Steamboat
Epic! That word is spoken enthusiastically on powder days in Steamboat. My backcountry companions say it often; we can be a bit smug about our tele excursions into unofficial terrain like Way Right, Drunken Indian, Storm King and North Woods. But the truth is, Back in the Day, Loris and Buddy Werner and their friends had truly epic ski adventures. In the 1950s, they’d drive up Rabbit Ears to the top of Hogan Park Trail… before it was a marked Forest Service route. They’d put skins over their alpine skis and break trail all the way to what is now Morningside. That’s seven miles. Once there, they’d build a snow cave, light a fire and settle in for the night.
Epic! That word is spoken enthusiastically on powder days in Steamboat. My backcountry companions say it often; we can be a bit smug about our tele excursions into unofficial terrain like Way Right, Drunken Indian, Storm King and North Woods. But the truth is, Back in the Day, Loris and Buddy Werner and their friends had truly epic ski adventures. In the 1950s, they’d drive up Rabbit Ears to the top of Hogan Park Trail… before it was a marked Forest Service route. They’d put skins over their alpine skis and break trail all the way to what is now Morningside. That’s seven miles. Once there, they’d build a snow cave, light a fire and settle in for the night.
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The fasTesT women in The ski<br />
world came to town in 1989, when the<br />
steamboat ski area hosted downhill and<br />
super-G world Cup races in february and<br />
again in december.<br />
The whole town was abuzz with<br />
excitement. Busboys doubled as racecourse<br />
volunteers, the party scene came alive, and<br />
Ceo martin hart identified the races as one<br />
of the reasons kamori kanko decided to<br />
purchase the steamboat ski area.<br />
“it was such a big deal,” recalls artist<br />
Cheryl wiles, who created posters and limited<br />
edition watercolor prints for the events. at the<br />
time, wiles was living in steamboat springs,<br />
where she was pursuing an active outdoor<br />
lifestyle and putting her energy into the<br />
steamboat springs arts Council.<br />
“over a glass of wine with (former ski<br />
Corp. president) Gary mielke, the idea<br />
of creating a unique piece of art for the<br />
steamboat ski area’s first world Cup race<br />
was born,” wiles recalls. “it was a marvelous<br />
experience because i got to be involved in a<br />
special way with the races and festivities.”<br />
wiles visited ski magazine and spyder<br />
skiwear headquarters in Boulder to conduct<br />
research for the series. she also did a bit of<br />
“powder research” on mount werner.<br />
By the time wiles left the area in 1991<br />
with her husband, she had designed a series<br />
of prints, many of which still hang on the<br />
walls of the ski area’s administration offices.<br />
she also created Christmas cards depicting<br />
local scenes like the steamboat barn, llama<br />
trekking and elk feeding.<br />
Today Wiles is a tele skier who lives in<br />
Nederland. She is a professional photographer,<br />
whose work can be seen at artistiphotography.<br />
com. She still has prints for sale from her<br />
<strong>Steamboat</strong> days.<br />
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Artwork for the 1989 Women’s World Cup downhill race at <strong>Steamboat</strong> Ski Area.<br />
Darlinda Maxwell Baldinger<br />
Ch Loe Lawrence<br />
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<strong>Steamboat</strong> maGaZine | SKI SEASON 2012/13 | 39<br />
Courtesy Cheryl Wiles
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