Steamboat Real Estate Blog

Tips and tricks to locating your favorite antlered-animal.

Picture this. One day you’re driving along Walton Creek Road, and you happen to see several cars pulled to the side of the street. Just as you’re wondering what they might be looking at, you turn to find a Mama Moose and her baby crossing the road.

Welcome to your typical day in Steamboat. You always see something exciting, whether its a bear, a moose, an elk, or someone still rocking out in 80s ski gear. 

Moose can be a tricky animal to spot, and can even be dangerous to approach. So understanding the animal and also knowing how to remain safe is paramount in your moose-spotting adventures.

Do

Keep a safe distance away from the moose. They can charge super fast. If they

Growing up in Steamboat, one of my favorite events was the rubber ducky race. I would love to watch the ducks float down the river, and would often choose random duckies to cheer on as they made their way down the Yampa.

On August 25 this event will happen again to benefit Northwest Colorado Health. Head down to the Old Town Hot Springs in Steamboat to watch the duckies race down the slides. Ticket holders sponsoring winning ducks will win cash prizes and the opportunity to brag that you had the fastest duck around!

Northwest Colorado Health supports community wellness through programs and services helping people of all ages. They work to ensure that everyone is healthy and can afford health care in Colorado. Some of their programs include the

Ever wonder what a day in the life of a local is like in Steamboat?

Look no further! Watch this video a typical schedule of a Steamboat Local.

The Routt County Fair is celebrating its 105th birthday this year!

That’s right, in 1914 Routt County residents began to meet to celebrate our county’s agricultural heritage. Some of their descendents still  compete in the fair each year, showing off their agricultural feats to the crowd. As the fair ends on August 18, it’s best to run over now to check out the action!

At the fair you can get a taste of the rodeo with events such as the pig wrestling, youth bull riding, and mini bronc bustin’. There is also a home arts competition for baked goods and art. At night there is a barn dance where you can show off your best swing dancing and two-stepping skills. Tonight there will even be a demolition derby at 7:30 pm!

The most famous part of the

Once a month we will write on a cool part of Steamboat that we feel showcases the town’s character. 

The Trail Maintenance Endowment Fund has a goal to get people outside and into the great outdoors. 

In Steamboat hiking, biking, or even just strolling down your favorite trail would not be possible without the hard work responsible for keeping the trail safe to both humans and the environment. The Trail Maintenance Endowment fund manages this by determining the need and priorities required to tend to Steamboat’s greatest trails.

There are several ways that they do this, through the establishment of the Friends of the Wilderness, a group that volunteers to fell trees and patrol the forest.

Recently, The Trail Maintenance Endowment Fund has

Welcome to the just listed 37625 Saddle Mountain Drive!

This immaculate and exceptionally maintained 3816 sq. ft. custom built legacy country cottage sits on over 6 acres with sweeping views from every room including Sleeping Giant, the Zirkel Wilderness Area, the Steamboat Resort Ski Area and the Yampa River. Sits on year round county maintained County Road 179 with unencumbered access. 37625 Saddle Mountain Drive is 5 minutes from Milner, 5 minutes from Saddle Mountain Ranch, 12 minutes from Steamboat and 12 minutes from Hayden. Zoning allows for a barn or outbuilding. With 5 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, and the home is Turnkey- tastefully decorated, fully furnished and ready to move in. With spacious interior and exterior living spaces, soaring ceilings

Becoming a Steamboat local is a special moment. Suddenly you seem much cooler to all of your friends outside of town, and not only that, but you become friends with everyone in town too. Here is my carefully-researched check-list for you to know that you are truly a Steamboat local.

1. Meeting Billy Kidd

Billy Kidd is a Steamboat Legend that everyone is somehow friends with. This is probably due to the fact that he always seems to have a presence at special events around town and on the mountain. Billy Kidd won a silver and bronze medal in slalom skiing in the 1964 Olympics. Around town, he is also famous for telling everyone he meets that “Anyone can be an Olympian.” If you ever want to ski with Billyl, just listen to the daily snow report to

What are your favorite things about Steamboat?

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All around Steamboat there is folklore about the mountains and the springs. One of the more famous stories, passed down from the Ute tribe, is the story of Sleeping Giant.

This story is based on the shape of Elk Mountain, as it looks like a person is asleep to the west of Steamboat.

The story goes like this:

Long ago there was a giant who lived among the people of the Yampa Valley. The giant was granted immortality as long as he did not harm anyone.

But an ogre came to the Yampa Valley to attack the people that lived there. The giant felt that it was his duty to protect the people he loved, so he enticed the ogre to go to Steamboat Lake, where the ogre fell into quicksand and died. The people were saved but the giant had broken his oath,

August Events in Steamboat

Also known as the month that everyone works off the calories they gained during 4th of July barbeques

PikNik Theatre August 1-8

This yearly festival features talented local and national actors performing Shakespeare and original plays around town. The performances this summer will be A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Bee Man of Orn.

Steamboat Stinger August 10-11

The race that reminds you that Steamboat is the home of Olympians. The mountain bike course is 50+ miles while the trail running course is 26.2 miles. You can do either, or if you really want to be sore on Monday, you can compete in the full Queen Bee or King Sting, where you do both the 50 mile bike course on Saturday and then the marathon on