The Steamboat Springs Lifestyle

Steamboat Springs is a magical place! It snows on average 300 inches a winter, which blankets the surrounding mountains with the lightest Champagne powder ever skied. In the summer, our valley becomes lush with green leaved aspens and wild flowers which come in every color of the rainbow.

Modern amenities and a strong community feel have made Steamboat Springs a world class resort town. Four scenic, individually challenging golf courses grace the Yampa Valley. Intricate systems of hiking, biking, and horse riding trails can be found just outside your backdoor. Vast stretches of river and an abundance of high mountain lakes provide locals and visitors with awesome trout fishing.

Steamboat is full of diverse activities that have a way of bring people together. These year round activities are great ways for newcomers to meet people and find their niche here. Something about the mountain environment just seems to bring out everyone's good nature. It's an easy going place where you will find a mix of entrepreneurs, athletes, artists, business people, nature lovers and everything in between.

Skiing has been a way of life here since the earliest settlers used skis as a means of transportation during the winter months. In 1913 Carl Howelsen came to Steamboat and built a ski jump right downtown and showed the townspeople that skiing could also be fun. Howelsen Hill, still located downtown, operates 3 ski lifts and maintains 30, 50, 70 and 90 meter jumps where our future Olympians train in the winter. In 1955 a few of the local ranchers began building Storm Mountain just three miles east of downtown Steamboat. The mountain opened in 1963 with a double chair and a small A-frame cabin as a warming hut. Currently our ski mountain is named Mt Werner, after hometown Olympic hero Buddy Werner, and boasts 21 lifts over 128 trails and almost 3000 acres of ski able terrain. To date, Steamboat Springs has produced more Olympic skiers than any other American town.