Steamboat Springs!
By: Kate balay
Recreation Activities
 Visit “Strawberry Park Natural Hot Springs”
 Go skiing and snowboarding at “Mount Werner”
 Go fishing and visit the waterfall at “Fish Creek Falls”
 Participate in White Water Rafting trips * Watersports and tubing are also very fun
and popular activities to do in Steamboat Springs*
 do in Steamboat Springs* Strawberry Park
White Water Rafting io on theon
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on the Yampa River
biosphere,geosphere,hydrosphere,and atmosphere
People go White Water Rafting down the Yampa River, then the
force of the water creates abrasion underneath the river, causing
rocks to weather into sediment. Then the sediment collects on the
banks, which erodes the land causing the river to get wider. While
people are doing all of that hard work, the thin air can make them
nauseous because of Steamboat Springs elevation.
deer (biosphere)
rocks (geosphere)
river (hyrdosphere)
thin air which the deer are
breathing (atmosphere)
Living,Working,&Buildings/Roads
 Tourists will visit for the outdoor recreational activities such as skiing, hiking, rafting,
and hot air ballooning.
 Ranchers live there because of the wide open ranges.
 Engineers live there to build new buildings and work at the ski resorts.
 There are numerous coal mines located near Steamboat Springs.
 Athletes live and visit there for all of the outdoor experiences including skiing,
snowboarding, and bicycling.
 US Route 40 connects Steamboat with Utah and is popular with truck drivers.
 The population of Steamboat Springs has grown 71% in 20 years leading to many new
buildings, hotels, restaurants, condos, and houses.
 The population of Steamboat Springs in 2010 was 12,319 people.
Landform Features
 The elevation of downtown Steamboat Springs is 6,695 feet. The elevation at the summit of
Mount Werner is 10,568 feet
 The types of rock found in Steamboat Springs are Precambrian metamorphic rocks, schist,
gneiss, amphibolite, quartz and feldspar. Volcanic rock is also found along Rabbit Ears Peak.
 The Yampa River Valley is made up of erodible sedimentary formations. These formations are
Mesa Verde sandstones and Mancos shales.
 Various engineering companies are using vegetated slopes to control erosion on riverbanks,
shorelines, and highway embankments.
 Near Steamboat Springs there is the Mount Zirkel Wilderness area. Located there, are glacial
lakes and paraglacial landforms. There is evidence of past and current glaciation. When glaciers
melt they leave behind crushed rock and sand which creates depositional landforms, such as
the Mount Zirkel Wilderness area.
Landform Features Cont.
 The Yampa River which is 250 miles long flows through Steamboat Springs. It is the second
largest watershed in Colorado. This is a popular river with rafters and tubers.
 Strawberry Park Natural Hot Springs is formed from hot springs that flow from the hillside
into the creeks and pools below. There are 150 mineral hot springs in the Steamboat Springs
area.
 A special formation in Steamboat Springs is Fish Creek Falls. Fish Creek Falls is a 283 foot
waterfall created by snowmelt running off a cliff and into a creek below.
 A future land change that might be seen in the Steamboat Springs area is a proposal to pump
water from the Yampa River under the Continental Divide to the cities of the Front Range.
This would cause the river to be lower in the late summer. The Yampa is one of the only
rivers in the West that has only a few small dams.
Topography of steamboat springs
Visiting Steamboat Springs
My family and I ALWAYS
go to Steamboat Springs
every Labor Day, since I
was 4 years old. My family
gets invited there because,
my dad flies and does cool
tricks with his RC
helicopters, for the “Wild
West Air Fest” which is an
air show. I know a lot about
tourist attractions and fun
things to do at Steamboat
Springs, like horse-backriding and going down the
Alpine Slide!