Editing Steamboat Springs, Colorado (section)

== Sports ==
[[File:Steamboat springs ski resort.jpg|thumb|left|The ski resort at Steamboat Springs]]
Steamboat Springs offers skiing opportunities and has been the locale for skiing competitions including the [[1989 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1989]] and [[1990 Alpine Skiing World Cup]].{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

The Yampa river is a location for water sports like fishing, rafting, tubing, and kayaking ([[playboating]]). The {{convert|4|mi|km|adj=on}} [[International Scale of River Difficulty|grade II-III]]<ref>[http://www.eddyflower.com/RunDetail.aspx?RunId=468 Steamboat Town Run] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080629103202/http://www.eddyflower.com/RunDetail.aspx?RunId=468|date=June 29, 2008}} (retrieved September 29, 2008)</ref> whitewater run through town ends with two surfable [[whitewater#Holes|holes]]. One is called ''D-Hole''; the other one—near the library, close to the Steamboat Spring—is named ''Charlie's Hole'' or ''C-Hole'' for short, after local kayaker Charlie Beavers (1981–2002). Beavers started kayaking at age 12,<ref>[http://www.boatertalk.com/forum/BoaterTalk/260927 post by Peter Van De Carr in boatertalk.com (23 October, 2002)] (retrieved September 29, 2008)</ref> was the first to explore a number of rivers ("first descents"),<ref>e.g., lower [[Jasper Creek (Colorado)|Jasper Creek]] (near [[Eldora, Colorado]]) in 2001, with pictures of Charlie Beavers: [http://www.coloradokayaking.com/main.php?pageid=Rivers&riverid=jasper41c0d5d5bd66f Nick Wigston: Upper and Lower Jasper, Super Gnar. JASPER: In memory of Charlie Beavers (1981–2002).] (retrieved September 29, 2008)</ref> and successfully contended in playboating competitions. He died in a non-boating accident in 2002. The hole<ref>[http://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/2003/jun/07/yampa_river_festival/ Erin Ragan (7 June, 2003). Yampa River Festival. Crazy dogs, brave kayakers turn out for 23rd annual event. ''Steamboat Pilot & Today''.] (both retrieved September 29, 2008)</ref> and some kayaking events<ref>''Charlie Beavers Classic'' race: [http://www.steamboatpilot.com/photos/galleries/2007/may/29/paddling_life_pro_invitational/ Paddling Life Pro Invitational]<br />
''Charlie Beavers Memorial Expedition'': [http://7riversexpedition.blogspot.com/ The 7 Rivers Expedition (blog)] (both retrieved September 29, 2008)</ref> were dedicated to him.

[[File:Steamboat Springs C-Hole.jpg|thumb|Kayakers at Charlie's Hole on the [[Yampa River]]]]
Every year on the first weekend of June, Steamboat Springs organizes the ''Yampa River Festival''. It includes a kayak rodeo (i.e., a playboating competition) which attracts national and international world class playboaters. Additional events include, but are not limited to, a downriver race which is Colorado's only upstream slalom race, and the Crazy River Dog Contest, in which dogs retrieve sticks from the river and may pass a whitewater section.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://coloradoexplorer.com/events/yampariverfestival/view |title=Annual Yampa River Festival |access-date=September 29, 2008 |archive-date=July 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708175544/http://coloradoexplorer.com/events/yampariverfestival/view |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The defunct ski area [[Stagecoach, Colorado|Stagecoach]] is about {{convert|20|mi|km|spell=in}} south of Steamboat. It lasted two ski seasons, closing in 1974.