Steamboat Pilot & Today

Submitted by: Matt Helm

Submitted by: Matt Helm

Submitted by: Matt Helm

Steamboat's Hanson Buchner and Moffat County's Alex Perez battle for a ball Thursday. Steamboat won the game, 4-1. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Steamboat Springs resident Ruth McBride rides her bike Tuesday afternoon along Routt County Road 14. Photo by John F. Russell

Soda Creek Elementary School student T.J. Williams, center, is helped off a school bus Wednesday morning during an evacuation drill at Steamboat Springs High School. All of the district's bus riders participate in evacuation drills during the year. Photo by Scott Franz

Fenced in. Submitted by: Ron Szerlong

Nature's palate. Submitted by: Anne Lauinger

September glory. Submitted by: Anne Lauinger

Last fruit of fall. Submitted by: Anne Lauinger

"I've got my eyes on you." Submitted by: Anne Lauinger

Geico lizard. Submitted by: Anne Lauinger

Jaden Carlson, an 11-year-old guitarist and songwriter from Boulder, will play her first official show in Steamboat Springs on Friday night at Old Town Pub. Courtesy photo

Climber Tori Allen captured an X Games gold medal in speed climbing in 2002. After finding fame early in life, she hoped for normalcy as a teen. She's found that in Steamboat Springs, where elite athletes are commonplace. Photo by John F. Russell

A helicopter removes beetle-killed trees from the slopes of Steamboat Ski Area on Thursday morning. Photo by John F. Russell