Nice foundation and love the symbolism, but too many layers of colors and circles and elements distracts from the narrative with ornament.
We put the logo on a visual diet, filtering the fluff and building in a more direct tie to the CO flag with a color shift and a new secondary logo that incorporates a basketball in to the "C" monogram. The base of this new graphics kit is custom lettering inspired by typography from the plaques of mountain summits.
The most significant update other than the state flag references is to the colors and forms of the rainbow skyline —the last couple renditions we've seen stuck with the original geometric forms but made the colors way more muted, which ended up feeling drab and constricted. This update brightens the colors while keeping them in tune with the evolved color base, and adds the actual Denver skyline below a more organic mountain range shape.