Chair Fare
The Price is Right
If you find yourself swinging on someone’s porch in an old chair from the now-defunct Priest Creek Chairlift, thank him or her for contributing to local nonprofits. In August, Steamboat Ski...
Record Ski Days Comes at a Cost
Pat yourself on the back all you want for those 100 ski days you got this season; that’s peanuts compared to world record holder (yes, there is such a thing) Rainer Hertrich, a former...
Outhouse Accolades
Gotta’ take a downtown dump (or tinkle)? You could do a lot worse than the new public restroom on Seventh Street. Believe it or not, the bathroom earned a berth in the 2021 America’s...
Sultry art or graffiti?
How’s Your Aspen?
You never know what you’re going to stumble across ski touring among the aspen trees of Routt County. Take this crop of sultry artwork, for instance, adorning a stand of aspen trees...
Eli and Mort’s Epic Adventures Steamboat
Want a children’s book to read to your kid? (Not that they’ll have any trouble falling asleep after ripping around all day.) Try “Eli and Mort’s Epic Adventures Steamboat,” detailing the rail-grinding exploits of...
Pardon My Garden : Classic Garden Fails
We all know and love those perfect gardens people have, whether they house flowering begonias or ripe tomatoes. But we’re not celebrating those; we’re touting classic garden fails that have struck our resident not-so-green...
The February That Saved Steamboat
If you shredded here in February, you picked the best month of the year and likely hit some of Steamboat’s trademark Champagne pow-pow. And we don’t mean Andre. According to Steamboat Ski Resort, the...
Slut Strands
Yes, in case you’ve seen those free-flowing follicles protruding out of the front of women’s ski and snowboard helmets on the slopes, there’s actually a name for them: Slut Strands. And, yes, there’s even...
Best Ski Deal Going
Ski Howelsen and get free Honey Stinger and beer!
Forget those soul-sucking Ikon and Epic passes. The best deal going in skiing is right here on good ol’, city-owned Howelsen Hill, where you can ski...
You Trust This Guy to Stitch You?
Settle in Steamboat long enough and you’ll likely meet Dave Wilkinson (AKA Dr. Dave), who heads up the ER department at UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center. But when he’s not sewing up cuts he’s...