Steamboat Pilot & Today

Skiers hit the slopes Tuesday afternoon at Steamboat Ski Area. Photo by John F. Russell

Dancer Allison Williams rehearses part of her dance for the Steamboat Springs High School Dance Showcase, which will hold performances at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Photo by John F. Russell

Dancers rehearse for this year's Dance Showcase inside the Steamboat Springs High School auditorium Tuesday night. The student-run production will hold performances at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Photo by John F. Russell

Dancer Brandi Salazar rehearses part of her dance for the Steamboat Springs High School Dance Showcase, which will hold performances at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Photo by John F. Russell

Dancers perform "Thrift Store" while rehearsing for this year's Dance Showcase inside the Steamboat Springs High School auditorium Tuesday night. The student-run production will hold performances at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Photo by John F. Russell

Dancer Liesl Lord rehearses part of her dance for the Steamboat Springs High School Dance Showcase, which will hold performances at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Photo by John F. Russell

Dancer Jenna Kramer plays the part of the violinist during a rehearsal for this year's Steamboat Springs High School Dance Showcase, which will hold performances at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Photo by John F. Russell

Dancers perform "Eyes on Fire" while rehearsing for this year's Dance Showcase inside the Steamboat Springs High School auditorium Tuesday night. The student-run production will hold performances at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Photo by John F. Russell

Good morning, Steamboat. Submitted by: Tom Pannke

The staff of the Steamboat Ski Touring Center, Wiik family members and others involved with the 12th annual Ski For Women fundraiser pulled out their best sweaters to preview this year's event, which will take place Saturday and Sunday at the Ski Touring Center. Pictured, from left, are Kajsa Lindgren, Bitti Wiik, Doug Olson, Sven Wiik, Diane Moore, Birgetta Lindgren, Diane Holly, Betsy Chase and Betsy Frick. Photo by John F. Russell

Catherine Carson was one of six women who maxed out their daily points during last year's fitness challenge at Old Town Hot Springs. The challenge has been reworked and is returning for the month of February at the hot springs. Photo by Matt Stensland

Skiers hit the slopes Tuesday afternoon at Steamboat Ski Area. Photo by John F. Russell

The Yampa River flows past an icy shoreline Tuesday afternoon. Photo by John F. Russell

Submitted by: Emma Scherer

I took this pic riding up Storm Peak on Monday. A beautiful day in the 'Boat! Submitted by: Rebecca Boucha

Here's what Monday night's meeting of Jupiter and the moon looked like through a telescope. This is a composite of three different images of Monday night's moon-Jupiter conjunction, one properly exposed on the moon (1/200 sec), one properly exposed on Jupiter (1/100 sec) and one properly exposed on the Galilean moons (1/2 sec). The moons visible around Jupiter are (top to bottom) Ganymede, Io and Callisto. The star seen near Callisto is 4.9 magnitude Omega Tauri. All three images were taken from Stagecoach within a minute of 8:44 p.m. on Monday using a Nikon D700 digital camera at ISO 400 through a 4-inch Celestron refractor and combined with Graphic Converter. This closely matches what the eye could see through the telescope eyepiece — a marvelous sight! Jimmy Westlake / Courtesy

Hoarfrost on the cottonwoods in the morning sun. Submitted by: Jeff Hall