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I should have stayed in summit county for the progression series last night but I felt like heading home and sleeping in today with a relaxing day.  After I arrived back in Steamboat, the storm rolled in and delivered a ton of new snow today.  I ended up riding with Amy, Amanda and David. A [...]

After launching a new website at work, Thursday was the perfect day to end the week and get some ride time to enjoy the bluebird skies and hardpacked conditions on the mountain. I went up with my co-workers on the mountain:  James, Lev and myself The best part about getting out on the mountain was [...]

A winter storm hit Steamboat which delivered 10 inches in the past 48 hours allowing for the opening of more terrain on the mountain.  Despite the cold temperatures it’s hard not to get out and enjoy the new snow on the mountain. The only bad part is the really extreme cold temperatures we’ve been having, [...]

Ride time on a monday is usually hard to come by since I’m catching up on work for the week but today I had to drop off something at the top of the gondola so that meant getting a ride break. It was only one run from the top of the gondola to the base [...]

I woke up at 9am on Sunday to no new snow in Steamboat and went back to sleep, by the time I hit the mountain at noon it was dumping snow with a couple inches accumulation.  That’s how quickly it changes here.  By the time I made it to my gear at the base of [...]

After a couple morning errands in Steamboat I picked up Amy and Tessa on the way to the mountain for a day of snowboarding.  We took the gondola up and met Philip at the top for a couple laps on BC chairlift and what terrain was open. The conditions have been no new snow and [...]

Thanksgiving Day takes on a different meaning when you live in a resort town and work for the mountain.  It’s a day that you spend working and generally spend the dinner with friends because getting time off to visit family is almost impossible.  I worked this morning and made time to get out for a [...]

The season ended at Steamboat today with closing day for mountain operations.  With over 400 inches this year was a good year, plenty of powder days to make me happy and a fun winter in the boat.   Steamboat 4/12/09 from Shayboarder on Vimeo. 5 inches fell on upper mountain in the last 24 hours, [...]

Closing weekend here in Steamboat Springs, Colorado which means finishing up snowboarding and getting ready to start traveling to other snow locations soon.   Unfortunately for Steamboat, it’s been a mix of conditions on the mountain.  From snow to rain to sun…the conditions are changing quickly depending which side of the mountain you are on. [...]

It’s just a matter of days before Steamboat is closed for the season so hit up the mountain today for my ride break.  The past couple days it’s been snowing and raining in town, so today’s snow was a mix between slushy and hardpacked ice.   I rode the Automaton Time Fighter to review and [...]