Green Makes up for Lack of White | Record Marijuana Sales Help Steamboat Springs Survive Poor Tourism Season Steamboat Springs financially survived a winter tourism season, that some believed was under threat because of winter’s late arrival, due to record marijuana sales in March, reports Summit Daily. “I think it’s a pleasant surprise,” City Manager Gary Suiter said. “We depend on the snow.” Record marijuana sales in March helped contribute to financial success, with the city collecting $2.9 […] SnowBrains | May 3, 2018 0 Comments
United Airlines Adds A TON Of New Non-Stop Flights From Hub Cities To U.S. Ski Town Airports Flying to your favorite ski resorts just got a whole lot easier. United Airlines seems intent on being the industry leader for getting customers to ski destinations this next year. This is good news. With more flights more frequently to destinations like Aspen, Vail, Steamboat, Jackson, Telluride, Reno/Tahoe, Mammoth, Salt Lake City, Sun Valley and Bozeman you can storm chase […] Industry News LadyBrains | August 13, 2017 0 Comments
Steamboat Resort to Penalize Individuals Rescued from the Backcountry by Patrol Staff Steamboat resort in Colorado now imposes a $500 per person fine for individuals rescued out of the surrounding backcountry by Steamboat Ski Patrol staff. In the recent years, backcountry enthusiasts have become almost the norm to many resorts with backcountry access gates or open boundary policies. Since Steamboat is required by the U.S. Forest Service to have out-of-bounds access gates […] Backcountry Dylan Cautela | December 19, 2016 1 Comment
Steamboat Ski Area To Offer A Cash Incentive To Landlords, Due To Rising Cost Of Living Winter has returned to the Rocky Mountains and Steamboat Ski Area is looking get their employees affordable living, the ski area announced that it will pay an additional $200 a month to qualifying landlords who can house a ski area employee for under $500 a month. Landlords would receive $200 a month for each ski area employee it houses, this […] Daniel Lucero | November 17, 2016 0 Comments
FBI: Explosive Device Found Near Steamboat Ski Resort, CO Chairlift The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Routt County Sheriff’s Office are reporting that an explosive device was found at noon on October 7th, 2015 on the ground near the Pony Express chairlift at Steamboat ski resort in Colorado. The FBI and Rout County Sheriff’s Office are currently searching for the person responsible for that explosive device. Officials are […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 2, 2015 0 Comments
Salt Lake City, UT Gets Sued by Steamboat Springs, CO Over “Ski Town, USA” Last week, Steamboat Spring ski resort filed a legal complaint against Visit Salt Lake and 4 Salt Lake area ski resorts. The complaint was filed with the Federal District Court for the District of Colorado. Steamboat claims they need to protect its “Ski Town, U.S.A.” trademark. This legal action was in direct response to the Visit Salt Lake’s recent branding of Salt Lake City as “Ski City, USA”. Visit Salt Lake just began using this slogan in September. […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 8, 2014 1 Comment
One Foot of New Snow in Town @ Steamboat Springs, CO | Photo Tour: all photos from October 4th, 2013. Steamboat Springs, CO ended up in the bullseye of last weeks big storm that marched through Northern Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. Many areas of Wyoming were forecasted to get over 10” of snow last week in the higher elevation. For Steamboat to have pulled off getting 12” of new snow in town was kinda freaky […] SnowBrains | October 7, 2013 0 Comments
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