Steamboat Pilot & Today

The sunset view from Steamboat Ski Touring Center on New Year's Day after a day of cross-country skiing. Submitted by: Leslie Collins

Sunset looking west from Stagecoach Reservoir. Submitted by: Lisa Mason

Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club member Marty Boyd, center, celebrates after getting first place in the 8- and 9-year-old boys division in a USASA slope-style event Saturday in Vail. The Winter Sports Club got multiple top finishes. Courtesy photo

Steamboat Pilot & Today General Manager Scott Stanford practices a dance routine last month with choreographer Julie Tucek at Bella Barre studio. The pair will perform at Saturday's Dancing with the Stars benefit for Northwest Rocky Mountain CASA. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Members of the Steamboat Springs Chix with Stix women’s hockey team celebrate after a game last month. The team improved its record to 4-3 after it beat the Breckenridge Blizzard, 5-4, on Friday. The Chix were down 4-3 late in the third period before getting shorthanded goals from Jen Travis and Diane Dwire to get the win. Steamboat took an early 2-1 lead in the first period thanks to goals from Sarah Fox and Sue Heineke. Shannon Forbes made it 3-1 early in the third before Breckenridge scored three straight goals to take the lead. Chix goaltender Nikki Knoebel stopped 20 of the 24 shots she faced. Steamboat next plays Sunday when the team travels to Vail. Courtesy photo

Miranda Salky Courtesy photo

The early morning sun touches the still frozen branches of trees along the Yampa River in Steamboat Springs. Photo by John F. Russell

Old cars and trucks give form to the snow covering them at the M&M Auto Co. at 4100 Lincoln Ave. Photo by John F. Russell