Steamboat Magazine

09/06/2025

Turn Steamboat Springs’ one-day author festival into a summer-long mission to escape into stories and camp your imagination among wily characters. Literary Sojourn is Steamboat’s 32-year-old author festival, which gathers on Saturday, Sept. 6, this year. The 2025 lineup is full of rock star writers whose books span the highest literary honors. 📚📖✒️

Read more about the authors here: https://www.steamboatmagazine.com/2025/09/04/545396/pack-it-in-for-literary-sojourn
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Images: The five authors coming to this years Literary Sojourn.

09/05/2025

On Sunday, July 20, members of the Historic Routt County Board met Youth Conservation Crew B from RMYC at the Summit Creek Guard Station to talk about Hahn's Peak Lookout. The crew then met their Field Supervisor, Eric Baker, founder of Harvest Skis, as he provided an overview of the restoration efforts they would make to the Hahn's Peak Lookout.

Historic Routt County and Rocky Mountain Youth Corps
Follow the link to read more about the restoration: https://www.steamboatmagazine.com/2025/09/04/545394/hahns-peak-lookout-rehabilitation
Images: Rocky Mountain Youth Corps working on the Hahn's Peak Lookout. Courtesy of Kristen Rockford

09/04/2025

The Steamboat food truck scene is jam packed with flavor! We went around and talked with some of the owners and got a deeper look into their stories.

Read more about ShreddiesFood2.0, Cooking Until the Cows Come Home and Skippa & Lisa Island Cuisine here: https://www.steamboatmagazine.com/2025/09/02/545103/truck-yeah

Images: Patrick Keogh in front of Shreddies, Cara Iacovetto in front of her food truck and Skippa Hansel with his daughter in front of his and his wife's food truck. Courtesy of Paula Jo Jaconetta.

09/03/2025

🎉 Congratulations to the winners of SAM’s The Painted Words 2025 competition! 🎨✍️

Prose
🏅 Honorable Mentions: Barbara Sparks & Jean Garland
🏆 Winner: Polly Holyoak

Poetry
🏅 Honorable Mentions: Dagny McKinley & Johanna Hildebrand
🏆 Winner: Presley Burk

Youth Winner
🏆 Tesh Feinberg

We are so proud of all the incredible writers who shared their creativity with us this year—thank you for making The Painted Words such a success! 💫

08/30/2025

Friendly reminder that the Steamboat Farmers Market's last day is September 20th. 🌻🎶🍑

08/30/2025

Steamboat’s own Annie Mortensen has been part of the rodeo world since before she could walk—bull riding is in her blood. Today, she leads Rocky Mountain Bull Bash Production, the team bringing you Riding in the Rockies this Saturday night, Labor Day weekend! 🤠🐂

For Annie and her family, bull riding isn’t just a pastime—it’s a way of life.

Read more about Annie's journey and Rocky Mountain Bull Bash Production here: https://www.steamboatmagazine.com/2025/08/27/544322/all-in-the-family
Images: Annie Mortensen and her family members. Courtesy of Annie and Dirt Circus Media.

08/28/2025

These two kept going around town and taking photos. They said the food and service was great! 🤣

08/26/2025

From snow dogs to trail dogs, Steamboat pups know how to live the good life. Give your furry best friend an extra treat today—it’s National Dog Day! 🦴✨

Images: Local good dogs. Courtesy of Steamboat Springs dog owners. 🐶

08/23/2025

With this year’s subpar snowpack, high winds and hotter temperatures prompting a Red Flag warning for Routt and Moffat counties as early as mid-June, it could shape up to be a big wildfire season in Northwest Colorado. Thankfully, locally based has crews at the ready with chainsaws and Pulaskis in hand for deployment whenever and wherever they might be needed – including a first-in-the-country intern program consisting of National Guard members.

Read the whole story here: https://www.steamboatmagazine.com/2025/08/21/543378/low-snowpack-and-hot-weather
Image: In 2019, the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps fire crew worked on the Big Red Fire.
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08/20/2025

Steamboat Magazine Outdoors Edition is out on shelves now throughout the Yampa Valley and beyond. Be sure to pick up your copy today!
About the Cover: Alex Wicks painted this image during Steamboat Art Museum's plein air event, held each year in September.
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08/15/2025

In the heart of Colorado’s high country, where winter nights stretch long and the mountains rise in quiet isolation, a different kind of avalanche threatens the community – one of loneliness, despair and silence. Yet in Routt County, the same civic-mindedness that draws people to its slopes and ranchlands is fueling a powerful response. Though su***de rates here have long been higher than the national average, the tide is shifting. At the center of that change is REPS – Reaching Everyone Preventing Su***de – working to replace isolation with connection, stigma with understanding and crisis with hope. Through training, outreach and a constant presence, REPS is helping the Yampa Valley community not just survive, but thrive.

Full story here: https://www.steamboatmagazine.com/2025/08/14/542790/reps-is-building-a-stronger-steamboat
Image: REPS' youth program coordinator, Claire de Cordova. Courtesy of Claire de Cordova
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08/13/2025

Evacuation notices are being issued for properties closest to the Crosho Lake fire. https://www.co.routt.co.us/DocumentCenter/View/18898/August-13-2025-Crosho-Evacuation?bidId=

Routt County Emergency Incident Map is being updated as the situation progresses. Check map regularly. https://ow.ly/7p4w50WFx4H