Steamboat Pilot & Today

Megan Stabile crawls through the mud pit during the Steamboat Mad Mud Run on Saturday at Steamboat Ski Area. Photo by Matt Stensland

Oliver Rotermund licks his lips as he charges down the giant slalom course at Steamboat Ski Area during a Steamboat Cup event Sunday. More than 100 young skiers took part in the race. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Josh Toedt flies high during a big air competition Sunday at Howelsen Hill. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Steamboat Springs sophomore Brandon Yeager and Soroco's Cody Constine grapple for position Thursday in a 182-pound match at the Routt County Triangular wrestling meet at Soroco High School. The pair fought one of the best matches of the night, 9-8, Yeager only logging the go-ahead point with a takedown with 10 seconds remaining in the third period. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Swimmer Blake Worsley stopped by the Old Town Hot Springs pool Wednesday afternoon for old times' sake. Worsley, who grew up in Steamboat Springs competing and training in the outdoor pool, will be representing Canada at this summer's Olympic Games in London. Photo by John F. Russell

Steamboat Springs junior Peter White goes head to head with Battle Mountain's Joe LyBarger in the first half of Tuesday night's soccer game at Gardner Field. The Sailors lost, 5-0. Photo by John F. Russell

Griffin Sides soars through a snowstorm Thursday during the Big Air event at Howelsen Hill in Steamboat Springs. The second event in the five-event Steamboat Park Challenge circuit attracted more than 30 competitors. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

A skier cuts down Sitz on Sunday during a Steamboat Cup giant slalom race in Steamboat Springs. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Kayaking action on the Yampa River was hot on Monday, though the downtown freeystle component of the Paddling Life Pro Open was occasionaly broken up by passers by. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Nordic combined skier Cliff Field takes flight off a plastic-covered ski jump during the jumping portion of this year’s Fourth of July Ski Jumping Extravaganza in Steamboat Springs. Most U.S. winter sports teams begin the 2012-13 season in the next month, and the rosters are heavy with Steamboat athletes. Photo by John F. Russell