STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — A 2020-21 ski season at Steamboat Resort was never a guarantee.
After the 2019-20 season was cut short in March 2020, the community quickly began to wonder how long COVID-19 restrictions would last and if people would be allowed to return to the mountain. Local leaders and health officials held meetings with Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp. and continually asked what everyone was thinking: Could a new season happen, how could it happen safely and what would have to change?
The answer largely rested in the ability of local officials, the resort and the community to work together in slowing the spread.