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APRIL 11, 2009
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Vol. 21, No. 87
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YVHA looks at study Steamboat Ski Area tops threshold for 2nd straight season Report shows Routt County housing costs outpace wage increases
Tom Ross
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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
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Campbell, Perry tied Page 21
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Steamboat Springs snowboarder Ory Garrett goes for a grab after hitting a jump in the Little Rodeo Terrain Park on Friday afternoon at Steamboat Ski Area. The ski area reported it exceeded 400 inches of snow for the season Friday.
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SKI TOWN USA SNOW REPORT Steamboat Ski Area
New snow — Mid-mountain* 2 in. New snow — Summit 3.5 in. Base — Mid-mountain 70 in. Base — Summit 100 in.
Total snow† Trails open Lifts open Conditions
Skiers and snowboarders are having a final fling this weekend with a season that has seen more than 400 inches of snow — just the seventh time that has happened at Steamboat Ski Area since 1980. The ski area reported 4 inches of new snow overnight Thursday at mid-mountain, enough to put Steamboat Ski Area over the top for the third time in four years. The new snow translated into a season total of 403.5 inches. The mountain closes for the year Sunday. Christina Uhl has been around Steamboat long enough to know how special this is. She couldn’t believe the snow she skied on the last day of March — in the afternoon, no less. “Monday, March 30, and then March 31 were the most epic days of the season,” Uhl said Friday. “I had knee-deep fresh tracks at 3 p.m., right off Vagabond. I couldn’t believe it.” Two days remain in the season as Steamboat prepares for an Easter Sunday closing. Barring 20 inches of additional powder this weekend, the winter of 2008-09 is poised to take its place as the seventh snowiest since 1980. The winter of 1992-93 has a strong hold on sixth place with 423.5 inches. The measure of a snow season worthy of telling your grandkids about always has been the vaunted 400-inch mark. It came about this winter thanks to 100 inches in December See Snow, page 15
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403.5 in. 165/165 12/18 Spring
*24-hour snowfall as of 12:30 p.m. previous day; † total snow beginning Oct. 21 as measured at mid-mountain FOR UP-TO-DATE ROAD CONDITIONS, INCLUDING RABBIT EARS PASS, call 511 or visit: www.cotrip.org
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