The End Is Near
The close of a ski season should be treated like nothing less than a sacred national holiday. A three-day holiday. It starts today, Steamboat. Cha-ching. That’s me, clocking out of mundane business and...
View ArticleIt’s Fresh Air Friday
A decadent eau de stuffed turkey filled my little log cabin late yesterday afternoon as I watched wisps of clouds roll into a bluebird sky. All I could think was YAY for an après Thanksgiving powder...
View ArticleMore goodies
Could this year’s new batch of lifties be any friendlier? Giggles, jokes, awesome white board art. They are having so much fun out there, which adds that much more joy to every lap through the lift...
View ArticleSnow: the Force awakens
Patience you must have, Powderhounds. Piling up it is, the snow atop Mount Werner. It’s time to channel your inner Yoda as we roll toward the eagerly anticipated Star Wars movie release next week. As a...
View ArticleScientifically Certified Champagne
Star light, star bright, that was the first star I’ve seen in over a week last night. The powder is deep, but today we’re in the midst of what may be a 24-hour lull in Steamboat’s persistent onslaught...
View ArticleHeat rises
Here we are, reveling in bluebird skies after a glorious streak of snow storms. It’s cold out there, even with an inversion that makes it as much as 40 degrees warmer up on the mountain. As opposed to...
View ArticleNew Year, Old Legend
We’re embarking on a chilly start to the new year. But since new years are for new resolutions, I’m getting a jump on my promise to get out and ski every single day that’s humanly possible — even when...
View ArticleJust Like Heaven
There are some things you can always count on during January in Steamboat: cowboys, Texans and Elvis. The hoots, hollers and impromptu photo shoots make it clear that everyone is pretty psyched to see...
View ArticleWhite on white
Last night, I drove home late. Generally speaking, that’s a good opportunity for a powder prediction test. A constant pummeling of fat flakes on the windshield all the way home is a good sign....
View ArticleSki the in-betweens
I caught the last lift yesterday, and the first ride up today. Thanks to icebox temperatures (which are happily inverted and delightful up top), I’m happy to report that not a thing has changed. The...
View ArticleMid-Mountain Special
Wonders never cease. I woke up to the report of an inch of fresh snow having squelched itself out of clouds I never saw pass through yesterday’s bluebird skies. And that puts the early morning tally...
View ArticleDeciphering Groundhog Predictions
Apparently Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow yesterday. That means Steamboat didn’t get the message — or we’re just hunkering in for one of those long, notorious snowbound springs in Colorado....
View ArticleA Wonderfully Deep 4″
Just 4″, says the official snow measurer? Either your measuring stick is wonky, or that was a mini-me out there enjoying fresh, knee-deep blower on the Priest Creek lift line this morning. This is...
View ArticleOde to the Tele Turn
Truth be told, I’m a summer girl who just happens to love to ski. The coldest parts of winter wreak a little havoc with me. But then the sun peeks through. This week’s golden rays and bluebird skies...
View ArticleWind’s Weird Wonders
There was a moment around 5 p.m. yesterday, as I was walking across a parking lot, getting whipped by brutal wind and what seemed to have escalated beyond flakes to giant chunks of snow, that I...
View ArticleFast Tracks
It’s a Sunday fun day. On my ride up the gondola with three friendly ski patrollers, I learned that the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club kids (aka Steamboat’s future Olympians) were speed training...
View ArticleThe Wonderful Wizards of Spring Skiing
Now is the time in ski season when the mysterious groomers who roam Steamboat’s slopes in their giant snowcats overnight become the all-mighty Oz of our skiing and riding existence. The infinite wisdom...
View ArticleTrue Blue
The mountain got an awesome refresher this week with about a foot of fresh snow. I exemplified the most horrible slacker of a Steamboat local and missed completely that luscious return to winter. After...
View ArticleSki Like You’re 11
It’s no time for a St. Powder’s Day hangover. The party continues: We’ve got a brand new 13″ powder day in the Boat. Drink up the freshies, folks. The snow is intoxicating and thoroughly delicious....
View ArticleMarch Radness
March madness — that weather pattern known as Steamboat spring — has officially turned into March radness. It’s another powder day in the Boat, and we remain under a winter weather advisory all day...
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