2025 Yampa Valley Crane Festival
The 14th annual Yampa Valley Crane Festival will be held on August 28 – 31, 2025 in Steamboat Springs, Hayden, and Craig, Colorado.
Join us for guided crane viewings, bird walks, expert speakers, live raptors, films, family activities, and more. Speakers include:
- Keynote speaker Dr. George Archibald, International Crane Foundation Co-Founder and Senior Conservationist
- Dr. Dan Collins, USFWS Rocky Mountain Sandhill Crane Expert
- Sue Riffe, Owner/Guide for She Flew Birding Tours and Bird Song Expert
- Paul Tebbel, Crane Expert
- Rebecca Weiss, author of Birds of Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley, Aspen-based birding guide and naturalist
- Ted Floyd, editor of Birding magazine
- Meg Karschner, CCCC Executive Director
- Nature’s Educators showcases live raptors up close during a special presentation
Registration is open. The “registration” button below will take you to the festival registration website.
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Additional Festival Information
Festival Information Desk
Outside Library Hall
Thursday, August 28: 12 – 8 pm
Friday, August 29: 9 am – 8 pm
Saturday, August 30: 9 am – 4pm
Sunday, August 31: 10 am – 3 pm
Festival Store
Crane-themed merchandise will be for sale in the Library Conference Room next to Library Hall:
Thursday, August 28: 3 – 8 pm
Friday, August 29: 10 am – 5 pm
Saturday, August 30: 10:30 am – 4pm
Sunday, August 31: 10 am – 3 pm
Optics Store
Front Range Birding Company/Opticron will have optics and other merchandise for sale in the Library Conference Room next to Library Hall:
Thursday, August 28: 3 – 8 pm
Friday, August 29: 10 am – 5 pm
Saturday, August 30: 10:30 am – 4pm
Sunday, August 31: 10 am – 3 pm
Yampa Valley Crane Festival
Colorado Crane Conservation Coalition, Inc. presents the annual Yampa Valley Crane Festival every fall. The festival occurs during fall staging – when cranes gather in large numbers in the fall to feed and gain energy for their migration south. The festival is held in beautiful Northwest Colorado with events in Steamboat Springs, Hayden, and Craig. The festival features guided crane viewings, bird and nature walks, expert speakers, films, crane and bird art, children and family activities, and more.
Behind the Scenes of the Yampa Valley Crane Festival
Join along and experience the dedicated effort that goes into producing the crane festival each fall with this video produced by Jo Smith.
YVCF Partners
Bud Werner Memorial Library
City of Steamboat Springs
Clark Hill PLC
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Gerhard Assenmacher
Hayden Granary/Wild Goose Coffee Shop
KT Law
Marabou Ranch
Off the Beaten Path
Omni Graphics
Photographics Art
Steamboat Ace Hardware
Paul King
USDA Forest Service
Yampa River Botanic Park
Yampa Valley Birding Club
Yampatika
