It's Ski Town, U.S.A.: Colorado's Steamboat Springs is the ultimate snowy getaway
Author: Sunset

Bordered by endless ranchland and the snow-smothered Medicine Bow Mountains, Steamboat Springs peeks out of Colorado's broad Yampa Valley as a compact island of civilization more than 100 miles west of Denver.

Above the town, a cap of steam rises from its signature hot springs. Get closer, and you'll see SUVs topped with loaded ski racks, and pickup trucks and Stetson hats used for work, not show; you'll also sense an almost maniacal civic devotion to winter recreation.

You're entering "Ski Town, U.S.A." And with its historic Howelsen Hill Ski Area, world-class Steamboat Ski Area, miles of nordic ski trails, and profusion of great restaurants and cultural attractions, Steamboat Springs is one of the best places in the West for travelers who refuse to hibernate in winter.

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