Steamboat Pilot & Today

Exploding beauty around the valley. Submitted by: Matthew Grasse

Fresh snow on Emerald Mountain on April 20. Submitted by: Bill Dorr

Fresh snow on Emerald Mountain on April 20. Submitted by: Bill Dorr

Stephanie Fletcher, director of admissions at Colorado Mountain College’s Alpine Campus, talks to Soroco High School students April 17 about college applications. Nearly half of the students at the high school are taking college courses through Colorado Northwestern Community College’s concurrent enrollment program. Photo by Scott Franz

Charmayne McElhiney, of Green Scenes LLC, cleans up the landscape in front of Vectra Bank on Tuesday morning in Steamboat Springs. Landscaping companies have been busy thanks to the warm spring and early melt-off in the area. Photo by John F. Russell

Glacier lilies on the Spring Creek Trail. Submitted by: Jeff Hall

Artist Cotton Greynolds carved and painted his skateboard art for the Fourth Annual Skate Deck Art Show at Urbane this month. Photo by Nicole Inglis

Artists Gordie Johnson and Courtney Naurer were thinking outside the skate deck when they designed their submission for the Fourth Annual Skate Deck Art Show, on display now at Urbane. Photo by Nicole Inglis

Detail from Megan Moran's Skate Deck Art Show submission, on display at Urbane through April. Photo by Nicole Inglis

Skate deck art from local artists is on display through April at Urbane in downtown Steamboat Springs. Photo by Nicole Inglis

Waste Management in Steamboat Springs now is accepting paper containers commonly used for milk, juice and ice cream. Photo by John F. Russell

Steve Johnson, district operations manager for Waste Management, shows just a few of the items that now can be recycled in Steamboat Springs. Photo by John F. Russell

Sheldon Stickles designed this skate deck for the Fourth Annual Skate Deck Art Show. The skate decks will be on display at Urbane through next week. Photo by John F. Russell

Skate decks line the walls at Urbane as part of the fourth annual Skate Deck Art Show. Photo by John F. Russell

Artists painted, carved and decorated skateboards for the fourth annual Skate Deck Art Show, on display at Urbane. Photo by John F. Russell

This skate deck created by Melissa Chavarria hangs on the wall of Urbane as part of the fourth annual Skate Deck Art Show. This year's show, which includes 63 decks, will be on display through next week. Photo by John F. Russell

Crystal Burroughs created this skate deck out of candy for the fourth annual Skate Deck Art Show at Urbane. Sixty-three pieces of skateboard artwork will be on display through next week at the Steamboat shop. Photo by John F. Russell

Steamboat Springs runner Jennifer Schubert-Akin completed her 18th Boston Marathon on April 16.

Assistant Superintendent Graham McDaniel mows the grass along the No. 10 fairway at the Rollingstone Ranch Golf Club. The course is scheduled to open all 18 holes on Friday. Photo by John F. Russell