The elite US ski town that flies under the radar of many Australians
Discover the American resort that’s bred the most winter Olympians. After a $US200 million overhaul, Steamboat’s 1500 hectares across six peaks is the place to be.
Tacked up next to the Timber and Torch restaurant bar at the Steamboat Springs mountain base is a sign: “When athletes gather in Utah they call it the Winter Games. In Steamboat they call it Tuesday.”
It’s a tongue-in-cheek nod to the deep pride Steamboat takes in breeding the most winter Olympians – 100 and counting – of any town in America, and why the resort is better known as Ski Town USA.
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