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Mother nature came through Steamboat and delivered a late season storm that dropped a couple inches on the mountain today.  It was quite the surprise to wake up and notice new snow outside my house this morning.  I kept to my promise of riding everyday till Steamboat closes and headed out to unsure mountain conditions [...]

The mountain conditions are taking a hard hit from the lack of snow this year, there’s more brown than white on lower mountain and you definitely get the feel that the season is winding down quick for Steamboat.  Today the winds were roaring in Steamboat which meant chair and gondola closures, I stayed low on [...]

I’ve decided that I’m going to ride every day until Steamboat closes on April 11th because I have no reason not to and because there’s 12 days left in the season.  Usually I might skip a day or two during the week to get errands done in town but I’m dedicated to stomping some end [...]

It’s becoming clearer each day that the season is coming to an end in Steamboat, there’s more brown than white on the mountain and April is just days away.  The mountain is set to close April 11th, after that I’ll be heading down to Summit County to ride the longer season at A-Basin. Normally the [...]

Bryan Iguchi’s blog started off with “Good riding is a state of mind, not dependent on snow quality, terrain or keeping up with the latest tricks. It’s all about the people and vibe that make the session” for his March 25th update and it really rang true for today’s riding as well as many other [...]

I’ve lived in Steamboat for almost four years now and experienced quite a variety of snow years, from the record year of 07-08 where I lost track of the best powder days because there were so many to this year where we are 100 inches below average with very few powder days to count.  For [...]

I took the last two days off to get back into the swing of things but the snow definitely called me today with bluebird skies and what looked to be a great day for park.  I know I’m riding park a lot this year, but man I am addicted! While I was gone last week, [...]

The snow has been falling in Steamboat finally!  We’ve received some new snow to help with the lack of snow this season but today with my limited ride time I just headed to the park and convinced Chris to join in.  We haven’t been able to ride together in such a long time that I [...]

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 [...]

It was another warm sunny slushy day on the mountain so I took my morning to run errands in town before heading up to the slopes.  The park was calling my name and even though I was riding alone, I wanted to step up my riding today. I was lucky to catch up with Sonny [...]