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There are two types of weather days in Steamboat:  Dumping powder or bluebird skies.  We rarely get overcast and we even more rarely get rain.  For some reason today on the slopes was overcast but not snowing on the lower mountain and the snow conditions were dust on crust so not the most fun. I [...]

Tuesdays are the day that I can spend the morning doing the daily blog for the mountain which is great because it means waking up to the chairlift and usually I get to enjoy some turns by myself barely any people on the slopes. Today the weather didn’t look like it’d cooperate, another socked in [...]

It’s been a tough winter to wake up early where there is no new snowfall on the mountain but that also means weekends are spent getting stuff done before I head up for the day.  Today I had time to wax and scrape my boards which was much needed with the slushy slow snow on [...]

The best thing about Steamboat is even if it’s a powder day and you aren’t able to get up in the morning, you can still find some in the afternoon to enjoy.  My friend Erik from Summit County drove up for his first day at Steamboat so I told him where to go on the [...]

Since I arrived back in Steamboat the sun has been shining everyday and just calling my name to get out on the mountain.  Today we had really cold temperatures, negative degrees in the early morning and by the time I went out at noon it was still rather cold on the mountain which meant bundling [...]

Starting the morning on the mountain makes the day so much better, I think it’s something about the morning air hitting your lungs and each turn waking you up that does the trick.  I lost a friend 9 years ago on this day and thanks to him I’m a snowboarder so being on the mountain [...]

After spending a lazy Saturday off the mountain, today was a great sunday to be on the mountain.  I met up with my friend Amy for breakfast before hitting up the mountain.  It was ideal and the best part about being single this Valentine’s Day is just enjoying the shred, riding with whoever I ran [...]

Steamboat finally received new snow and I finally felt better to get up on the mountain to enjoy it.  Friday was the perfect day to get in some tree riding before the crowds came in for President’s Weekend.  My co-worker Rochelle and I both hit the mountain to get in our turns on a ride [...]

Normally I take a couple days off after SIA to just relax but this year I took a couple days off to get over a bad cold that came my way.  I’ve been fighting a fever and cough most of the week but snowboarding was calling my name and what better way to fight a [...]

There’s still a couple of sierra snowboard members/staff in town so today I was able to take my ride break and join some of the crew for shred time.  Since the arrival of sierrasnowboard, it’s been snowing in town which is helping the mountain look more like Steamboat again. Sierrasnowboard continues with the collaboration boards [...]