Why Steamboat Springs Is the Ideal Place to Live
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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 explanations why Steamboat Springs, CO may be the ideal place to live, now let me offer you a few more. I'll try to be brief, but remember, there's more where that is coming from! First and foremost, the community is actually, a residential area first, and a world-class ski resort second. Ask anyone who lives here and they'll be happy to let you know that in Steamboat Springs you have others who live nearby who care about you watching out for you. There is a moose in your drive-way? Epic Lake Adventures assured, one of your neighbors will call and inform you. Ask any second home owner or visitor about Steamboat Springs, and something of the initial things they'll say is that the people in our town are so friendly. This fact alone would make Steamboat Springs, CO an ideal spot to call home and without a doubt the ideal spot to raise a family - i want to say it one final time before moving on, "individuals are nice and individuals here care about you."
OK so everyone's nice, but I get asked, "What do you do when you're 3+ hours from the major city, and it's cold and snowy so many 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 with out a trace of champagne powder on the ground they spend weekly here and decide to stay. Summertime in Steamboat Springs, CO brings the free concerts at the base of Howelsen Hill, fly-fishing in the Yampa and Elk Rivers, hiking and biking on trails for each and every level and surrounded by Rocky Mountain beauty, golfing at public or private courses, the weekend rodeo that thrills both locals and visitors, not to mention tubing down the Yampa River for many who like to beat heat in chilly, fresh mountain water. Summertime does mean the annual July 4th parade, Art-in-the-Park, Hot Air balloon festival, Steamboat Running & Bike Series races...and after all 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 spot. Locals in Steamboat Springs take full advantage of the short, but very sweet summer season - we know winter is right nearby.
And now for winter...just how do we Steamboat locals co-exist with the thousands of skiers and snowboarders who come year-after-year for our 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 within Ski Town USA, when you live here and it's really wintertime, you take your kids to SNOWBOARDING Club, you have a dip in the Old Town Hot Springs pools, you snowshoe in the moonlight to the perfect spot for sitting and drinking some wine that has been in your backpack all night, and you hit the early bird special at the Orr House where a sizzling steak and huge salad bar await. Local winter events that even us locals wait for every year include the Winter Carnival where the senior 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 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 trust.
OK so everyone's nice, but I get asked, "What do you do when you're 3+ hours from the major city, and it's cold and snowy so many 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 with out a trace of champagne powder on the ground they spend weekly here and decide to stay. Summertime in Steamboat Springs, CO brings the free concerts at the base of Howelsen Hill, fly-fishing in the Yampa and Elk Rivers, hiking and biking on trails for each and every level and surrounded by Rocky Mountain beauty, golfing at public or private courses, the weekend rodeo that thrills both locals and visitors, not to mention tubing down the Yampa River for many who like to beat heat in chilly, fresh mountain water. Summertime does mean the annual July 4th parade, Art-in-the-Park, Hot Air balloon festival, Steamboat Running & Bike Series races...and after all 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 spot. Locals in Steamboat Springs take full advantage of the short, but very sweet summer season - we know winter is right nearby.
And now for winter...just how do we Steamboat locals co-exist with the thousands of skiers and snowboarders who come year-after-year for our 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 within Ski Town USA, when you live here and it's really wintertime, you take your kids to SNOWBOARDING Club, you have a dip in the Old Town Hot Springs pools, you snowshoe in the moonlight to the perfect spot for sitting and drinking some wine that has been in your backpack all night, and you hit the early bird special at the Orr House where a sizzling steak and huge salad bar await. Local winter events that even us locals wait for every year include the Winter Carnival where the senior 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 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 trust.
