The Steamboat Pilot & Today

Search and Rescue crews train on the Yampa

Thursday, May 15, 2008

As members of Routt County Search and Rescue prepared to shoot a rope across the Yampa River for a training exercise Tuesday, a pair of kayakers floating downriver helpfully offered to paddle the line across.

Town Challenge Mountain Bike Series to host kickoff party

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

The 2008 Town Challenge Mountain Bike Series will gear up for a new season with a kick-off party tonight at the Old Town Pub & Restaurant.

Area kayakers eagerly anticipate wild year on water

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Admit it — when snow rolls across the weather forecast, you groan, if only a little.

Club’s bike swap an opportunity to network

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Routt County Riders bicycle club will host its annual bike swap Saturday at Olympian Hall at Howelsen Hill. The swap is from 8 a.m. to noon.

Skating toward construction

City hosts kick-off meeting for new skatepark design

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Jon Casson won’t be making any specific requests of the firm designing a new Steamboat Springs skatepark. He just hopes the finished product makes people say, “Wow, Steamboat has a killer park.”

Family doing all it can to support son’s love of motocross

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Nine-year-old Noah Townsend of Hayden traveled to Nebraska this weekend with one purpose, but a dozen reasons.

Elkhead Reservoir open, new features planned for summer

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Although the sky is, at times, still dark and gray, and thermostats around town may fluctuate between a cold winter and a not-quite warm spring, Elkhead Reservoir is open for frolickers and fisherman.

Get your bike in gear

Moffat County mountain bike trails have dried up

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Contrary to the word at local cycling shops, mountain bikers don’t have to go as far as Vernal, Utah, to find dry trails.

Old bikes, veteran bikers find new life on streets

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Johnny Walker’s bike doesn’t show its age or its accomplishments. The skinny road tires are aired up, and the blue paint sparkles. The gear shifters work, and a new compass sits atop the handle bars, tucked between a nest of shiny black tubes that control the breaks and wires that help select the gears.

New director of Steamboat Running Series thrilled about opportunity

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Shannon Carlin sat at a table in Steaming Bean Coffee in downtown Steamboat Springs and was finally surrounded by like-minded folks.

Morse returns to moguls podium after devastating injuries

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Mike Morse was sure there were whispers. He was sure there were people — such as doctors, teammates and coaches — who thought the bright-eyed, veteran freestyle skier would never again see the slopes, much less top-level competition.

Jarrett named Nordic combined coach

U.S. team assistant coach promoted less than 20 months before Olympics

Friday, April 25, 2008

With less than 20 months until the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, new U.S. Nordic combined coach Dave Jarrett’s not afraid to put it out there.

Rivers well below flood stage

Yampa, Elk flow rates exceed historic norms for late April

Thursday, April 24, 2008

The Yampa Valley shed a portion of its spring flooding concerns this week as streamflows in the Yampa and Elk rivers bounced above historic norms.

Dry Creek swells in Hayden

Police warn people to keep eye out for kids as snow melts

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Dry Creek’s swift waters make Hayden Police Chief Ray Birch nervous.
“Dry Creek is high enough and swift enough to pose a real hazard and danger for kids,” Birch said. Read story.

Campgrounds closed, openings delayed

Sunday, April 20, 2008

The time to mourn the arrival of the mountain pine beetle has come and gone. The time to curse the toll it’s taking on Colorado’s lodgepole pine forests has come and gone. The time to bemoan the drastic changes to scenery across northern Colorado has come and gone.