Steamboat Blog

Labor Day signals the end of summer for mostly everyone; white clothes go back in the closet, beaches and lakes close for the year, and school starts again. For most Coloradans, this may signal an end to camping season too... but September doesn’t have to be the camp finale. All that is required to

The color cascade in the Colorado mountains surpass any fall foliage you might find in New England. Because of Colorado’s varying altitudes, you can extend your leaf peeping trips for several weekends, working your way from high to low mountains and enjoying a full month of glorying in nature’s

In the Rocky Mountains, the golf balls go farther and the vistas are prettier. Only in Colorado do golfers need to specify if their “Eagle” means attaining the ultimate two under par or the equally rare national bird is circling the course overhead. Planning your golf getaway in the mountains

The sun is out. The temperature hit 80 degrees. You’ve rented your tube from a local outfitter and are ready to go. What’s next?

For every Rocky Mountain denizen, summer tubing season is the moment everyone has been waiting for since the snow started melting. Floating the rivers is any Coloradan’s

Yeehaw! Ride ‘em cowboy! While I’ve yet to hear someone actually yell that in the stands at the Brent Romick arena in Steamboat Springs, crowds are no less excited to see cowboys and cowgirls compete in tricks, races, and the skills of the Western rancher. In Colorado, we step away from the Pro Bull

Steamboat Springs may have surpassed everywhere else in the locavore food industry. As our town grows in sustainable practices, the Steamboat local and visitor have benefited from delicious, fresh foods and goods. Throughout the last several years, the Steamboat restaurant industry has made moves

Colorado is the nation’s destination for craft beer, falling only behind California in the number of native microbreweries. The latest stat from the Denver Business Journal tells us there are six breweries in Colorado for every 100,000 residents ... but when you head to the northwest, Steamboat

There’s one other thing besides snow that brings together tourists and Colorado locals: hot springs. After a day filled with wild activities in Colorado’s gorgeous outdoors, there is nothing like a soak in the hot springs to take away the sting of a fall mountain bike ride or burning through

With Denver as a central hub for affordable airlines like Frontier, Southwest, and JetBlue, folks flock to Colorado for a weekend getaway. The easy access to the mountains from the coastal cities makes a weekend trip all the more desirable and puts new meaning in the phrase “weekend warrior.” Here’s

Colorado is full of still lakes and gurgling rivers that simply call to the fisherwoman and fisherman in everyone. According to Parks and Wildlife, Colorado has over 6,000 miles of streams and rivers and over 2,000 lakes that are open for fishing. That many streams and lakes make it nearly