Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Ahead of the slopestyle curve, Steamboat ushered in the decade by adding its first halfpipe to Bashor Bowl in 1990, helping spawn a new freestyle phase on the mountain. It also addressed the steep-and-deep crowd by opening up Chutes Two and Three as well as Christmas Tree Bowl off the top of Mt. Werner, adding glade and couloir terrain that rounded out the resort’s offerings at the expert end of the spectrum. Shortly later, it also brought the “Toutes” (East Face) within the ski area boundary.
At the Winter Olympics in Albertville, France (1992), longtime local Nelson Carmichael won the bronze medal in moguls, becoming Steamboat’s first-ever skier to win an Olympic medal. Shortly later, Nelson’s Run coming down the old Four Points lift line was named in his honor.
As Carmichael’s Olympic bronze ushered in the decade with a boost to Steamboat’s freestyle chops, the resort ended it on the same note with the opening and dedication of the Park Smalley Freestyle Complex on the lower mountain, which has since hosted everything from World Cup mogul to aerial competitions.
Read More About Steamboat Resort in the 1990s: blog.steamboat.com/steamboat-by-the-decades-the-90s
Ahead of the slopestyle curve, Steamboat ushered in the decade by adding its first halfpipe to Bashor Bowl in 1990, helping spawn a new freestyle phase on the mountain. It also addressed the steep-and-deep crowd by opening up Chutes Two and Three as well as Christmas Tree Bowl off the top of Mt. Werner, adding glade and couloir terrain that rounded out the resort’s offerings at the expert end of the spectrum. Shortly later, it also brought the “Toutes” (East Face) within the ski area boundary.
At the Winter Olympics in Albertville, France (1992), longtime local Nelson Carmichael won the bronze medal in moguls, becoming Steamboat’s first-ever skier to win an Olympic medal. Shortly later, Nelson’s Run coming down the old Four Points lift line was named in his honor.
As Carmichael’s Olympic bronze ushered in the decade with a boost to Steamboat’s freestyle chops, the resort ended it on the same note with the opening and dedication of the Park Smalley Freestyle Complex on the lower mountain, which has since hosted everything from World Cup mogul to aerial competitions.
Read More About Steamboat Resort in the 1990s: blog.steamboat.com/steamboat-by-the-decades-the-90s
