Steamboat Pilot & Today

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Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp.

Steamboat Ski Area this year released a the 50th anniversary edition of the Steamboat barn poster. Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp.

Ski patrol in 1984. Pictured, from front to back, are Bob Godshalk, Bob Hines, David Crisler, Roger Perricone, Jerry Pearl and Steve Hayslip. File photo

Former mountain manager Gary Kline recalls the original machines used to groom the ski area. Photo by Tom Ross

Steamboat ski school instructors Al Tiegert, front, and Wayne Westphale (not to be confused with the contemporary Steamboat attorney of the same name), sport cowboy hats and slick blue jackets while posing for a photographer circa 1973. Look closely and you’ll see that Tiegert is wearing a sheriff’s badge. The badges were standard name tags for all ski area employees that winter. In 2012, all of the lift operators at Steamboat may choose from wearing a commemorative cowboy hat supplied by F.M. Light & Sons or a beanie by SmartWool while they are on the job. Courtesy photo

Marti Irish in summer 1988. File photo

Tom Barr skis at Steamboat Ski Area. Larry Pierce/Courtesy

Jim Temple, left, and Don Valentine in August 1965 at the base of Steamboat Ski Area. Temple founded the ski area. File photo

Jim Temple, pictured in 2007, was the original dreamer who planned the ski area. In 1958, Jim Temple had enlisted the help of some of the best skiers in the valley to explore the terrain high up Storm Peak to determine the best routes down the mountain. Temple died in 2009. Photo by John F. Russell

Hannah Kearney displays her crystal globes as FIS Freestyle World Cup moguls and overall champion last season. After a crash in October, Kearney was in Steamboat this week skiing top-to-bottom runs for the first time since the injury. Garth Hagar/USSA

Steamboat Springs' Todd Lodwick leads the field at a Continental Cup event in December. On Saturday, a team comprising Lodwick, Bryan Fletcher, Taylor Fletcher and Billy Demong skied the United States’ first podium in a Nordic combined World Cup team event. U.S. Ski Team/courtesy

McKnight's Irish Pub & Loft has undergone exterior changes that manager Kerry Shea said bring it in line with its original vision of an authentic Irish pub. McKnight's isn't the only Wildhorse Marketplace business going through changes as the center sees new activity. Photo by Matt Stensland

Overlooking elk on a hike on Overlook Drive. Submitted by: Elizabeth Wasserman

Overlooking elk on a hike on Overlook Drive. Submitted by: Elizabeth Wasserman

Blue Bird Day. Submitted by: Mark Gampper

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Submitted by: Jack Kramer

Oh Noooo..Wintertime in Clark. Submitted by: Joy Clark