Steamboat Springs Colorado is known as “Ski Town USA.” It is the home of “Champagne Powder” and world class skiing. No other city in the United States has had as many Winter Olympic athletes compete on the US Ski Team, 89 and counting. With such a rich alpine heritage, it is not surprising to find one of the most popular ski runs named after one of the local athletes.
The coordinates will take you to the marker memorializing this athlete. The dialogue on the marker identifies the relationship between the community and this athlete. The answers to the questions are also there. The spirit of this hunt presumes that you will be skiing at Steamboat. If you plan it correctly, you will get quite close with two ski lift rides, a ski run down a groomed intermediate slope and some traversing. It should only take a couple of minutes to read the remarks on the monument. You might want to write the information down. Then you can go off and enjoy the namesake run of this Steamboat resident. It is also a groomed intermediate, blue run. This is also the path that many skiers start their ski day with.
Although I have not visited Steamboat in the Summer, there are numerous mountain bike trails in the ski area. It is also a great place to hike. Getting to the monument on a hike increases the difficulty. From the base area, the coordinates are three thousand feet higher and more than a couple of miles away. A mountain bike would be easier, but you might have to manage some pretty good grades.
To qualify your find, please send me an email with the answers to these questions. Remember, no answers are to be given in your log entry no matter how vague they might be.
1. What adjacent mountain peak is also named after this Steamboat resident?
2. What is the name of the artist that created the monument?
3. On what day was the monument dedicated?
I understand the local custom is to give Buddy a pat on the head for good luck and good snow.
I hope you liked the information about the Steamboat area. BTW, take a picture (optional) of what you find and "upload" the photo to the Cache Page. I know I enjoy seeing the monument in different years and different seasons. Hopefully other cachers will enjoy them and enjoy the hunt.
Good Skiing to all,
~~InsideEdge