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Great Times In Steamboat

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Ski Town USA. Home of champagne powder. Amazing tree skiing. The Boat.
Dramatic scenery. World-class skiing. I want to go back!

These phrases and more are used to describe Steamboat Springs, Colorado,
the destination of our 2012 Chicago Week. Trip leader Sue Finis and assistant
trip leader Rick Drew arrived a day early to make sure everything was set for
our large group. The next day, Feb. 25, almost 320 skiers from CMSC member
clubs departed Chicago en masse. Final destination: Steamboat.
© Larry Pierce/Steamboat Steamboat, where over five feet of snow had blanketed the mountain the

previous week. How could it get any better than that? FIVE FEET of fresh
powder? Add the almost three feet more that fell while we were there! Powder
skiers rejoiced. Groomed run enthusiasts were ecstatic. Tree skiers were in
Nirvana. Obviously, we eagerly looked forward to hitting this fresh powder.

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