Steamboat Springs Hotels, Resorts, and Lodging
Steamboat Springs provide home-like amenities and top-notch services so guests can concentrate on having
fun. lodging is minutes (sometimes seconds) from champagne powder in the winter and mountain
trails during the warm months. Additionally, most accommodations are just a short drive from Rocky
Mountain National Park.
Steamboat Springs accommodations are widely varied - ski-in, ski-out resorts, historic
bed and breakfasts, log cabin lodging, and guest ranches are just a few options that vacationers can choose
from.
Visiting Steamboat Springs
Steamboat Springs' earliest settlers used
flat boards that resembled skis to travel through the snow - a primitive mode
of transportation that
foreshadowed the area's future as a ski resort destination. Today, Ski Town, U.S.A. is most famous for
its fantastic tree skiing and feathery-light snow, commonly referred to as champagne powder. Vacationers from
around the world venture to the Steamboat Ski Area, one of the largest ski mountains in North America,
to traverse nearly 3,000 acres of skiable terrain. The city of Steamboat Springs' Howelsen Hill Ski Area,
the largest ski jumping center in the country, has a history of preparing skiers for international competition,
and it continues to train Olympic athletes. Steamboat Springs, nestled amid the Routt National Forest and Mt.
Zirkel Wilderness Area, virtually transforms in the summer. Colorful hot air balloons take to the skies, hillsides
once covered in snow bloom with vibrant wildflowers, and lifts that formerly contained skiers or snowboarders
carry bikers up to mountain trails.
*Some photos on this website are courtesy of Recreation.
gov, Strawberry Park Hot Springs, and WebSpice 2003. |