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Colorado - Colorado Springs - Snowboarding Zone
The Steamboat Springs ski resort next door to Colorado Springs, Colorado is one of the biggest and best winter resorts in the world – some of the best facilities for snowboarders are there, along with a truly huge amount of space on the mountain and a long vertical distance which provides you with a great winter vacation experience whether you are snowboarding, skiing or interested in any other kind of downhill winter sports.
One of the many features that visitors to Colorado Springs, Colorado and the nearby Steamboat Springs resort area can take advantage of is Mavericks – the longest superpipe in the country. If you want to have a great time building up speed and performing jumps and tricks to improve your snowboarding skills the Marvericks superpipe is the perfect place for you to get the room and the air that you need.
Steamboat Springs also has a great terrain park that you can enjoy on your snowboard, featuring a large number of rails and jumps, all professionally designed. The city of Colorado Springs and the resort area of Steamboat Springs has turned out many winter Olympians and professional skiers over the years, and the resort is designed to be open more often than other resorts with the superpipe and terrain park areas being serviced by snowmakers so that you can get started on the snowboarding season earlier at Steamboat Springs than anywhere else.
The Steamboat Springs winter resort is based around a total of six mountains and in addition to the great features which were already on the mountain new things are continually being added to the park – for example, recently a new 18 foot Zaugg superpipe cutter was added to Steamboat Springs, which has an elliptical shape that makes it easier for you to land after you make a jump and maintain your speed.
Even if you are just starting out with snowboarding and want to take some beginning lessons you will be able to have a great time at Steamboat Springs – the area which has been called Ski Town U.S.A. offers a wide range of trails for beginners, intermediates and experts so that you can keep going back to the park and trying new things as your abilities improve and grow. This combined with the changes and additions that are constantly being made to the park mean that Steamboat Springs will grow with you over the years and is sure to become one of your favorite winter getaway destinations.
In addition to all of the great things that you can enjoy on the six mountains of Steamboat Springs, the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado itself is a great place for you to go for après ski activities and nightlife, and the area around the city is home to all kinds of great nature activities as well as fun entertainment and cultural events that will make this vacation one of the best ones that you have ever had. Make Colorado Springs, Colorado your choice for your next winter getaway and you will not be disappointed!
