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Steamboat Springs Colorado Backcountry Skiing
When you want to experience the best of backcountry skiing / heli skiing, there is no better place to start than in Steamboat Springs Colorado. You’ll find many places throughout Steamboat Springs and the entire Rocky Mountain area to experience the world’s finest powder and mountains. There is no better place to try backcountry skiing / heli skiing.
Arrangements for backcountry tours can be made through Steamboat Ski Touring Center. The most popular area for backcountry skiing around Steamboat Springs is Rabbit Ears Pass, southeast of town. A popular backcountry spot is Seedhouse Road, about 25 mi north of Steamboat near the town of Clark. A marked network of trails across the rolling hills has good views of distant peaks.
There is a perfect balance between invigorating exercise and relaxing tranquility when you are out in the backcountry on skis. Whether you are a novice or an accomplished powder hound, you will find your personal paradise somewhere on the thousands of acres of National Forest that surround us. You can ski on a frozen lake, across an open meadow, through the aspens or pine groves, at the bottom of a ravine with dramatic rock outcroppings, or up a mountainside, then down the other side. The views and vistas and the sounds of silence are fabulous.
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