Steamboat Pilot & Today

Submitted by: Marti Wood

Submitted by: Marti Wood

Kim Krupa, a child life specialist with Winthrop-University Hospital in New York, goes down the tubing hill Thursday at Saddleback Ranch. Krupa was one of the medical professionals in Steamboat this week with the Sunshine Kids. Photo by Matt Stensland

Sunshine Kids participants go on a snowmobile tour Thursday at Saddleback Ranch. Photo by Matt Stensland

Sunshine Kids participants, from left, Emrene Sadek, 15, of Texas, Katie Darr, 17, of New York, and Tristan Hinshaw, 15, of Texas, ride down the tubing hill Thursday at Saddleback Ranch. Photo by Matt Stensland

Eric Bonnett holds up his catch during a day of ice fishing at the Stagecoach Reservoir. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Rocky Mountain Remedies co-owner Kevin Fisher stands outside his Steamboat Springs business. As a business owner, Fisher said, he is concerned about the implications of legalization of recreational marijuana. Photo by John F. Russell

Rocky Mountain Remedies co-owner Kevin Fisher stands outside his Steamboat Springs business. As a business owner, Fisher said, he is concerned about the implications of legalization of recreational marijuana. Photo by John F. Russell

John Hanick, left, and Dean Leahy rip across Lake Granby on snowmobiles last week. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

He wasn’t big, and he didn’t have a lot of fight. He made dinner, though. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Eric Bonnett reels in a trout as Randy Brooks, center, and Steamboat Great Outdoors owner Kent Baucke wait to see what comes out of the hole in the Stagecoach Reservoir ice. Baucke began guiding ice fishing trips on the Routt County lake this winter. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

The gray dots on this map of Colorado show all of the pending oil and gas permits in the state. Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission GIS program

Steamboat Springs’ Meghan Rabbitt has signed on to play soccer at Carroll College. Photo by John F. Russell

Steamboat Springs’ Meghan Rabbitt has signed on to play soccer at Carroll College. Photo by John F. Russell

The community building at The Porches of Steamboat offers a swimming pool, exercise room and a lounge where residents can congregate and share a cup of coffee. Photo by Tom Ross

The $2.58 million sale of a duplex home at The Porches of Steamboat this week led a burst of six closings on properties that sold for more than $700,000. It was the first sale of a whole-ownership home at The Porches in a year. Photo by Tom Ross

Snowboarder Jarryd Hughes gets air in the Rabbit Ears Terrain Park on Saturday at Steamboat Ski Area. Hughes is on a roll in snowboard cross events, racking up a series of top finishes. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Oak Creek musher Tom Thurston's progress in the 2012 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Michael Schrantz / Steamboat Pilot & Today