Bob Kearful, of Steamboat Springs, persuades a pair of 1958 Head Standards skis to turn around a set of bamboo slalom gates during Friday’s Vintage Ski Race at Steamboat Ski Area. Kearful’s skis are mounted with Cubco bindings, and he’s wearing 1960s-era Rosemount boots that open like clam shells.
Published on February 10, 2012
Participants in Friday’s Vintage Ski Race at Steamboat Ski Area included, from left, Bob Kearful, Erik Steinberg, Billy Kidd, Bucky Erickson, Cathy Wiedemer, Glenn Wiedemer, Bernt Riffe, Tim Ficke and Morgan Cobb, of the Steamboat Race Department.
Published on February 10, 2012
Plans for the new 77-unit Ski Country Lodge would replace the old Ski Country Building on Burgess Creek Road. The Bronze Tree condominium building, which fronts on Ski Time Square, is in the background. Ski Country Lodge has returned to the city planning process.
Published on February 10, 2012
Routt County Republican Chairman Chuck McConnell explains the caucus process at the Routt County Courthouse where six Steamboat precincts were meeting Tuesday night. Mitt Romney handily won the presidential preference poll in Routt County.
Published on February 7, 2012
The Mae and Harris Greene family haven't spent a night in their Old Town home since awakening Nov. 29, 2011, to a strong skunk odor. Thirteen skunks have been trapped from the home's crawl space.
Published on February 2, 2012
Quicksilver's Pirtlaw oil well on Wolf Mountain is seen Jan. 13 from the air. Of the three dark cylindrical storage tanks in the right of the frame, one is used for storing well fluids and the other two are devoted to storing oil, according to a company official. The pump jack at the well is not currently operating, according to the same source.
Published on January 18, 2012
The south face of 12,182-foot Mount Zirkel as it can only be seen from the seat of a slow-cruising small aircraft.
Published on January 14, 2012
The house under construction and almost dried in at Steamboat Barn Village, between downtown and the mountain, represents one of 11 building permits for single-family homes issued in Steamboat Springs during 2011. The general contractor is Colorado Home Solutions, and the architect is Michael J.K. Olsen.
Published on January 13, 2012
The new Walgreens store initially will employ about 30 people, 20 of them full-time, when it opens Jan. 27.
Published on January 6, 2012
Manager Jared Aylor is preparing the new Steamboat Walgreens store for a quiet Jan. 27 opening. He’s eager to hear from Steamboat vendors who have local products that might be appropriate for the store.
Published on January 6, 2012
Charlie Wright, 4, was among the youngsters learning to ski on his own two feet at the magic carpet slope at Howelsen Hill on New Year’s Day.
Published on January 2, 2012
Alan Krause, of Steamboat Springs, is the new president and CEO of the international engineering firm MWH Global.
Published on December 31, 2011
Members of the Child family, from Maryland, and the Marshall family, from Chicago, all of them cousins, put on swim suits and Santa hats to go skiing Monday at Steamboat Ski Area. It wasn’t really that warm out — the National Weather Service reported the temperature was 39 degrees at 2:30 p.m. — but for holiday skiers at Steamboat Ski Area, it was all about fun in the sun while they prayed for more snow.
Published on December 27, 2011
Holiday visitors soaked up the December sun Monday along the new promenade at the base of Steamboat Ski Area.
Published on December 27, 2011
Trailhead Lodge offers numerous amenities including a warm gathering place in the lobby, a large outdoor lap pool and hot tub grotto and a people mover gondola right outside the door to ferry guests to the Steamboat Gondola and the ski slopes minutes away.
Published on December 23, 2011
The dining room and kitchen areas in the condominiums at Trailhead Lodge are designed for entertaining. Each unit comes fully furnished, down to the wine opener in the kitchen drawer. An additional three-bedroom condo was released last week at $800,000 and has the largest decks in the project.
Published on December 23, 2011
Head wrangler Rick Welfel works Thursday with a team of Percherons that will pull sleighs at Hahn’s Peak Roadhouse in North Routt this winter.
Published on December 17, 2011
Longtime Steamboat Springs business owners Darren and Carroll Zamzow are the new owners of Hahn’s Peak Roadhouse, formerly Steamboat Lake Outfitters.
Published on December 17, 2011
John Kole works on a customer’s custom insole this week at One Stop Ski Shop in downtown Steamboat Springs.
Published on December 9, 2011
Brothers Brett, left, and Bruce Lee added additional space to Straightline Outdoor Sports this year to allow for a more efficient ski rental program and to improve the overall customer experience.
Published on December 9, 2011
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