Steamboat Springs Events
Steamboat Springs Winter Carnival
Feb 5 - Feb 9, 2025
The Winter Carnival celebration includes a variety of events that embrace Steamboat's western heritage and highlight our tradition of winter sports. This unique event includes everything from kids pulled on skis behind horses down a snow-covered main street, to the Lighted Man at the Night Show Extravaganza whose battery-powered suit weighs 70 pounds
Light Up the Night Celebration
Feb 15, 2025
Join us for the Steamboat Light the Night Celebration. This evening of sensory delight features four magnificent hot air balloons that will illuminate the Mountain Village from 5:30 - 6:30pm. The celebration culminates with fireworks and a Torchlight Parade. Spectators can stroll among the standing balloons or watch from the warmth of a slope side eatery. Timber & Torch and The Range Food & Drink Hall will be open to warm up and enjoy dinner and drinks. The merriment doesn't end there - continue the fun with night skiing or take a twirl on Skeeter's Ice Rink.
Steamboat WinterWondergrass
Feb 28 - Mar 2, 2025
WinterWonderGrass Festival will return to Steamboat Resort February 28 - March 2, 2025! Since 2013, WinterWonderGrass has been a grassroots mountainside gathering celebrating all things natural: bluegrass, roots & craft brew! This year, WinterWonderGrass Festival keeps that spirit alive bringing together authentic bluegrass music and Colorado craft beer for one of the best music festivals of the season. The festival features over 20 Colorado craft breweries with complimentary beer tasting from 2:00pm - 4:00pm and more than 25 bands during this three day event.
Steamboat Springalicious Festival
Apr 1 - Apr 13, 2025
Incredible Colorado bluebird sunny days, hilarious and fun events and a boatload of snow mean spring will shine a whole lot brighter in Steamboat-Ski Town, U.S.A.®. Steamboat celebrates the close of the winter season with a weeklong festival, including Springalicious festivities, fun events such as the Cardboard Classic and Splashdown Pond Skim and FREE music concerts.
Cardboard Classic
Apr 12, 2025
The Cardboard Classic, Steamboat's traditional rite of spring returns to the Steamboat Ski Area for the 43nd year. This wild and hilarious race features homemade cardboard crafts, constructed only from cardboard, glue, string, water based paint, duct tape, masking tape, balloons and other decorations, racing down Stampede to a hysterical finish. These ingenious creations make for an event not to be missed.
Splashdown Pond Skim
Apr 13, 2025
The Splashdown Pond Skimming Championships Hits Steamboat once again on Sunday, April 13! Celebrating another fantastic season at Steamboat, this event has antics like you wouldn't believe. The Splashdown Pond Skimming Championships brings brave (and slightly crazy) skiers and riders in costume with a dream - of crossing the icy pond successfully - and, if they're lucky, with style!
SBT GRVL
Jun 26 - Jun 29, 2025
SBT GRVL is a world-class gravel race experience held on the greatest gravel roads on Earth in and around the magnificent Steamboat Springs, CO. The unique combination of the quiet roads surrounding a thriving resort town create a setting for an incredible gravel bike race.
