New Year’s Eve in Steamboat Springs: Fireworks, Music & More

Steamboat will be bringing in the New Year with Ski Town USA style and a little Western grace. Head up to the Gondola Square to watch the Sprint Torchlight Parade and Firework display. The Steamboat Ski & Snowboard school hosts this event with a spectacular on-snow parade down the mountain! The only light guiding them down the run is the torches and maybe some light from the moon! After the torchlight parade a fireworks display will light up the Steamboat Ski Resort to bring in the New Year! This event is free and open to the public and the best viewing is in Gondola Square. The parade begins at 7:00pm.

In downtown Steamboat, head to the Ghost Ranch Saloon at 9:00 pm, to see Missed the Boat, a home town Steamboat band, who recently recorded their debut album “Rollin”, that was also nominated for the 2010 Grammy's in 4 categories! Missed the Boat plays through out Colorado with their unique Americana-Rock sound and is taking the Colorado and National music scene by surprise.

Also head over to Mahogany Ridge for a different sound from Peace Officer- show starts at 10:00 p.m. Peace Officer is a live-band hip hop crew from Fort Collins, Colorado, playing their own brand of socially conscious dub-oriented music.

And last but not least head to the Old Town Pub to hear James and the Devil - show starts at 10:00 pm. James and the Devil has an original style with spin-offs of Rock'n'Roll sounds with MountainGrass, funk, hip hop, and rhythmic dance chemistry that makes you want to move!

Come to Steamboat for the New Year and receive great lodging deals with ResortQuest Steamboat that will make 2010 begin a little sweeter!

Last Minute Gift Ideas for Christmas: Shop Locally in Steamboat.

If you are still looking for the perfect last minute Christmas gifts for all your loved ones, Steamboat’s wide array of stores and boutiques will have the unique and one of a kind gifts to match your one of a kind friends and family.

Some favorite stores of the locals include:

• Over the Moon, for awesome accessories, bags and jewelry.
• Bucking Rainbow for the fisherman or fisherwoman in you life.
• Embellishments for the lovely unique and beautiful gifts for around the home.
• Little Moon Essentials for fantastic, organic hand made lotions soaps and great massages.
• Epilogue Books for any book you could want and if they don’t have it they will order it!
• Ski Haus for all the gear you could ever want or need- summer and winter!
• Steaming Bean Café for yummy coffee and great gift certificates for the caffeine lovers.
• Steamboat Shoe Market they have all the fun, functional, and trendy styles of shoes and boots! And there are soo many more shops to discover and love!

This Christmas is about shopping locally to help support Steamboat Springs. For more ideas check out the holiday gift guide in our local paper, the Steamboat Pilot & Today. Don't forget, when you stay with ResortQuest Steamboat our concierges are happy to help you find everything you may need in Steamboat.

Perhaps the greatest gift of all: a Steamboat ski vacation! Check out ResortQuest’s great winter ski vacation deals and give your family a lifetime of fabulous memories.

Winter Olympic Trials in Steamboat Springs, CO

See the top Olympic athletes compete on Steamboat's Howelsen Hill and at the Steamboat Ski Resort for their spot on the U.S. Olympic Team!

These athletes will have one chance to make one of the 5 spots going to the 2010 winter games in Vancouver! The 5 spots include:one in men's moguls, one in women's moguls, one in men's aerials, one in women's aerials and one Nordic combined skier.

Steamboat Springs will be the place to see these athletes compete their way to making the U.S. Olympic team on Dec. 23-24 in Steamboat Springs! But it is not too uncommon to see an Olympic athlete or two in town. Over 80 Olympic athletes either grew up in Steamboat Springs, live here now, or were members of the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club.

These trials will be as close as you can get to the thrills, skill and passion that is involved with the Olympics and it is right here in Steamboat Springs. Get your lodging now and spend an amazing Christmas week in Ski Town, U.S.A. ® with ResortQuest Steamboat.

2010 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS - FREESTYLE SKIING/NORDIC COMBINED EVENTS

Dec. 23, 2009

■ 8:30 a.m. Nordic combined trial jumps at Howelsen Hill
■ 9 to 9: 30 a.m. Nordic combined competition jumps at Howelsen Hill
■ 11:30 a.m. to noon Nordic combined 10-kilometer cross-country race at the rodeo grounds at Howelsen Hill
■ 12:45 p.m. Moguls showcase at Voo Doo ski run at Steamboat Ski Area
■ 1 to 1:45 p.m. Men’s and women’s moguls Run 1 at Voo Doo ski run at Steamboat Ski Area
■ 2 to 2:45 p.m. Men’s and women’s moguls Run 2 at Voo Doo ski run
■ 3:30 p.m. Final Awards for all events at Gondola Square at Steamboat Ski Area
■ 4 p.m. Concert at Gondola Square — Big Head Todd and the Monsters

Dec. 24, 2009

■ 10 to 10:30 a.m. Aerials Run 1 at Voo Doo ski run at Steamboat Ski Area

■ 10:40 to 11:10 a.m. Aerials Run 2 at Voo Doo ski run at Steamboat Ski Area
■ 11:30 a.m. Aerials awards at Voo Doo ski run at Steamboat Ski Area
All events are free and open to the public

Dec. 26, 2009
■ Trials scheduled to air on NBC at 2:30 p.m. ET

Update 12/23/2009: The first moguls run on Voo Doo ski trail at Steamboat Ski Area takes place at 1 p.m. today for the men and women. The second run is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.
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Kids Fly Free To Steamboat Springs, CO

Who says you can’t get something for Free?
Steamboat and partnering airlines, American Airlines and Delta are giving incredible flight deals for families traveling to Steamboat this holiday season. With a purchase of an adult airline ticket, one kid 12 years old or younger flies for free during January 3, 2010 through February 12, 2010. (Conditions and black out dates apply, click here for more deal information.)

This deal coincides perfectly with the holidays and great snow conditions in the Rockies. So what are you waiting for?

Book your stay now with ResortQuest Steamboat and receive fabulous lodging deals, and this Kids Fly Free deal. To make the savings even sweeter you can combine all those deals with Kids Ski Free and Kids Rent Free programs! This is the best vacation deal that Steamboat has ever offered! And it is not often when your children will cost you next to nothing! Visit ResortQuest Steamboat for more information on all these incredible money saving deals- you can still go on vacation this season!