Steamboat Springs, Colorado is truly an amazing town. We are extremely proud of our Olympic heritage. A recent Olympian send-off party brought out 5,000 locals to wish our hometown heroes "good luck". The Bud Werner Library is currently hosting the "Our Winter Olympic Tradition" display, with a focus on our Winter Olympics history, Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club history, and current Steamboat Springs athletes to look for in the 2010 games.
Steamboat is known around the globe simply as Ski Town, USA and has produced more winter Olympians than any other town in North America, now a record 76 and counting. This year we sent 17 Steamboat athletes to compete at the 2010 Games in Vancouver. In December, Steamboat Springs was the site for the U.S. Olympic trials. Park Smalley, considered the “godfather of freestyle skiing” has made his home in Steamboat Springs since 1976. The Park Smalley Freestyle Complex was the training ground for the 2002, 2006, and 2010 Olympic Freestyle teams and the last stop for the US Freestyle teams before going to the winter games. It is also the site of several World Cup events as well as Olympic qualifying events. The Canadian Freestyle team also trained there before heading to Utah for the 2002 Olympics.
Steamboat is also home to the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club, one of the country's oldest and most successful clubs, as well as Howelsen Hill. Howelsen Hill boasts a remarkable heritage. It is the oldest ski area in continuous use in Colorado, and has the largest and most complete natural ski jumping complex in North America. Howelsen Hill was recently acknowledged as a "Pioneer Ski Resort" by the International Skiing History Association and the Colorado Ski & Snowboard Museum and Hall of Fame.
Take a weekend to visit Ski Town, USA and take part in our Olympic Spirit.
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