Three hours from the major city, 331 inches of average annual snow fall, 59 annual average frost free days, and significantly less than 11,000 people...those will be the first reasons why Steamboat Springs, CO is the ideal spot to live, now let me offer you a few more. I'll play the role of brief, but remember, there's more where that is coming from! First of all, the community is actually, a community first, and a world-class ski resort second. Ask anyone who lives here and they're going to be happy to let you know that in Steamboat Springs you have others who live nearby who care about you and watch out for you. There is a moose in your drive-way? Be confident, one of your neighbors will call and let you know. Ask any second home owner or visitor about Steamboat Springs, and one of the initial things they'll say is that the people inside our town are so friendly. This fact alone would make Steamboat Springs, CO the perfect spot to call home and without a doubt the ideal place to raise a family - i want to say it one last time before moving on, "individuals are nice and the people here value you."

OK so Epic Lake Adventures , but I get asked, "What now ? when you're 3+ hours from a major city, and it's really cold and snowy so a number of days of the entire year?" Well let's start with summer when it's not cold and snowy and folks come to this ski resort town and without a trace of champagne powder on the floor they spend weekly here and decide to stay. Summertime in Steamboat Springs, CO brings the free concerts at the bottom of Howelsen Hill, fly-fishing in the Yampa and Elk Rivers, hiking and biking on trails for every level and surrounded by Rocky Mountain beauty, golfing at public or private courses, the weekend rodeo that thrills both locals and visitors, and of course tubing down the Yampa River for individuals who like to beat the heat in chilly, fresh mountain water. Summertime also means the annual July 4th parade, Art-in-the-Park, HEAT balloon festival, Steamboat Running & Bike Series races...and in the end this activity, a margarita on the Rio deck, a brick oven pizza sitting on Rex's back patio, or an ice cream cone from Johnny B. Good's take-out window hit the location. Locals in Steamboat Springs take full advantage of the short, but very sweet summer months - we know winter is right around the corner.

And now for winter...just how do we Steamboat locals co-exist with the a large number of skiers and snowboarders who come year-after-year for the champagne powder and western hospitality? Well to begin with, you might see mostly locals in the gondola line at 7:45am because we've paid attention to the 5:00am snow report and know there's 14 inches of powder on Storm Peak that require to be skied before heading into work just a little later than normal, but totally refreshed and energized for the day! But we don't just ski here in Ski Town USA, once you live here and it's really wintertime, you take your children to SNOWBOARDING Club, you take a dip in the Old Town Hot Springs pools, you snowshoe in the moonlight to an ideal spot for sitting and drinking some wine that was in your backpack forever, and you hit the first bird special at the Orr House where a sizzling steak and huge salad bar await. WakeBoarding Steamboat Springs that even us locals wait for every year include the Winter Carnival where the high school band "marches" down Lincoln Avenue on skis, you can find races where (if you're brave) you're pulled by way of a horse while sitting on a shovel, and you trek over to Howelsen Hill to spend an evening watching fireworks where in fact the lighted man skis down the hill, shooting fireworks from multiple body locations...some things you merely have to see to believe.