Brad Wann of Pack Burro Racing is unloading the burros from the trailer at the parking for the first Pack Burro Race of the season at Georgetown. May 25, 2019. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
Racers are unloading the burros from their trailers at the parking for the first Pack Burro Race of the season at Georgetown. May 25, 2019. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
Racers are unloading the burros from their trailers at the parking for the first Pack Burro Race of the season at Georgetown. May 25, 2019. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
Racers are unloading the burros from their trailers at the parking for the first Pack Burro Race of the season at Georgetown. May 25, 2019. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
Dave Edwards of Monte Vista is heading to the start point of the first Pack Burro Race of the season at Georgetown with his burro Taz. May 25, 2019. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
Racers and their burros gather the start point of the first Pack Burro Race of the season at Georgetown. May 25, 2019. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
Shad Mika of Boulder is leading his burro to the start point of the first Pack Burro Race of the season at Georgetown. May 25, 2019. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
Racers and their burros gather the start point of the first Pack Burro Race of the season at Georgetown. May 25, 2019. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
Racers and their burros take off from downtown Georgetown for the first Pack Burro Race of the season. May 25, 2019. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
Racers and their burros take off from downtown Georgetown for the first Pack Burro Race of the season. May 25, 2019. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
Racers and their burros take off from downtown Georgetown for the first Pack Burro Race of the season. May 25, 2019. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
Racers and their burros are climbing 1,377 feet gain during the first Pack Burro Race of the season. May 25, 2019. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
Jennifer Stewart and her burro Sheba are climbing 1,377 feet gain during the first Pack Burro Race of the season. May 25, 2019. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
Sarah Roueche and her burro Koshare are climbing 1,377 feet gain during the first Pack Burro Race of the season. May 25, 2019. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
Racers and their donkeys take off up at Downtown Georgetown. May 25, 2019. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
Bridgette Binford of Parker, left, and her burro Dewey are competing the first Pack Burro Race of the season. May 25, 2019. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
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Brad Wann of Pack Burro Racing is unloading the burros from the trailer at the parking for the first Pack Burro Race of the season at Georgetown. May 25, 2019. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
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By Hyoung Chang | hchang@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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About 50 of racers competed approximately 8-9 miles from Georgetown to Empire and back. The Burro Races, which are held throughout small towns in Colorado, commemorate these men and women and their burros. In 2012, Pack burro racing was recognized as the official summer heritage sport in Colorado.
