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Loveland Ski Area, Colorado – 14 February 2025
1. Various of participants of the mass wedding
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sage McCririck, marketing and events manager:
“The Mountaintop Matrimony is a mass wedding ceremony that takes place at 12,000 feet in Forest Meadow here at Loveland. Couples come to renew their vows or get married, celebrate their love on Valentine’s Day every year. And Mother Nature treated us to some fresh snow to celebrate the day.”
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Sage McCririck, marketing and events manager:
“So in 1991 we had a couple who approached us. They wanted to get married at our Ptarmigan Roost cabin here at Loveland. Loveland being called what it is, it’s a very special place. So they wanted to celebrate their love here. Since then we have grown the event to usually 100 to 120 couples getting married here every year. This year we broke our own personal record with 130 couples registering. So we’re really excited.”
4. Various of participants taking photos and celebrating during the mass wedding
5. Couple kissing while officiant says, UPSOUND (English) Wedding officiant:
“The power vested in me by the great state of Colorado. I pronounce you married. You may kiss.”
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Sander and Kelley Wyjad, renewed wedding vows:
KELLEY WYJAD: “We decided that when it was time to get married, that, you know, we met on skis, we might as well get married on skis. And that was 20 years ago today. And we got married here the first time.”
SANDER WYJAD: “Yep.”
7. The Wyjads skiing down a run in the snow
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Kelley Wyjad, renewed wedding vows:
“There’s no one else I’d rather be with. And it’s been fun, like raising our kids on the slopes. And it’s a huge passion of ours, so this makes it even more special.”
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Kelley Wyjad, renewed wedding vows:
“So the veil was actually made by my grandmother and my mom. My grandmother handmade all these snowflakes. And they also made this awesome skirt that I’m wearing in this dress that actually pulls up when I ski so that I don’t trip on my dress. So it’s really special. The original veil, original dress, original flowers.”
10. Various tight shots of Kelley Wyjad’s veil
11. Kelley Wyjad skiing down a run in the snow
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12. SOUNDBITE (English) Doug and Gwen Ginley, renewed wedding vows:
DOUG GINLEY: “I’ve been skiing here since I was 5 years old. So it’s really a special place, and she’s my special person. So being able to celebrate that in this place is just really awesome.”
13. The Ginleys posing for a photo
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14. SOUNDBITE (English) Sage McCririck, marketing and events manager:
“It’s special. One because people love Loveland. It’s their home mountain, and they feel like family. And the tradition of it. They come back year after year. We’ve had couples get married here 20 years ago and come back every year to renew their vows. It’s a really fun, easy way to spend their Valentine’s Day skiing on a beautiful mountain while celebrating their love.”
15. Various of participants of the mass wedding
16. Tight shot of lift ticket printed with the words “I do.”
STORYLINE:
There is nothing like dozens of couples saying “I do” simultaneously to warm the crisp, frigid air that grips the Colorado Rockies in the heart of winter.
At the direction of an officiant, the couples said their vows and smooched and party music played.
They met in 2003 skiing at a different resort in Colorado.
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