Steamboat Pilot & Today

Steamboat Springs resident Ryan Panger drops through “Double Trouble” on the Big South Fork of the Poudre River just east of Cameron Pass on Sunday. It was Panger’s first run through the section of river featuring Class IV and Class V features. Panger was part of an eight-member group that paddled across Barnes Meadow Reservoir and hiked a grueling mile through swampy marshes and over downed trees to access this section of the Big South Fork. Submitted by: Matt Helm

North Routt County resident Mike Geary navigates through the long Class V rapid known as “Sideways” on the Big South Fork of the Poudre River on Sunday. Geary was part of an eight-member group to boat the river during the weekend. Submitted by: Matt Helm

Running in the half-marathon on Sunday. Submitted by: Liliya Paraketsova

Tubing the Yampa River. Submitted by: Matthew Grasse

Sunset in Steamboat Springs. Submitted by: Craig P Kennedy

Lunar eclipse from Big Valley Ranch. Submitted by: Robert Ball

Kailey Fischer kayaks Monday in the Yampa River near downtown Steamboat Springs. Monday’s high hit 87, unofficially becoming the hottest June 4 on record. Photo by Scott Franz

Flat Tops from Routt County Road 44. Submitted by: Bill Dorr

Sunset on the Elk River. Submitted by: Bill Dorr

Crossroads Ranch has a cool workhorse. Submitted by: Bill Dorr

Samantha and Eric Rabesa are requesting the Steamboat Springs City Council remove a deed restriction that stops them from selling the house in the Fairview neighborhood, seen above from Colorado Mountain College’s Alpine Campus, apart from its back lot. Photo by Scott Franz

Earth-sized solar prominences flare up around the edge of the sun as the moon glides between the Earth and the sun on May 20. This is the view through a hydrogen-alpha solar telescope, which allows solar details to be seen that are otherwise hidden from view.

Right place, right time, right equipment — and a little luck. The sun’s “ring of fire” was almost perfectly centered behind this lone windmill west of Sundown, Texas, on May 20 for the first annular solar eclipse in nearly two decades. Linda Westlake/Courtesy

Scott Scherer and crews from Native Excavating work Monday to replace a water main near Bud Werner Memorial Library. City engineer Danny Paul said the $1.6 million project will replace 6,000 linear feet of old water main. Photo by Scott Franz