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Winter 2015 • Spring 2016

Realtor Round Table Essential Steamboat recently sat down with five of Steamboat’s top realtors to discuss real estate trends, opportunities and the state of the market. Pam Vanatta, Broker/Owner of Steamboat Sothebys International Realty, Shelly Stanford, Broker/Owner of Colorado Group Realty, Kimberly Kreissig Broker/Owner of Re/Max Partners, Aileen Sandstedt, Principal of Colorado Partners Realty Group and Cheryl Foote of Steamboat Sothebys International Realty who ranks 5th in properties sold among over 300 Steamboat Realtors, sat down with us for a discussion of real estate trends in Steamboat. Sake2U provided space and food. Their sushi, eggrolls, seaweed salad, crab cakes and banana dessert were exquisitely presented while the restaurant provided an elegant backdrop for our discussion.

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Essential Steamboat: So what does the market in Steamboat look like?

Pam: When you look at the sales of the high-end properties they are actually pretty good.

Kim: There are private homes in places like Catamount Ranch and Maribou that are starting to become available. In that price range people are looking for an absolutely perfect property. Once you determine what they are looking for there tends to be a limited market of what is available. Inventory is becoming more available however there is a limited market for the $500,000 - $800,000 homes.

Aileen: Land sales have picked up. People are getting financing for land and with more revenue available buyers tend to be motivated to buy land and build themselves if they can’t find what they are looking for in existing homes.

Cheryl: The whole pulse of the market is really, really upbeat.

Essential Steamboat: What is Steamboat’s main competition as far as places to live?

Kim: The main competition for Steamboat is Vail and Jackson Hole Essential Steamboat: From your perspective, would you say there is a pretty healthy market in Steamboat?

Kim: Assuming we have more inventory. Assuming we have something to sell.

Essential Steamboat: What is and isn’t selling?

Shelly: Land is selling. Land absolutely. In some cases there are big opportunities there for sellers.

Essential Steamboat: What challenges do people face that want to build a home?

Shelly: Labor is an issue here in Steamboat. Laborers are walking off jobs because someone else if offering them something a little bit better and so it’s a fight for the labor and clients that I’ve been working with here have had a very hard time bringing in or getting the attention from the building community.

Kim: The builders are ready, not the laborers. I remember our last move in 2005 and 2006 we took an ad out in Kansas City and we imported all our workers from Kansas City. They were the greatest guys and were our crew up until everything came to a screeching halt with the economy crashing. Then all those guys left. I think we are headed in that direction again.

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RESULTS REAL ESTATE SPECIALISTS Essential Steamboat: How is the -DRIVEN commercial inventory in town?

Is that market moving or is that a limited market, too?

Pam: There’s not that much of it but its attractive to people.

Aileen: Commercial property is pretty vibrant in the space that does come on the market. Properties end up being leased out or new businesses come in and there’s also some activity on businesses that have sold.

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Essential Steamboat: As far as premiere properties, what can buyers expect?

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Essential Steamboat: How is the condominium market?

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Essential Steamboat: Do the arts, culture and nightlife Steamboat offers serve as a draw to potential homebuyers?

Pam: Strings Music Festival is huge. It is a dynamic that was missing years ago. The outreach is pretty amazing and the same can be said with the Steamboat Springs Arts Council. People give, give, give. Second homeowners are really giving in the community, which is only expanding everything that is happening.

Shelly: I want to make a comment about the restaurants in Steamboat - we’ve seen some really nice restaurants come in with hands-on local people running the restaurants. They tend to be a success when the owners are hands on. We’re not seeing as many people trying to operate the restaurants from outside.

Essential Steamboat: What surprises me about Steamboat regarding ownership with restaurants and retail is the youth - I think that’s really exciting for Steamboat - the community seems to be keeping the youth.

Kim: If we could only have homes for the youth. We just don’t have the inventory and there is a shortage of places for new families and youth to live. History is repeating itself. I’m super concerned we’re not going to have that type of product for where Steamboat is going.

Cheryl: I sold several entry-level condos and apartments to parents who have kids that are going to be here for four years in college. When the market is down it’s a great time for them to buy. They can find a place for $150,000TorH$200,000 that their kids can live full time in and then they can sell in four years.

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Essential Steamboat: How would you describe the community of realtors, given there are 300 realtors in Steamboat. Are you a close-knit group?

Pam: I think so.

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Jim Steinberg was given a camera for his thirteenth birthday so he began taking pictures…of everything. His first SLR came from Tokyo in 1967 and in 1968 he sold his first image of a person lying out on the dock at the University of Wisconsin with the lake in the background.

The second image he sold, and one that reflected the path of photography he was soon to take, was of frozen fields in Northern Wisconsin.

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Today Steinberg’s gallery on Oak Street is filled with images of Colorado mountains, of African wildlife and his flowers. He has such an extraordinary ability to capture the feeling and sensuousness of a flower. Nature photography, for Steinberg, was born out of desire to challenge his creativity in a way that was different from his studies in graduate school. When he hiked, he took his camera and started documenting the world around him. The scenery he captured became the first images of a forty year career capturing nature at its best. His work has earned him the National Book Award, Colorado Book Award, honorable mention in the World Environmental Photography Invitational and the International Photography Awards for a series on “The Unexpected South Africa.” Over the past 20 years he has also been awarded the Gold Medal in both the National and World Calendar Awards.

After university Steinberg moved to Steamboat Springs in 1975. From 1975 to 1980 he was like many ‘Boat people working three jobs. He was a partner in and ran the retail side of Positive/Negative, a photography business, for five years during the day while shooting commercial and industrial photography as well.

Nights were spent working at the Bottleneck. By 1980 he bought out Rick Bear, one of his partners, to run the photography side of the business called Portfolio Collection. In 1983 he bought out Russ Atha, his last partner and took sole ownership of the company. In the early days Steinberg’s Portfolio Collection photographed almost everything from weddings to portraits to commercial photography while Positive/ Negative remained a retail outlet with a commercial darkroom. Eventually the business came full circle and Steinberg began shooting nature and travel photography again.

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Today, Steinberg finds himself teaching workshops anywhere from two to five times a year depending on his availability and schedule. These classes take him to places he might not normally visit such as North Carolina and Chicago. His philosophy of how images should be made comes from a reductionist system of two basic elements: form and color from which all compositions are made. For a recent conference, at which he was speaking, he went through his work to make sure he was being true to his philosophy, which was a herculean task in itself when you consider he takes well over 10,000 images a year, each of which then has to be processed when he returns to his studio. Ironically, Steinberg switched from film to digital photography kicking and screaming but now he’s teaching post-production work to help make images sing.

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For those not trained in composition, Steinberg’s photography draws the viewer into magical moments, of which he has had many during his career. There is one, especially from a trip to Africa several years ago that seems to catch everyone’s eye: The image is of two lions at the end of a rainbow - left.

Since that first trip to Africa, Steinberg has returned for about a month a year and has worked in Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa, Botswana, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and the Congo. Another six months of the year is spent on the road photographing with approximately two months in Colorado.

With so much time away from home, people assume he gets lonely. “I enjoy the solitude of work. There’s a difference between loneliness and solitude. It all depends on what’s going on in the five inches between your ears. If you are not in the right place you’ll feel lonely, but if you are in the right place you will only feel solitude. You have to feel comfortable with yourself to experience solitude. In all these years there have only been two times I felt lonely. One was when I was in Indonesia and it was Sarah’s birthday (his daughter).

There was a 15 hour time difference and calling was tough but I did manage to talk to her for 30 seconds or so. And one other time…but twice out of 40 years is not so bad.”

Now many of his trips include his wife Lori and he enjoys the companionship as much as he once enjoyed the solitude. In the future there will be many more trips for the two so Steinberg can photograph places that he has previously photographed in analog but wants to shoot digitally, places that he hasn’t been to for ten, twenty or thirty years that have changed substantially, such as Singapore, and lastly places he hasn’t been to yet.

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Steinberg Photography Celebrates 40 Year Anniversary with a Customer Appreciation Event Despite being gone for half the year, Steamboat is still home. “I’m very fortunate,” said Steinberg, “because I like to eat and drink and we have a lot of very good restaurants for a town this size. We have an amazing library and this is a reader’s town. In the summer I can go out at 7:00 a.m., shoot 9 holes of golf in the morning and be to work by 9:00. There’s not many places in this country that you have all that.”

Not to mention he can hop in his signature yellow Volvo that just passed 1,000,000 kilometers with the original transmission, drive twenty minutes or a half hour and be shooting spectacular scenery.

There are a few places close to town which have been very lucrative for Steinberg’s photography including Dumont Lake and Muddy Pass. “Muddy Pass is a four season area and I don’t see a lot of people up there, which surprises the Dickens out of me because there’s so much good stuff.” Another unpopulated area for photography is near Maribou along the Elk River or on the backside of Maribou.

North Park offers a treasure trove of scenery for a photographer. “Steamboat is a town with an intellectual capacity and heart and soul, but it’s still a small town,” said Steinberg.

All Photographs are 40% Off for All of 2016 Just as Steinberg has thrived on the arts and intellect of the community, he has given back to the arts, in particularly to Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts camp. When you drive onto campus set in the heart of Strawberry Park, one of the first buildings you notice is a glass and wood structure - a dance studio called The Steinberg Pavilion, donated by Steinberg to let people know that the arts and this camp in particular are here to stay and to evolve.

He is also on the board of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and treasurer of the Public Theater in New York.

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Over the last five years Steinberg’s work has transformed, maybe because he has a new view of life since meeting his wife, or maybe the time had come to step out of his comfort zone. “Things change constantly,” said Steinberg. “Nothing ever really stays the same even if it appears to and if it does there’s something wrong. The world should be evolving . The world evolves and we should evolve.”

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“Things change constantly,. Nothing ever really stays the same even if it appears to and if it does there’s something wrong. The world should be evolving. The world evolves and we should evolve.” ~ Jim Steinberg

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Kim: There are a whole lot of condominiums and that market is starting to take off. The condominium inventory is still very strong. A few years ago people were buying condos for $99,000 that are now going for $249,000.

Cheryl: Luxury condos in that 500,000 to a million dollars range are starting to sell. Two of them at Trappeurs Crossing went under contract this week and those have been sitting for a year - years. Several people over there have gotten lowball offers recently but sellers aren’t accepting low offers. All the sellers held on through the tough times so right when the market is on the upswing they are asking themselves, ‘why would I dump this now?’ A few years ago you might have had something.

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Essential Steamboat: There seems to be a lot of construction taking place, what is the focus of new construction?

I have seen building by the Steamboat Barn area, Wildhorse Meadows and more.

Pam: There are places that are becoming vibrant like Wildhorse (where owners have access to a gondola to take them to the base of the mountain as well as other amenities) and Chadwick Flats (single level residences and multi-family project to be certified by the Steamboat Green Building Program). There are also live/work projects going up on the west end of town. Sooner or later it’s going to be townhomes coming to the market.

Aileen: Apartments are something that have been lacking here, too and that’s something that is affordable to build. Think about all of the young folks that come here because of the lifestyle and can’t find any place to live so they have to go outside of Steamboat and then transportation back and forth becomes an issue.

Essential Steamboat: Where do people live if they can’t afford to live in Steamboat?

Shelly: They go to Hayden, North Routt, Oak Creek or Stagecoach. You can purchase homes for much less there than you can in Steamboat.

Cheryl: Stagecoach was hit when the economy took a downturn. Their property values went down 60-70 percent.

Now properties out there are starting to sell although Internet connections are not as good out there and driving the roads in winter can be a challenge Shelly: But it’s lovely because it’s got water - there are few places that have a body of water - there’s Stagecoach and Steamboat Lake Essential Steamboat: Who is the main clientele buying in Steamboat today?

Kim: I’m seeing more people from the Front Range. There is a segment of the population who are finally feeling like they are having equity and they are finding that to come up to Steamboat and bring family is expensive so they are looking at a more permanent retreat. I feel like that is coming back more.

Cheryl: I think there are a lot of people coming here from Texas, from Dallas and Houston and I think the flights that we have are important to cater to that clientele. I see them coming out here in the summers and spending more time with families.

Shelly: I’m seeing more people coming from Florida, too. I don’t know what that is - the flights aren’t that good it’s not really that easy to get here from Florida but they love it here and so I have a lot of Florida clients.

Pam: Most people come here to ski. Then they come here in the summer and they buy a fractional property.

After spending time here they buy a condo. From there they want house, then they want a ranch. With some clients I have years of selling real estate with them. It’s like a pyramid. There are also a lot of people retiring now.

Aileen: It’s very complimentary, too when you see that transition going from the fractional to the condo just because they get their arms around the community here in Steamboat and everything it has to offer year round.

Its’ compelling. I’m working with a lot of people who are in the retirement mode who are looking for master bedrooms set on the first floor. That’s really hard to find in this market. If you are driven to that master on the first floor your options really shrink. I think there’s also a shift on the bigger isn’t better kind of a thing. Clients come from that 6,000-8,000 square foot house and they’ve come to live in Steamboat full time and they are looking for something more manageable and usable. Useable, I think, is key and to not have rooms you’re not going to use.

Essential Steamboat: What about International clientele?

Pam: I mainly see people from Australia, South America and Mexico. It’s not like an influx of Europeans that come here and it’s interesting when I travel to conventions and meetings - they all know where Aspen is but not

E3 CHOPHOUSE Situated along the banks of the Yampa River sits E3 CHOPHOUSE, a restaurant that combines big city design with western comfort. Steel, wood and oversized sliding glass and garage doors that let the outside in set this restaurant apart from others on the newly revitalized Yampa Street downtown.

The logo E3 surrounded by a diamond is a nod to the owners, the LaRoche brothers, and their major league baseball careers. Walk through the oversized wooden doors and you at once enter a warm and inviting atmosphere. A fireplace sets a welcoming tone amidst the wood and glass detailing with tranquil views.

The absolute black leathered granite bar stretches long and narrow providing an intimate atmosphere for E3’s popular happy hour. Parmesan fries and E3 ground steak burgers are among the items designed to attract locals. “I try to feel out what the people want and what the town needs and feed off that,” said owner Jeff LaRoche.

On the fine dining side of the restaurant, people come to experience the E3 certified steaks that are brought in from Adam LaRoche’s (Chicago White Sox Designated Hitter) Ranch in Fort Scott, Kansas, and other co-op ranches that meet the E3 certification levels. The grass fed cows are humanely raised with room to roam and without hormones, steroids or antibiotics. Adam LaRoche married his high school sweetheart, Jennifer LaRoche, whose family has owned the ranch for five generations. The couple bought the ranch to continue the legacy of the family farm now in its sixth generation.

Jeff LaRoche believes hormones, steroids and antibiotics trigger allergies and change the way children grow. Hormone and antibiotic-free meat is not new to the market, but people are understanding that what is put into the animals they eat is carried into their own bodies. Finding a restaurant that serves healthy meat can often be a challenge.

Alongside E3’s Rib-eye, Filet Mignon, NY Strip and Herb Roasted Prime Rib are locally sourced meats such as the Free Range Colorado Rack of Lamb and the Yampa Valley Farms Bone-In Pork Chop.

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They ended up becoming good friends. “The whole family is very down to earth. Very good people, very humble,” Jeff says of Robertson and his family. Jeff isn’t the only one who thinks highly of them. National media flew to Steamboat to film the Duck Dynasty family members at the restaurant’s opening on New Years Eve a few years ago.

The decision to open a restaurant in Steamboat Springs came from the LaRoche brothers’ love of hunting, fishing and outdoor recreation along with the small town atmosphere where everybody knows everybody. Steamboat Springs' open spaces help Jeff balance out the social life of running a restaurant. He turns to hunting and fishing for a measure of solitude. If he doesn’t have a lot of time, that escape might come in the form of picking up a rod and heading through the backyard of the Supporting local ranches is just one way E3 restaurant to the Yampa River for a quick fishing participates in the community. Through their excursion at some of the holes close by. Other times program E3 Gives Back, the restaurant recently he might be snowboarding, golfing, hiking or biking raised $11,180 for Steamboat Springs' new state-of- in and around town. the-art, Jan Bishop Memorial Cancer Care Center.

Adam LaRoche and his wife, Jennifer, who had The access to both culture and wilderness is what recently been affected by cancer, donated $9,000.00. draws so many people to Steamboat and what draws E3’s General Manager Holly Dobra Larson, who lost people to E3. Jeff LaRoche doesn’t want E3 simply a friend to cancer and whose mother battles non- to be one of the best restaurants in Steamboat Springs, he wants the restaurant to be comparable Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, inspired the effort. to those in New York, Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

The restaurant and the owners have ingrained He wants E3 to be the best restaurant in Colorado. themselves with the community, which is an accomplishment for a fairly new restaurant in town.

Perhaps part of what translates is their passion for good food. Up until the chophouse opened, the beef from Adam’s cows was shared on a small scale with friends and family. With the chophouse they are able to offer the quality meat that they enjoyed with others. Their investors often come through Steamboat for a meal and some fun. Along with the LaRoche brothers, investors include Jason Aldean, award-winning country singer Luke Bryan and Duck Dynasty’s Willie Roberston.

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The Duck Dynasty connection has been a source of interest to many since the restaurant first opened.

When Adam was playing for the Atlanta Braves he called up the Duck Dynasty show to ask if he could get a hat because both he and Jeff are big duck hunters. They knew who Adam was and said, “We’ll do one better. We’ll bring one up to the next game.”

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Lindsay Lockhart Dillenbeck, 5th generation of the Light family, and her husband, Christopher Dillenbeck, are owners of the oldest store in Steamboat Springs, F.M. Light & Sons. The store, located in the center of town at 830 Lincoln Ave, features classic cowboy clothing catering to both men and women. Stetson hats, flannel shirts, jeans and boots, Pendelton blankets are staples at F.M. Light.

To understand Lindsay and her husband, Chris, who are both in their early thirties, one has understand their relationship to F.M. Light & Sons. In 1905 Frank M. and Carrie Light arrived in Steamboat with their seven children. Frank, like so many other settlers, had left Europe because of religious persecution. After settling in Ohio he developed asthma. Seeking relief, he made the decision to move his wife and seven children to the mountains in Colorado. The train went as far as Walcott, where the Light family hired a stagecoach which brought them to Yampa. There they spent the night at the Antler’s Hotel.

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Once in Steamboat Springs, Frank noticed that there was a need for a men’s clothing store. He purchased a lot on Lincoln Avenue, the main thoroughfare, and built his store Today, F.M. Light and Sons remains in the same location and still uses the sales cases and fixtures that came with the family back in 1905.

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Frank built his business with his three innovative sons, Clarence, Olin, and Day. With the advent of automobiles, Clarence placed over three hundred yellow and black roadside signs within a 150-mile radius of Steamboat Springs. Many still remain and are considered historic, with each one numbered and registered with the state of Colorado. Since there are 50 mile stretches where only gates to the ranches, the grazing cattle, mountains and an occasional coyote can be seen, those signs reassure drivers heading to Steamboat that they will soon arrive.

F.M. Light & Sons no longer utilizes a traveling sales truck, but has grown to include women’s and children’s western clothing as well as other wares.

Recently F.M. Light has added two more stores to its enterprise. Chrysalis “for women who want,” as explained by Lindsay, “a forward trendy chic look,” and Moose Mountain Trading Company which Lindsay says caters to women who are “looking for sophisticated clothing, made with care.”

Chrysalis and Moose Mountain Trading Company have clothing one would wear not only locally but also on a cruise, a visit to the city or a trip abroad During the great depression, Light lost a significant Lindsay points out, “Our buyer travels to multiple amount when the 1st National Bank in Steamboat clothing shows around the country, selecting the locked its doors. To increase sales Light’s three best merchandise and latest trends, and deciding at sons outfitted panel trucks with racks and drawers which store they will best resonate with our target and drove to the workers, the farmers, and ranchers customer.” to show them their wares. They became frequent visitors and friends with ranchers throughout their How did the F.M. Light and Sons enterprise grow to territory, and would often be invited to stay overnight include two other stores with non-western clothing? at their homes. They traveled as far north as Jackson Part of the answer lies in Lindsay’s journey. At eight Hole, Wyoming, west to the Utah border and south years old, Lindsay took on her first task at working in the family store. After 3 hours of securing price to Aspen. tags on the clothes, she took her pay and promptly bought herself a rabbit pelt. Her next experience wasn't until high school, when she began working as a salesperson. From there, Lindsay began her trek across states and jobs. Lindsay says, “I feel like I have lived 5 lives, but I always knew that I would some day settle in Steamboat to work in the family business.”

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After graduating from Heritage Christian School, Lindsay spent a year pursuing ski racing at home and in Austria for three months. She then went on to ski at Dartmouth where she majored in economics and minored in English and religion.

Lindsay then donned high heels and business suits for stints in a few different cities. She worked for one semester as an intern in Washington D.C. in Vice President Cheney’s Domestic Policy Office.

After college she moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where she worked for a boutique consulting firm focused on business strategy. Lindsay again shifted gears when she was offered a full-time position at the White House as a Research Assistant in the VP's Domestic Policy Office.

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While working at the White House, Lindsay decided it was important to her to get a MBA before she returned to Steamboat. She left to attend Pepperdine University in Malibu. California life gave her the opportunity to pursue another favorite sport -surfing – and to experience fashion from surfing duds to designer gowns. After getting her degree, Lindsay relocated to downtown Los Angeles to join Alvarez and Marsal, a consulting and reconstruction firm known for managing ailing firms.

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Chris Dillenbeck & Lindsay Lockhart Dillenbeck Her junior year at Dartmouth Lindsay met her future husband, Christopher Dillenbeck, who was then attending Duke University. After graduation they lost touch, but fate intervened. They were brought back together when Chris landed a job at Fannie Mae in Washington DC and Lindsay was working in the Domestic Policy Office. Christopher recalls that on their first date Lindsay told him that she planned to live in Steamboat and work at F.M. Light & Sons. And today, Chris and Lindsay work hand in hand in the family store. She is involved with the advertising, marketing, donations and special events. Her husband, who has a MBA from UCLA, skillfully manages all other aspects of the business.

Giving back to the community is at the core of the family's and company's values. They sponsor, among other causes, the Boys and Girls Club and the Heritage Christian School.

Lindsay sums up her husband’s and her role as, “Chris and I are business people. We have immense respect for the store’s history, and yet always have our eyes open for new opportunities.”

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CR Summit is a year round, full service Equine Riding Center that services both local and visiting members worldwide. The Riding Club is designed to encompass “most everything to do with horses�, keeping both local and visiting Steamboat area horseback riders in mind. In summer/fall months, enjoy private and custom tailored lessons and rides in the arena, round pen or on mountain trails that take you through forested valleys, summit ridges, and lush green meadows. In winter/spring months, enjoy winter riding, horse boarding & supervision, indoor riding arena, lessons, open riding in a festive winter wonderland riding venue.

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ESSENTIAL 33255 Summit Creek Lane • Steamboat Springs, CO 80487 • CRSummit.com • 970-879-6201 CR Summit also provides therapeutic riding lessons to the handicapped and offers a riding scholarship program — in honor of their friend Cindy Bischof, a victim of domestic violence. In memoriam, complimentary and discounted riding activities are awarded to domestic violence victims of all ages and to children in need.

CR Summit's main ranch is located about 20 minutes from Steamboat Springs and the winter riding venue is a mere 10 minutes from downtown.

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October 31, 1854 – February 28, 1931 Laton Huffman had just turned 13 when he was asked to carry a letter to land surveyors working some 40 miles west of his family’s Iowa farmland.

The year was 1867 and young Huffman’s uncharted trek into the prairie on horseback would change his life forever.

Along the same frontier highway that Huffman had traveled rolled a long and colorful procession: the wagon trains of the freighters, the stagecoaches, the mail-carriers, and the wagons of hide hunters and ranchers. Huffman remained at “Fort Keogh for two years then set up a studio in nearby Miles City.

In later years after Huffman had spent a lifetime photographing the last great days of thee American West, he recalled this youthful journey and his chance encounter with “Mustang Ben.” The famous plainsman had come across the prairie toward him, “riding the wild, dappled mustang that Catlin has painted, rifle a sling…jacket and leggings of deerskin with dangling fringes…” Tales of Ben’s adventures in bringing bands of wild horses for barter out of buffalo and Indian land “had fired my imagination long before,” Huffman wrote. As he explained in notes made later:

Over the next 25 years Huffman was to record in detailed images the last free Native Americans, the end of the mighty buffalo herds, the coming of the railroad, and the last of the great cattle and of cowboy life on the open range. Huffman’s artistic skill was matched by his technical ability, and he left for posterity a priceless photographic record of life in the West “ before barbed wire.”

Everything dates from that chance meeting. Ben and his wild riders and herds of mustangs were going my way to sell ponies to the surveyors. For two blissful days I lived the wild life to the full, saw the vaquero do his wonders, heard tales of the chase, came quiet under the spell from which I may never emerge even though that wild life, with its actors, stage settings and charm, passed like a tale that is told to the realm of the dreamer, the wordsmith, the painter.

Laton Huffman left Iowa at age 24, heading west by stagecoach to Bismarck, Dakota Territory, then on by open buckboard to Fort Keogh in Montana Territory. He arrived there on a bitter December morning in 1878-little over a year after the famous Battle or the Little Big Horn nearby- to become post photographer.

Among those who sat for Huffman were Dull Knife, Spotted Eagle, White Bull, and many other famous Sioux and Cheyenne leaders. Huffman’s friend, famous scout Yellowstone Kelly, posed, as did Montana rancher and vigilante Granville Stuart, and even Calamity Jane. For a time, Huffman supplemented his income hunting buffalo and serving as a guide for such notables as journalist George Shields, Theodore Roosevelt, Harlan Smith of the American Museum of Natural history, and Dr. William T. Hornaday of the U.S. National Museum [later, the Smithsonian].

Huffman’s realm was the vast, untamed Montana range, where he came not as an observer, but to photograph the life he lived. He became a rancher, horseman, hunter and guide, and later a county commissioner and eventually a state representative, though he found himself without much enthusiasm for politics. It was the land he loved, its people and their stories, and his remarkable photographs of a century ago are compelling today like no other record of the vanished West.

With a 50-pound camera and smelly, cumbersome chemistry, Huffman became a consummate technician, an experimenter who came to use his horse as a four-footed tripod. Huffman’s action shots are technical marvels, considering a shutter speed no faster than 1/25th of a second. But it is in the extraordinarily sharp detail of Huffman’s photographs that one comes to appreciate his natural intimacy with his subject matter. Huffman’s images of the working cowboy – the roundup, the camp cook, and the rope corral – are stunning in their sense of presence; you can almost hear the cattle lowing in the background and guess the personality of each character.

Huffman had honed his photographic skills under his father’s guidance in Iowa and often wrote to him in language as descriptively colorful as his photographs about the daunting challenges on the range and about his work. In correspondence to his father in 1885, he described a new single-lens camera with an iris lens and a 6-1/2 x 8-1/2 inch dry plate that replaced his old 5 x 8 inch stereographic wet plate camera. Huffman traveled extensively with his equipment and recorded numerous early images of the new Yellowstone National Park, which were among his “best sellers” marketed by mail order to buyers back east.

also produced a number of collotypes, which were enlargements printed by a Chicago firm using a continuous tone process of offset lithography.

As a photographer Huffman never made much money, often scrambling for business, owing creditors and repeatedly being forced to move his studio to different locations in the area. More than 20 years after his death, during the 1950s, another Miles City photographer began reproducing Huffman’s images. To these he often added his own double exposure Hollywood studio-type billowing clouds, since the subtle clouds in Huffman’s original plates had become fainter over the years. He sold these reproductions through mail order and to tourist shops around the region.

In the early 1970s, several original Huffman collotypes donated to the Art Institute of Chicago caught the attention of Doug Kenyon, then chief conservator of prints and drawings there. Intrigued by Huffman’s work, Kenyon traveled to Miles City, and eventually managed to buy the bulk of Huffman’s estate, including almost all of his vintage albumen contact prints, enlargements and collotypes.

After returning, Kenyon mounted a show of Huffman’s work at the Art Institute of Chicago, which then traveled to the Amon Carter Museum Huffman went on the last buffalo hunt in the early in Fort Worth, TX, and other museums around the 1880s just south of the Missouri River, between the country over the next few years. Huffman, whose valleys of the Big Dry and the Little Dry Rivers. Just images Kenyon considered to be far superior to after the turn of the century, he photographed the last many of his more famous contemporaries, finally great cattle roundup in that same area. The coming got the recognition he was due for his extraordinary of the railroads had brought a flood of new settlers photo documentation of the last American frontier. with their barbed wire and their plows, who turned the native buffalo grass “wrong side up.” But the “In the 19th Century, people regarded photography as Montana Territory was neither as moist nor as fertile somewhat of a miraculous medium,” said Kenyon, the as the Midwest, and many of the new settlers were late owner of DKC Fine Art in Steamboat Springs, CO discouraged by the unexpected harshness of the where the bulk of vintage Huffman photographs and environment and soon abandoned their holdings, collotypes reside today. “Photographers of renown leaving the plowed prairie barren of anything but in Huffman’s day were considered technicians rather tumbleweed. than artists. Huffman because of his circumstance and background was definitely an able technician.

By 1905, Huffman had closed his photographic studio But also was an artistic recorder of times, which were in Miles City. He devoted his remaining days, until vanishing, literally before his eyes. With a fine eye his death in 1931 in Montana, to the production and for composition Huffman gave us some very explicit sale of his earlier images. These included vintage images of the last days of the ‘Romantic’ West. They contact prints in varying sizes and blow-ups made are informal, intimate; you can really put yourself into with the newly invented enlarger, both of which his pictures”. he sometimes hand-tinted with color. Huffman

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Into the West in Steamboat Springs has a treasure trove of pristine albumen photographs printed by Huffman’s own hand, as well as his vintage collotypes.

The also have made photographic murals of many of the vintage Huffman scenes. These large-scale photographs are made from the original prints and are surprisingly sharp for 100-year-old images.

Kenyon had located copies of two out-of-print books on Huffman, The Frontier Years and Before Barbed Wire (Bramhall House, New York, 1955 and 1956), co-authored by Mark Brown and W. R. Felton. The book draws on Huffman’s highly literate and interesting notes about his work; they are the sources of the quotes herein.

Kenyon was passionate in his devotion to this frontier photographer and anyone who spends time browsing these images will likely be, too. Yet no one could be more eloquent than the photographer himself when, reminiscing near the end of his life, he wrote: Kind fate had it I should be Post Photographer with the Army during the Indian campaigns close following the annihilation of Custer's command This Yellowstone-Big Horn country was then unpinned of wire and unspoiled by railway, dam or ditch. Eastman had not yet made the Kodak, but thanks be; there was the old wet plate, the collodion bottle and bath. I made photographs with crude homemade cameras, from saddle and in log shack. I saved something. Yes, it was worthwhile, despite the attendant and ungodly smells of the old process. ‘Round about us the army of buffalo hunters –red men and white-were waging the final war of extermination upon the last great herds of American bison seen upon this continent. Then came the cattleman, the ‘trail boss’ with his army of cowboys, and the great cattle roundups. Then the army of railroad builders. That-the railway- was the fatal coming. One looked about and said, ‘this is the last west.’ It was not so. There was no more West after that. It was a dream and a forgetting, a chapter forever closed.

This article is a memorial tribute to Douglas Kenyon.

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH Elevated Living Q & A

Essential Steamboat asks Rocky Mountain Remedies about safe and responsible cannabis use.

Q: What should people who come to Steamboat for the first time know about cannabis?

A: Start slowly and take it easy. Steamboat is around 7,000 ft above seal level and all intoxicants will have a greater effect on your body than at lower elevations. Marijuana in Colorado is likely to be much more potent than what is available on the black market in other states.

Q: Where can people smoke and not smoke?

A: Current Colorado recreational marijuana laws allow for consumption in private and out of public view.

This makes it tricky to find a suitable location. Don’t consume marijuana in your vehicle, or while at a restaurant. Ask the staff where you are staying for advice on where to smoke.

Q: What about on the ski mountain? Can I smoke there?

A: No. The ski area is a public space. It is also located on Federal land, and therefore is not protected by Colorado’s marijuana laws. You may be fined, or worse, if you use or possess marijuana at the ski area.

Q: Can people take marijuana they buy in Colorado home with them?

A: All marijuana purchased in Colorado must stay in Colorado. Some airports have special disposal stations to leave extra marijuana product before boarding your plane.

Q: Tell us about edibles and some of the challenges dispensaries have faced with labeling and consumption.

A: Labeling has been standardized by state law. All edible manufacturers must package products in a manner which does not appeal to children. When consuming edibles, think “low and slow” for dosage rates. The state considers 10mg a serving. This still may be too much for some people. You may have to wait 1-2 hours for the full effect. Always consume with caution.

Q: Tell us about tinctures and wax.

A: Both are concentrated forms of marijuana. Tinctures are ingested orally, while wax is “dabbed”, vaporized, or smoked. Wax and shatter are potent forms of hash that can have THC content over 90%. Again, take it easy until you understand the effect.

Q: What new trends do you see for marijuana?

A: Vaporizers, or “vape” pens, like the RemPen®, have become popular over the past few years and have gotten very inexpensive. Most are disposable, so they are a great option for someone visiting for a week or two.

Q: How much can people purchase at one time?

A: With an out-of-state ID, 7 grams of flower per purchase, or the “equivalent amount” of edibles or concentrates.

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A: No, they are not legal. However, some properties allow marijuana consumption on premises.

Q: Tell us about some of the different strains of cannabis (most popular ones).

A: The main categories you will find in a store are sativa, indica, hybrid, and CBD. Sativas can be more uplifting and psychological to some people. Indicas can be more relaxing and physical. Hybrids can be somewhere in between, and CBD strains can have no psychoactive effect at all. They are generally viewed as having medicinal qualities such as pain relief, without the side effect of feeling “high.”

Q: If this is my first time, how much should I smoke/consume and what effects am I likely to experience?

A: Back to the top again - take it very easy. Start with one puff, or one small nibble and wait up to 45 minutes for it to take effect. Some possible side effects are euphoria, a sense of well being, love of others, food tasting better than normal, and giggling. :) A soda, or other sugary beverage can help to counteract the effects of marijuana if you over do it.

Q: How has the marijuana industry changed over the last six years?

A: It has become much more popularly accepted than it once was. It is also highly regulated. You can expect to find safe, consistent, lab tested products at marijuana stores around Colorado. The state has done a great job making sure that all marijuana businesses are following the rules and keeping people safe.

Labeling standards help to prevent over consumption, and ensure that consumers are informed about what they put in their body. The owners of RMR have been heavily involved in state rule making committees, legislation, and governor-appointed work groups since the beginning to help create laws that are beneficial to both the industry and the public.

Q: If I have kids what’s the best way to store marijuana?

A: All recreational containers that leave RMR must be child proof. We suggest that you also keep it out of sight, and locked away if possible.

Q: What is a vaporizer and should I be using one?

A: Vaporizers or “vapes” do not burn marijuana plant material. Instead, they “vaporize” the trichomes, or oil sacks, that form on marijuana leaves and flowers. Since you will not be inhaling carcinogens from burning plant material, vaporizers may be a healthier option for consumption.

Q: How does marijuana affect pets and has accidental consumption been a problem with pets?

A: Marijuana can affect pets differently than humans due to their body and brain size. They also do not know they are going to be high and therefore could have a very negative experience. We have heard reports of accidental pet overdoses from our local vets. We suggest that you do not give your pets marijuana unless directed to do so by your veterinarian. Keep all marijuana products in the child proof packaging and out reach of your pets. Follow the same guidelines as you would with children.

Sparkling wine, bubbles, Champagne or whatever you want to call it tends to be synonymous with celebration or too often considered a luxury item. There are many examples of sparkling wine around the world but Champagne only comes from the Champagne region of Northeast France. Others include Cava from Spain, Franciacorta from Lombardi, and Sekt from Germany. These wines are extremely versatile often perfumed and aromatic but also forceful and rich. Bubbles can also pair with everything from assorted cheeses to oysters and fried chicken which is my personal favorite.

Sparkling wine recommendations $ Poema Cava Origin: Penedés Spain Tasting notes: Pear, Lime skin, tart and dry Food pairings: Briny Oysters, Sushi, and Fried Leeks $$ JCB Rose #69 Origin: Burgundy France Tasting notes: Red berry aromas, crisp and lively Food pairings: Manchego cheese, Speck and Wagyu Satay $$ Szigeti Gruner Veltliner Origin: Burgenland Austria Tasting notes: Ripe Granny Smith Apple and fresh bread Food pairings: Braised Pork and Pie $$$ Pierre Gimonnet Cuvee Cuis 1er Cru Origin: Champagne France Tasting notes: Brioche, white flowers, and Meyer lemon Food Pairings: Fried Chicken $$$$$ Salon Blanc de Blancs 1999 Origin: Champagne France Tasting notes: Lemon Curd, toast, and almond paste Food Pairings: Pair with Life!

Regards, AJ Fossum Ski Town Wine and Spirits

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ESSENTIAL STEAMBOAT: SO WHAT DOES THE MARKET IN STEAMBOAT LOOK LIKE? AILEEN: Being the county seat, our market is strongly comprised of both local and visiting occupants, many of which, after several years, become permanent occupants! Our community has also been truly been blessed with vibrant philanthropies. Real estate activity this year has been dynamic in nearly all our product types, so much so our supply is limited in certain price points such as the $600,000-$900,000 range. This healthy activity includes not just residential but commercial, especially with our office, industrial, land and the healthy trading of hands of established local businesses.

CHERYL: The whole pulse of the market is really-really upbeat.

2015 has been a very good year.

KIM: Once you determine what clients are looking for, there tends to be a limited market of what is available, however inventory is becoming more available.

PAM: Number of sales for 2015 are up substantially; prices have remained steady, the high end market is starting to get traction and I anticipate that to continue into 2016. Overall I feel the market is very positive which translates into a shortage of inventory in the $1,000,000 price range and below.

SHELLEY: The market is good but it is not either a buyers or sellers market. Lately I have seen a few great deals up in the Steamboat Lake area (North Routt) but not in the city limits of Steamboat.

The time to make deals was a couple of years ago. It is hard to get Sellers or Buyers to understand that.

ESSENTIAL STEAMBOAT: WHAT IS STEAMBOAT’S MAIN COMPETITION AS FAR AS PLACES TO LIVE? KIM: The main competition for Steamboat is Vail and Jackson Hole SHELLEY: I think Park City is one of the main Competitors AILEEN: We continue to compete with Vail, however due to our communities increased influx of “location neutral” buyers this past couple of years, we are suddenly competing with the front range for new Colorado buyers.

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Essential Steamboat recently sat down with five of Steamboat’s top Realtors to discuss real estate trends, opportunities and the state of the market: Pam Vanatta, Broker/Owner of Steamboat Sotheby's International Realty, Shelly Stanford, Broker/Owner of Colorado Group Realty, Kimberly Kreissig Broker/Owner of Re/ Max Partners, Aileen Sandstedt, SIOR Broker/Owner of Colorado Partners and Managing Member of CP Partners Worldwide, a national and international real estate advocate platform and Cheryl Foote of Steamboat Sotheby's International Realty who ranks 5th in properties sold among over 300 Steamboat Realtors. Sake2U provided space and food for their gathering. Their sushi, egg-rolls, seaweed salad, crab cakes and banana dessert were exquisitely presented while the restaurant provided an elegant backdrop for our discussion.

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ESSENTIAL STEAMBOAT: WOULD YOU SAY STEAMBOAT IS A PRETTY HEALTHY MARKET? CHERYL: There is, but we could use more inventory.

SHELLEY: Yes it is healthy, but the market is short of inventory within the city limits and somewhat in the County.

AILEEN: Absolutely. It peaked early in the season and is now leveling off, which is actually a good thing for our community. This gives us the opportunity to increase our supply of new construction along with taking a deep breathe of appreciation and gratitude for the robust activity that we have seen this past year.

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ESSENTIAL STEAMBOAT: WHAT IS AND ISN’T SELLING? SHELLEY: What is selling are inexpensive condos, remodels in good locations, and single family homes in the county under $500,000. What isn't selling as much but is starting to pick up is Land in and out of City Limits and Single Family Homes in the County with acreage, particularly North Routt.

AILEEN: Land has been very active this year as well as the absorption of properties with first floor masters. What is slow to sell (yet still selling) are some of our premier properties in the 7,000+ SF range.

CHERYL: Single family homes under $800K are selling very quickly. It's been challenging to find these properties for families moving to Steamboat.

ESSENTIAL STEAMBOAT: WHAT CHALLENGES DO PEOPLE FACE WHO WANT TO BUILD A HOME? AILEEN: Trades and labor continue to be a challenge particularly with our current velocity of new construction.

KIM: The builders are ready, but we are starting to see a shortage of labor. I remember back in 2005 and 2006 we had to take an ad out in the Omaha, Nebraska newspaper . We had to import all our workers. They were the greatest guys were with us until everything came to a screeching halt with the economy crashing. Then all those guys left town. It feels like we are headed in that direction again.

SHELLEY: The cost is still high to build. You can still find homes for sale that are way below replacement costs.

ESSENTIAL STEAMBOAT: AS FAR AS PREMIERE PROPERTIES, WHAT CAN BUYERS EXPECT? CHERYL: Luxury condos in that $500k to million dollar range are starting to sell. Two at Trappeurs Crossing went under contract this week and both of those have been sitting on the market for years.

However, recently several of my Sellers have received lowball offers, and in general Sellers aren’t accepting them. These are Sellers that held on through the tough times, so right now when the market is on the upswing, they are asking themselves, ‘Why would I dump this now?”

SHELLEY: Buyers should expect to see lower inventories and less of their "wish list" items included.

Buyers see a lot of For Sale signs but when it is narrowed down to their specific preferences you may only have 4 properties to show them.

AILEEN: I agree that there are really not as many suitable properties available as you might think. You may start with a list of 10-15 properties but that typically short list’s down very quickly to less than a handful of properties acceptable to the buyer.

ESSENTIAL STEAMBOAT: HOW IS THE CONDOMINIUM MARKET? SHELLEY: Very good under $500,000. The mid range over $500,000 is also selling. Most people are looking for a good rental as well as a place to use when they are in town.

AILEEN: I have been seeing it ramp up.

KIM: There is ample condominium inventory and that market is starting to take off. The condominium inventory is still very strong. A few years ago people were buying condos for $99,000 that are now going for $249,000.

ESSENTIAL STEAMBOAT: WHO IS THE MAIN CLIENTELE BUYING IN STEAMBOAT TODAY? CHERYL: Right now there are a lot of people coming here from Texas, especially the Dallas and Houston areas. Also, more and more people are coming out here for longer lengths of time. I’m seeing people from very hot and humid areas come here for the entire summer, which is great because they become an integral part of our community KIM: I’m seeing more people from the Front Range. There is a segment of the population who are finally feeling like they have regained equity in their primary residence and feel comfortable purchasing that second home for a family retreat AILEEN: We continue to see an increase in front range buyers, Houston, Ft. Worth, San Antonio, Tampa, Orlando, Chicago, St. Louis.

SHELLEY: Front Range area, particularly Fort Collins, Laramie and Cheyenne.

ESSENTIAL STEAMBOAT: WHAT ABOUT INTERNATIONAL CLIENTELE? PAM: I mainly see people from Australia, South America and Mexico. There isn’t a huge influx of Europeans but the buyers who come here enjoy their solitude. I also have the opportunity to meet brokers throughout the Sotheby’s network so we’re able to refer buyers all over the world and they bring their buyers to Steamboat. It’s a win-win situation for all parties. We’re hoping that the international clientele will see the opportunities in Steamboat just like they do Aspen and Jackson Hole.

SHELLEY: Most of my International clientele comes from Australia.

AILEEN: Velocity with Australians has increased this past year.

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ESSENTIAL STEAMBOAT: DO THE ARTS, CULTURE AND NIGHTLIFE STEAMBOAT OFFERS SERVE AS A DRAW TO POTENTIAL HOME BUYERS? AILEEN: Absolutely particularly the arts and culture. Another strong draw is our ever expanding Colorado Mountain College — a network of eleven community college campuses in western Colorado that grant associate degrees and, as of Fall 2012, grant two bachelor's degrees. This draws the youth to our community who need housing which in turn draws parents of the youth to consider investing in real estate here due to the limited supply of rental opportunities.

PAM: The Strings Music Festival has been significant to our town. The level of talent that Strings brings to Steamboat is amazing, it’s evolved into one of the biggest draws Steamboat has to offer in the summer. There is no doubt Strings has put Steamboat on the map for Buyers to come and enjoy, it’s been great for our market! We are lucky we have such a philanthropic community.

The primary and second homeowners truly give back to the community so the cultural aspects of Steamboat can go on for years to come.

ESSENTIAL STEAMBOAT: HOW IS THE COMMERCIAL INVENTORY IN TOWN? IS THAT MARKET MOVING OR IS THAT A LIMITED MARKET, TOO? PAM: Buyers are looking for good commercial opportunities in town that have a good return. Right now the inventory is low for that type of investment however we’ve had some significant sales in the past year especially in the downtown area. Cap rates on properties have gotten to a point where investors are seeing potential to dive in and take advantage of the opportunities that are in our marketplace.

AILEEN: Commercial inventory, particularly office and industrial, is very limited.

The velocity is there, but supply is not. When supply is limited; expanding companies need creative out of the box solutions that require an advisory, consultative real estate approach, one that eliminates “conflict of interests."

That is where we shine. That is our niche.

ESSENTIAL STEAMBOAT: THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION TAKING PLACE, WHAT IS THE FOCUS OF NEW CONSTRUCTION? AILEEN: This has been a big year for townhouse and to a certain extent apartments. We still need more single family homes and we are super excited to be bringing back on line this coming spring, one of Street Scape’s “ How You Live” neighborhoods. We have a new wave of buyers who no longer want a 6,000-8,000 square foot house. They prefer more manageable and usable space and when they can’t find it in our existing supply, they choose to build instead, thus the increase in construction velocity.

PAM: Steamboat Barn Village would be one and only has 7 or 8 lots remaining out of 72. We are seeing locals and investors picking up those lots since they were extremely good deals. Building is booming in that area and I think it’s great that locals are taking advantage of the opportunity to build their dream home in a beautiful subdivision. Wildhorse Meadows has also seen a good activity, Homestead is a new town-home development that is absolutely beautiful, it is appealing to those buyers who purchased a condominium in the past 5 years and are looking to get into something larger. The new construction of single family homes at The Range in Wildhorse Meadows has also picked up significantly. Those homes are beautiful and they should sell in the early part of 2016. The Live/Work projects west of town are also seeing good action.

SHELLEY: Buyers want new construction, they are looking at Barn Village, Graystone and Wildhorse areas.

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ESSENTIAL STEAMBOAT: WHAT SURPRISES ME ABOUT STEAMBOAT REGARDING OWNERSHIP WITH RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL IS THE YOUTH - I THINK THAT’S REALLY EXCITING FOR STEAMBOAT - THE COMMUNITY SEEMS TO BE KEEPING THE YOUTH. SHELLEY: Most of us came here in our early 20's . We worked several jobs and had a hard time finding rentals and purchasing our first homes. Our children are seeing the same thing but also want to live here as we did. They were raised adventurous and with a love for the outdoors, why would they want to leave?

KIM: If we could only have homes for the youth. We just don’t have the inventory and there is a shortage of places for new families and youth to live.

History is repeating itself. I’m super concerned we’re not going to have that type of product for where Steamboat is going.

CHERYL: More things are happening to bring the youth to town, such as Colorado Mountain College's (CMC) Steamboat branch moving from offering only 2-year Associates Degrees to offering 4-year Bachelor Degrees with a number of majors. This year, I sold several entry-level condos to parents who have kids attending CMC, knowing that their kids will be here for four years with stable housing. After those 4 years, if their kids stay in Steamboat, great, but if not, the family has an investment in a ski town, and that has a lot of value.

AILEEN: The youth are drawn here initially for lifestyle and then realize the array of entrepreneurial opportunities that exist. The challenge for them however is finding affordable living accommodations so that they can remain within the community of Steamboat Springs . This lack of supply truly is an opportunity for developers with the resources and expertise to bring new product to the market.

ESSENTIAL STEAMBOAT: HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE COMMUNITY OF REALTORS, GIVEN THERE ARE 300 REALTORS IN STEAMBOAT. ARE YOU A CLOSE-KNIT GROUP? KIM: We are all friends.

SHELLEY: Yes we are close knit. There is a certain kind of respect between the Realtors here. There isn't the cut-throatedness that may go on in other cities, which makes our jobs enjoyable.

PAM: Yes, it’s competitive but it’s a small town so it’s important for everyone to work together and respect one another.

AILEEN: As is the case in most markets, its really critical for realtor’s to actively participate in local real estate trade events and activities. What we have found our community to be particularly strong in is friendships that exist irrespective of your company name or our expertise in the market.

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Sparkling Wine Recommendations by

Andrew Fossum

Owner, Ski Town Wine and Spirits Sparkling wine, bubbles, Champagne or whatever you want to call it tends to be synonymous with celebration or too often considered a luxury item. There are many examples of sparkling wine around the world but Champagne only comes from the Champagne region of Northeast France. Others include Cava from Spain, Franciacorta from Lombardi, and Sekt from Germany.

These wines are extremely versatile often perfumed and aromatic, but also forceful and rich. Bubbles can also pair with everything from assorted cheeses to oysters and fried chicken which is my personal favorite.

Sommeliers – Beverage Pros, Andrew Fossum and Brett Forsberg are available to assist with expert advice at Ski Town Wine and Spirits, as well as Bistro C.V. in Steamboat Springs. Ski Town Wine and Spirits offers wine tastings every Friday and Saturday through April at 2300 Mount Werner Circle. Call them at 970.879.1660 for more details concerning tastings, deliveries, and more.

Poema Cava

Origin: Penedés, Spain Tasting Notes: pear, lime skin – tart & dry Food Pairings: briny oysters, sushi & fried leeks

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JCB Rose #69

Origin: Burgundy, France Tasting Notes: red berry aromas – crisp & lively Food Pairings: Wagyu Satay, manchego cheese & speck

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Szigeti Grüner Veltliner

Origin: Burgenland, Austria Tasting Notes: ripe Granny Smith apple & fresh bread Food Pairings: braised pork & pie

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Pierre Gimonnet Cuvee Cuis 1er Cru

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Salon Blanc de Blancs 1999

Origin: Champagne, France Tasting Notes: lemon curd, toast, & almond paste Food Pairings: Pair with Life!

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The Zirkel Trading Experience

In a town with so many great choices for outdoor and western apparel one might think that little opportunity existed for a new retail venture centered on apparel ... But people in Steamboat don’t wear Gore-tex™ or cowboy boots every day. Steve and Denise Hitchcock, with long experience in the apparel world, thought there was an opportunity to fulfill an unmet need in town for people looking for better quality goods for travel, work and leisure that did NOT look like you were coming off the trail or the slopes.

Both of them had retail experience prior to opening the store and Steve had years of experience with the iconic outdoor brands Marmot and Patagonia so when a break in the career path occurred and the Hitchcock family wanted to stay in Steamboat Springs they decided to open Zirkel Trading. Timing was tough. The store opened on Black Friday 2008 just 8 weeks after the largest single drop of the DOW in our history and with 4 of the top 5 stock market declines all occurring within weeks of the opening consumer confidence was terrible. There were comments from customers like: “What a beautiful store…. Why did you open?”

Of course, the decisions that led to the opening were made and committed to over the year prior to the economic meltdown … the goods were on the way, the premises leased, employees hired and construction started on the interior of the store all before anyone knew what was coming. With two kids in school and schedules to keep, the doors opened the day after Thanksgiving.

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Now, seven years later, the store has become one of the “must visit” retailers for many Steamboat locals (both full and part time) offering a hard to find selection of premium brands for men and women like Eileen Fisher, Tommy Bahama, Scott Barber, Kinross, Filson, Krimson Klover, Nat Nast and Tori Richard as well as lifestyle brands like Ibex, Toad&Co, Mountain Khaki and Royal Robbins.

Steve and Denise have weathered the economic storms and their kids have grown and left the house. Zirkel Trading continues to present a fine assortment of goods that meet the needs of life in Steamboat with emphasis on natural fibers, great style and the value that is derived from goods which will last and provide satisfaction for years to come.

What is life like for a couple owning a business in a ski town? Like many families, the Hitchcocks have several irons in the fire. Steve has been a business broker and commercial Realtor for 8 years, with Mountain States Business Brokers. They also own Soda Creek Pizza which they first opened nearly 17 years ago.

For 10 years they owned Gnarly Charly’s which was a base area landmark loved by many. It is sometimes a complex puzzle to put together life in a ski town. It is a satisfying puzzle when the pieces come together and one which changes shape from time to time.

Now that the kids have grown, Steve and Denise would like to sell their businesses and semi-retire but until that happens, they will be found most days at Zirkel Trading or at the trade shows in NY, Dallas and Vegas where they buy goods for the store… except of course during the mud-season when they might close the store for a bit and escape to the desert or some other destination.

TIMELESS APPAREL Howelsen Place 7TH & Lincoln | Steamboat Springs, CO | ZirkelTrading.com | 970.871.1137

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2015/2016 Winter Exhibition Len Chmiel: A Retrospective Friday, December 4, 2015 - Saturday, April 9, 2016

STEAMBOAT ART MUSEUM

Len Chmiel: A Retrospective showcases 50 years of the artist’s award winning landscape paintings. Mr. Chmiel’s stunning color, brushwork and compositions have made him one of today’s most prominent landscape painters.

With the mission “to collect and preserve fine art, and to present it to the public, with a primary focus on the culture and heritage of Northwestern Colorado” SAM opened its first exhibit in the Historic Rehder Building in December of 2006. In 2010, SAM signed a 99-year lease with the City of Steamboat Springs to permanently house the Museum in the Rehder Building. From 2009-2012, phase one of major construction projects to the exterior and interior of the building were completed, transforming the main gallery into a world-class exhibition space. Phase two construction is anticipated to begin in 2016.

Since 2006, SAM has held over 28 exhibitions showcasing a variety of artistic accomplishments, from works by master painters, photographers, and sculptors, to contemporary installations and collections of historical and cultural significance. SAM’s Museum Store sells the work of regional craftspeople as well as art supplies. We have an active legion of volunteers who contribute immeasurably, a growing youth outreach program, and a workshop series taught by notable local and regional artists. We host fund-raisers, special events, private parties and other non-profits in our facility. We’re striving to be a cornerstone for the thriving arts culture of Steamboat.

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HISTORIC HARWIGS L ’a p o g e e

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As you step from the snow-lined downtown sidewalk into Harwigs Restaurant, you are welcomed by a smiling, weather-worn cowboy painting just inside the first wooden door - your first clue that this place has a deeply rooted history in Steamboat.

You continue in to the bustling bar and spot an open seat between the lift operator you saw earlier on the slopes, and an 80-something year old ranching woman telling stories to the well dressed businessmen from out of town next to her. This is a place where locals and visitors alike come to unwind mid week and to celebrate special occasions on the weekends. In business for almost 40 years, familyowned Harwigs has stood the test of time as the embodiment of the many faces of Steamboat.

When Jamie Jenny, owner of Harwigs Restaurant, first moved to Steamboat Springs in 1975 there were even fewer stoplights than today and the sheriff wore a white Stetson with two pearl handled six shooters on his belt. This was the wild west.

Friends had been telling him he needed to come to Steamboat for years before he finally relented and made a deal with himself: “If I get a place to live and a job in three days, I’ll stay,” recalled Jamie. “That was four decades ago...and while it may have taken me a few friend’s couches and a week (or two) over my deadline...I’m still here.”

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The thread of past joining with present doesn’t stop at the ambiance, it is sewn into nearly every part of the restaurant; from the building itself and the generational family owners to the reason you’re visiting in the first place: the award-winning food and wine.

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Classically trained in French cooking, Jamie worked in various kitchens around town and became known as one of the best chefs in Steamboat. By 1979 he had a local following and was ready to start his own restaurant.

L’apogee (French for 'The Peak’) opened its doors on the second floor of a building at 810 Lincoln, right across from the saddlery shop at the end of town. Needless to say, it was the only fine dining French establishment in the little western town. The duck dinner was $8.00 and the 12 oz New York Strip was $12.00.

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Everyone told him he was mad. An upscale French restaurant downtown would never succeed. But succeed, and flourish it did. When asked how he managed the feat, Jamie’s response was, “an insatiable appetite, stubbornness and stupidity.”

Just across the street sat the 911 Lincoln Ave building, known locally as the Harwigs Building. It was constructed circa 1886 and is one of Steamboat’s oldest structures. During the early 1900’s the building was a drug store before becoming “Harwigs Saddlery and Western Wear” in 1908. Charlie Harwig and his wife Arta Lee ran the store until Charlie passed away in 1936.

As the first stop for ranchers coming into town, cowboys from throughout northwestern Colorado and southwestern Wyoming tended to congregate there to catch up on news while gathering supplies.

The business stayed in the family and was left to their son Atwood and his wife Katherine, who ran it for the next fifty years. Katherine became a frequent patron of L’Apogee and, as she neared retirement, approached Jamie with the offer of purchasing the Harwigs building. They settled the deal and Jamie began extensive renovations to bring the space of his dreams to life.

Along with updates including digging Steamboat’s first and only wine cellar, three private dining rooms for parties from two to thirty people and state-ofthe-art kitchen facilities, Jamie changed the name to Harwig’s L’apogee. The name paid homage to the generations of Harwigs that took care of people’s needs in Steamboat. They would fix your bridle or a hole in your boot. “In Steamboatian, Harwigs means gathering place. It’s a colloquialism,” says Mike Lang, sommelier and manager of the restaurant.

"The restaurant took over the role as a home for generations of Steamboat locals as well as those new to Steamboat.”

Mike and Jamie have worked tirelessly on curating Harwigs’ wine list to over 800 labels, and an impressive by-the-glass offering. They have placed on Wine Spectator’s ‘Best of Award of Excellence’ every year since 1986. With their help, you’re sure to find the perfect bottle to compliment your meal.

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In true Harwigs’ style, Jamie’s son JJ decided he wanted to be involved in the family business. Growing up in the very same kitchen in which he spends his time today, Chef JJ has developed a unique style rich with tradition and technique garnished with modern flair and creativity. The results are such favorites as Duck Confit with charged pumpkin & smoked huckleberry maple, deconstructed Bouillabaisse with lobster torchon, grilled octopus and jalapeño fennel preserves, and Coq Au Vin with 72 hour braised pork belly and burgundy shallot reduction.

"We pay homage to the classics because they are part of who we are, but we’re also constantly evolving our menu,” says JJ, crediting Harwigs' longevity to innovation and passion in the kitchen.

“As we mature, we’re trying to push the envelope by updating our style, yet still keeping the focus on local farms and ranches to stay connected to the seasons.”

The innovative cuisine, exceptional service and welcoming atmosphere have earned them national recognition from numerous critics including Wine Spectator, Wine Enthusiast and Bon Appétit.

“Steamboat is the dream come true,” said Jamie and he’s the perfect example. “I’m going to do just what we do here - work hard and play hard. We want for nothing.” Even with his son running the restaurant, he has no plans to retire. “How would I improve on eating exquisite food, drinking tremendous wines and chatting with fun people? I’m very thankful for all that life (and Steamboat) has given me, and I want to share that with everyone who walks through my door.”

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With the pandemonium of everyday life, taking time to relax and rejuvenate on vacation is crucial to a healthy mind, body and attitude. Voted the number one day spa in Steamboat Springs by locals yet again in 2015, Life Essentials Day Spa is committed to providing that crucial relaxation time in a comfortable, inviting and tranquil environment.

Owner, Pam Peretz, who insists on maintaining a top quality spa experience that delivers on pampering, personally selects the Life Essentials team. She makes sure each staff member has the resources and skill set that truly represents the number one day spa in Steamboat Springs. Leading by example, Peretz has been named Steamboat’s best massage therapist an unprecedented three times.

Nestled in historic downtown Steamboat Springs, Life Essentials sets itself apart by giving clients a full 60-minute massage, not 50 minutes like some other spas. The spa is also well known for its signature “Queen for a Day” massage package.

Offering something for visitors who travel to Steamboat Springs as well as locals, Life Essentials has competitive prices along with a propriety blend of Zenyama skin care products and a wide variety of massages.

Having traveled extensively herself, Peretz takes Life Essentials to another level by offering a wide variety of massage modalities, including ashiatsu, Thai, hot stone, deep tissue, sports, Swedish, prenatal and cranial sacral therapy.

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Come visit the spa in quintessential downtown Steamboat Springs, at 4th and Lincoln next to Bistro C.V., for a spa experience you won’t soon forget.

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A Wild Life Savalox appreciates the work so much that he moved from Vail to Steamboat, a town he was a stranger to, just to open this gallery. After Savalox graduated with a degree in parks and recreation and conservation resource use management, he did an internship with the National Park Service and was later hired as a seasonal ranger in Olympic National Park. While he worked there in the summers, he Instead of the cries of apes or the roars of lions, headed to Vail for the winters. When a hiring freeze Savalox’s ears perk up to “Oooohhhhs” and “ahhhhhs” in the National Parks was enacted, Savalox and his of amazed customers. There are a few people who then wife took permanent jobs in Eagle County. say, “I could take that myself,” of Mangelsen’s awardwinning nature photography to which Savalox thinks, “I was awestruck,” said Savalox of the first time he go ahead and try. Savalox, who has a good eye for saw Mangelsen’s work at the Denver Airport Gallery. photography, knows better than to try himself. “I “I’ve never seen anything like it.” Shortly afterwards don’t pretend to be a photographer, I just appreciate the airport contacted Beaver Creek Sports, which Mangelsen’s work and what he does,” said Savalox. Savalox was running, to ask if they could sell Mangelsen’s work there.

Imagine spending your days surrounded by some of the most stunning and exotic scenery in the world.

This is a place where polar bears live next to wild horses and the snows of Colorado nestle against the deserts of Africa. This is Todd Savalox’s life as the only independent owner of one of Tom Mangelsen’s Images of Nature galleries.

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The appeal of selling Mangelsen’s work wasn’t just the beauty of the work, but the beauty of the photographer behind the work. “I like the person that Tom is, he gives back, he’s a great artist and a genuinely good person,” said Savalox.

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A year later Mangelsen opened a gallery in Vail. Savalox was hired to manage it. Finally he could combine his experience in retail and his affinity for wildlife and nature. Three years later when the lease ran out, Savalox scouted out Steamboat Springs. He was offered a partnership and incentive to move to Steamboat and in 1999 Images of Nature found a new home.

As an example, Savalox tells the story that after thirty years of photography, Mangelsen encountered his first mountain lion and cubs in the National Elk Refuge in Wyoming. That experience inspired him to start the non-profit Cougar Fund to educate people about cougars and in turn help preserve them.

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Savalox had his own first hand experience coming face to face with a mountain lion. When he was in Washington State a cougar came out of the shadows onto the road he was running on. The cat turned and gave him a full profile in the sunlight where he could see the enormous tail sweeping the ground.

“It was one of the most chilling experiences I’ve had.

To see a mountain lion in the wild was one of my great experiences.”

Getting Mangelsen to try shooting something new takes a little patience. For years Savalox tried to convince Mangelsen to photograph Steamboat where the mountains aren’t as dramatic as where the photographer lives. This year he did and his response was, “What took you so long to get me down here?” Savalox also introduced him to one of Northwest Colorado’s little known secrets: wild horses.

Mangelsen’s passion at the time was focused more on polar bears and Pilgrim Creek’s grizzlies, including the story of 399 and her offspring, which was the inspiration for Mangelsen’s latest book.

Finally Mangelsen made time. The experience of seeing bands of wild horses and how connected they are had more of an influence on him than Savalox thought it would. Not long after Mangelsen texted Savalox a picture of wild horses in Cody, Wyoming and again from Montana.

Mangelsen’s photographs don’t just tell a story, they create a connection with his subjects, which in turn can help people’s decisions to preserve habitat and become involved with protecting endangered species. “We can live with these wild animals,” says Savalox. “They don’t have places to live anymore and we have to co-exist. That makes me feel better for my children growing up and their children’s children to know there are wolves and grizzly bears and brown bears. In Steamboat we still have black bears, mountain lions and elk.” In the gallery that Savalox owns, there are more than images, there are possibilities.

When you ask Savalox about his favorite image of Mangelsen’s, he struggles, his eyes moving over image after spectacular image. “Probably ‘A Change of Seasons,” he finally declares. The image is of a moose that has turned to make eye contact with the camera, as the sun casts a glow on rugged mountains in the background

The image was captured in seconds, but took a day of waiting.

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the foreground the fiery red of autumn bushes.

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When he isn’t in the gallery, Savalox spends a lot of his time soaking up the natural world. From flyfishing to skiing to biking and hockey, he lives in the worlds Mangelsen shoots. During his time in Olympic National Park he hiked every mile of the over 600 miles of trails that ran through the park.

Today, with kids, trips are shorter but he still gets out to Rocky Mountain National Park or Jackson Hole, the Tetons and Yellowstone. Around Steamboat you can find Savalox on Emerald Mountain, one of his favorite places, or above Stagecoach, at Steamboat Lake or Pearl Lake. While he may not photograph his adventures, that isn’t to say that he hasn’t had a few. One of his favorite memories was fly-fishing in Alaska where he was within twenty yards of the brown bears who were doing their own salmon fishing. There was also the time he ran into a momma black bear and two cubs across a stream while biking down Creekside trail in Steamboat. Savalox and the bears eyed each other for a while until the bears began to walk up the hill. Savalox waited a few minutes to give them space when he realized they had circled around him and were hiking up behind him. There was also the time he had to move camp because the mountain goats in Olympic National

Park were staring him down and false charging him.

These types of experiences, whether lived in person or lived through the photography of others connects us with our wild soul inside.

This wild soul is what creates buyers for Mangelsen’s photography. Mangelsen was named one of the 40 Most Influential Nature Photographers by Outdoor Photography because of his patience in waiting for the right light and perfect moment, his eye for composition and his skill with a camera. He creates stories through his work that help people understand a different side of life. Many times people come into the gallery and recognize Polar Kiss, the image of a polar bear playing with an arctic sled dog, or Catch of the Day, where a brown bear awaits a salmon with open mouth. Then they get to see the expansiveness of Mangelsen’s work and the extent of his travels and encounters with nature around the world. What most people have a hard time believing is that Mangelsen’s images are pure.

He doesn’t manipulate or digitally alter anything.

There is some color correction but that’s it. What you see is what Mangelsen saw. In a very real sense you enter another time and place through his works.

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What you see in my pictures is what I care about – the natural world, the animals with whom we share this planet. I am interested in bringing that experience into people's homes, into their personal spaces, to remind them what we have to protect and care about. ~ Tom Mangelsen

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Olivia's INTERIOR DESIGN & HOME FURNISHINGS

345 Anglers Drive Steamboat Springs, CO 970.879.1893

Olivia DESIGNER 970.846.6640

Your Vision — Your Budget — Unparalleled Customer Service

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C O M F O R TA B L E E L E G A N C E Most often described as “comfortably elegant” this jewelry store otherwise defies the usual descriptions. The casual atmosphere and no pressure sales style speaks to the Steamboat lifestyle and attitude – you won’t find uptight salespeople in suits but will still discover the finest quality diamonds and beautiful colored stones.

As crafters of custom jewelry, Hofmeister Personal Jewelers has established their Steamboat Snowflake Collection as a must-have keepsake. Snowflake pendants and earrings are staples, while some like to personalize a custom one-of-akind 3D cowboy boot featuring a Steamboat Snowflake Spur.

Whether you select an in-stock piece or choose to customize your own, the possibilities are endless.

The joke at the bridal counter is that Hofmeister’s “specializes in bulletproof”. With the active lifestyle locally, they often custom build engagement rings that feature well protected stones and low profile settings. A trapeze artist with a visiting circus fell in love with one of their ring designs and continues to put it to the test flying through the air hanging from the trapeze years later!

Offering Private Champagne Shopping Experiences for those wishing to truly make their vacation special, celebrate an anniversary, or elevate a random weekday to holiday status, they’ve done everything from covering the store in rose petals to removing every single piece except for the one you’ve chosen.

Come experience Steamboat Hospitality in this fine jewelry store, and find gifts to meet any budget.

Located at 729 Lincoln Avenue downtown, you will find a selection that attracts locals and visitors alike!

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Bistro C.V. has maintained impeccable relationships with over 30 purveyors, most of them coming from the Yampa Valley or upper Rocky Mountain region.

Whether it’s locally foraged mushrooms atop rabbit ears pass or fish caught by the indigenous Quillayute Indians, they approach these premium ingredients, and those who harness them, with respect and passion. The result is dishes that are both delicious and visually exquisite. Each day the bistro staff gathers early to prep and polish, taste and transform, so guests can experience Vaughn's elaborate vision in a quaint mountain town setting.

In spring 2016, Vaughn has been invited to cook at the prestigious James Beard House in New York City.

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New Rocky Mountain Cuisine

Wanting to provide his guests with what he has dubbed, "New Rocky Mountain Cuisine," he opened bistro in 2007 to create locally-inspired dishes in a sophisticated setting…much like his mentor, Norman Van Aken. It was Van Aken who transformed Southern Florida and Caribbean cuisine into the globally popular “new world” cuisine. And while bistro continues to evolve over the years, it remains focused on the very best indigenous ingredients available through all four seasons and provides abundant hospitality and attention to detail.

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Bistro C.V. is a constantly evolving artistic expression of chef Brian Vaughn's culinary experience and unbridled enthusiasm.

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The newly expanded and renovated Tread of Pioneers Museum offers something for everyone. The heart of the museum is a 1908 Queen Anne-style Victorian home with turn-of-the-century furnishings. Engaging and interactive exhibits feature the local and regional history of Native Americans, skiing, agriculture, mining, pioneer settlement, town development, and more. The Western Heritage Exhibit, home of an extensive firearms collection, traces our agricultural history and the story of an infamous outlaw, Harry Tracy. Special museum features include computer and video interactive exhibits, hands-on exhibits for kids, Kids Scavenger Hunt, oral history library, local history research center, unique museum gift shop, and an historic photograph collection.

The Museum's name is derived from a John Greenleaf Whittier quotation: "I hear the tread of the pioneers of nations yet to be, the first low wash of waves where soon will roll a human sea."

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STRINGS MUSIC FESTIVAL Nestled in the valley of a world-class ski resort, The Strings Music Pavilion, built of exposed timber with a bowstring-like truss ceiling, was designed to showcase the magnificent sound inside. The relatively small 560-seat music venue provides an intimate evening for concert-goers. Shaking hands with a musician after the concert is just part of the experience.

Summer highlights for 2016 include an ambitious beginning on June 26 when the Strings Festival Orchestra joins The Fab Four, recognized as the best Beatles tribute band in the world. The season continues with an orchestra accompanying the famous Chaplin film The Gold Rush, and an evening of brass arrangements of beloved movie favorites from John Williams.

Under the direction of new Music Director Michael Sachs, the 2016 classical season features principal players and concertmasters from leading orchestras across the nation. Members from the Cleveland Orchestra, LA Philharmonic, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Houston Symphony and the New York Philharmonic, along with many others, will share the stage this summer during an 8-week season featuring twelve classical performances.

The 2016 season will feature classical, bluegrass, country, folk and Americana music, along with a Youth and Family series and free concerts at the Yampa River Botanic Park.

Upcoming Concerts

January 22, DeadPhish Orchestra January 30, Cliburn Pianist Fei-Fei Dong March 5, Del McCoury and David Grisman 970.879.5056 | StringsMusicFestival.com

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Stepping into Vertical Arts’ Steamboat office is an inspiring experience. One immediately encounters a space that is full of life, unique style, and intrigue. The space is grounded by Stel House + Home, an eclectic retail showroom that showcases Vertical Arts’ Interior Design sensibilities as well as local artisans and custom designed furnishings. Upstairs is a full-service Architectural firm that houses Architects, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers.

Combined, they create a unique company that shouldn’t be missed.

Throughout Steamboat VA is known for pushing the boundaries of what is considered traditional mountain architecture. The designers believe each client is different, which is reflected in the personalized, individual development of each project. VA carefully selects an in-house team to care for each client through every stage of the design and building process. This ensures each project is a unified whole that has one voice and one vision.

The result of this process creates stunning homes, memorable offices spaces, and Brandt Vanderbosch, AIA and founding timeless commercial projects. Over the past Principal Architect, started Vertical Arts in 2004 10 years VA has designed hundreds of projects after working for seven years in the Vail Valley ranging from custom dining tables to mixedEach project receives the and Aspen. For his new venture he wanted to use buildings. create a firm where Architecture, Interior Design oversight and attention that make its details and Landscape Architecture was combined truly remarkable. under one roof. Today, Vertical Arts has over 20 employees across three offices in Steamboat, For more information visit Vertical-Arts.

Denver and the Vail Valley. Vertical Arts has com or swing by the showroom in Wildhorse become a one-stop shop for all design needs. Marketplace and see for yourself.

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Up here you'll find the lightest, driest, fluffiest snow on earth, Champagne Powder® snow. You'll also find six towering peaks, 3,000 acres and 165 trails that offer up a little bit of everything — from perfect beginner runs, to long cruisers, to the steep and deep — and just for a little icing on the cake, some flat-out awesome tree skiing. What else would you expect from a place called Ski Town, U.S.A.®?

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Happy Trails Enjoy an amazing journey through the Colorado scenery on a guided horseback ride. This favorite pastime gives you and your family the opportunity to ride through snow-blanketed aspen trees and valleys. Horses are available for all riding abilities via multiple ranches in the area. With over 10,000 acres of majestic wilderness, once you leave the corrals you will not see a sign of civilization until your return.

Alternatively, you can cozy up under blankets for a romantic sleigh ride adventure before enjoying a delicious three course meal in the heart of Ski Town, U.S.A.速 Steamboat Ski Resort can make your equestrian dreams come true. For more information visit them at Steamboat.com, or call 877.783.2628.

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Every community has unique assets, the most important of which is people.

It is widely understood that artisans and cultural resources are key elements of a healthy community. Creatives have tools to enhance our community’s offerings, tap into resources that build pride and communicate Steamboat’s identity.

However you express yourself, whether in the making of art, writing, acting, music, dance, or design; through creativity we speak in a unique voice. Art connects us to others, and the Arts Council connects those many creative voices. Individuals, organizations and business owners are looking for new ways to collaborate with each other and we are so very excited about these prospects.

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One thing that rises to the top of the list of all of those fabulous ideas is an aspect of creativity. Cities and towns in Colorado and around the nation are quickly realizing that creative endeavors aren’t just for expendable income, entertainment and frivolities. The creative industries actually contribute significantly to our economy and provide a connectedness to humanity that we deeply desire. Connecting our community of locals and visitors is foundational to our ability to promote

Creative endeavors take us beyond familiar concepts and ideas, into the realm of ‘what ifs’ and ‘why nots’. The creative realm requires a sense of daring; a willingness to take the plunge into unique self-expression. The Arts Council is here to support that plunge. Indulge in the delights of your senses at the Arts Council, where symphonic sounds fill the mountain air, authors intrigue with the written word, performers tempts us to move and visual creations burst with color and originality in the mountain town of Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

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Experiencing culture whether it is through a musical concert, the written word, culinary delights or public art enables us to communicate on a deeper level with each other. We have the opportunity to implement so many bright, innovative ideas in our community that celebrate our unique story.

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The Arts Council provides an amazing variety of creative opportunities in Steamboat Springs.

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