game. Log the results and scroll to them.
var distance = Math.floor(this.distance/this.guesses);
$(‘#result’).append(‘Your 6 guesses landed, on average, ‘ + distance + ‘ miles away from the targets. You got ‘ + this.correct + ‘ correct.’);
var params = ‘?slug=’ + this.config.slug + ‘&distance=’ + distance + ‘&correct=’ + this.correct + ‘&lat=0&lon=0&callback=’;
var jqxhr = $.getJSON( this.config.log_url + params, function(data)
{
// Success
// Display how the reader has done compared to everyone else.
$(‘#result’).append(‘On average, people got ‘ + data.average_correct + ‘ correct. ‘);
var average = Math.round(data.average);
$(‘#result’).append(‘ ‘ + data.guesses + ‘ other people have played. An average guess, across all guesses, landed ‘ + average + ‘ miles away.’);
})
.fail(function() {
// Error
$(‘#result’).append(‘ Sorry, we could not reach the upstream servers. Please refresh the page and try again.’);
})
.always(function() {
// Complete
});
$(‘html, body’).animate({
scrollTop: $(“#result”).offset().top
}, 2000);
}
}
};
// ]]>

Drag the marker to where you think each city on (which kicks off in Carbondale on Saturday) is.
When you drop it, the answer will appear, and you’ll see how your guess compares with everyone else who has played.

Progress: 0 / 6 finished, 0 correct.

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