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GRAND VALLEY
APRÉS ADVENTURE HOTSPOTS Words by Julia Cavalieri PADDLEBOARD ADVENTURE COMPANY / THE SNEAK LINE
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here’s no question the après experience
a space where customers can gather and tell
has long been defined by ski culture. After
stories from their day,” Tebbenkamp explains.
all, how many other sports not only allow, but
“What helps more than having a drink in hand?”
encourage, a few cocktails thrown into the mix?
Serving up local Palisade wines, craft beers,
In recent months, Western Slope drinkeries have
ciders and kombuchas, The Sneak Line caters to
turned this notion on its head, taking the aprés
locals with a daily aprés happy hour from 3 to 5
concept beyond the slopes to complement year-
p.m. ($4 drafts and $1 off cans) and a calendar
round adventures. Strike the perfect balance
of happenings tied into river events, including
between Colorado recreation and delicious
the monthly community float, history nights,
libations, and pull up a stool at one of these
PRIDE float, Float & Flow yoga and a Storytelling
Grand Valley newcomers.
Open Mic series. Reopening with weekends only in March and daily in May, expect another
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season of community events plus a rotation of
Tucked inside Paddleboard Adventure Company
musicians and food trucks on site. Tebbenkamp
(PAC), The Sneak Line made its splash in Palisade
continues, “After a day of paddling, why not belly
in 2022. Owner Danny Tebbenkamp’s vision for
up to our bar, tell your stories and then head on
the bar stems from the Hawaiian concept of
to whatever’s next?”
ohana — meaning family. “We wanted to create
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