Half a century ago on the broad cattle plains around the town of Steamboat Springs, one of the local rangers - a man named John Fetcher - stopped to look up at the peaks in the distance and suddenly thought to himself, "Hey, why not put a ski lift up there?..." Fast forward nearly 50 years and Steamboat has been developed into a world-class, family-friendly and forward-thinking ski resort with numerous accolades under its belt and an awesome snow record with over 30 feet of snow falling on average each and every year. "Champagne Powder" was coined to describe the amazing snow quality here and you'd be hard pressed to find tree skiing to rival Steamboat.

[caption id="attachment_4520" align="aligncenter" width="300"] View of Steamboat today[/caption]

We're joining in the celebrations to wish Steamboat resort a Happy 50th Birthday and we're delighted to offer you the chance to enter our Steamboat give-away. To be in with a chance of winning a quality ski jacket courtesy of this excellent resort, visit our Facebook page to enter our caption competition which will be running over the course of the next 5 weeks.

We have 5 jackets to give away and will be announcing the winners at the end of the competition. Each week we will run a different photo for you to caption and the winners will be chosen by the Ski Independence & Steamboat panel of esteemed judges. [caption id="attachment_4517" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Now... which was one mine?[/caption] Keep up to date with news and happenings in Steamboat for its 50th anniversary year by following Jenny O'Farrell's "Postcard from Steamboat" posts on this blog: Postcard From Steamboat - Part 1 / Postcard From Steamboat - Part 2 
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