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01.05.2024 - 13:49 / travelweekly.com / Winter Olympics
At 4 o'clock every afternoon, the sound of a horn can be heard across Steamboat Square, the bustling base area at Colorado's Steamboat resort, marking the end of the ski day.
A guest is selected each day to sound the property's steam whistle. Photo Credit: An outdoor lounge overlooking the slopes at the Sheraton Steamboat Resort Villas.The sound actually comes from a brass steam whistle, positioned on a deck overlooking the slopes at the Sheraton Steamboat Resort Villas. Every day, a guest is selected to be the "Commodore of the Boat" and pull the lever that sounds the whistle.
The moment is followed by a member of the Sheraton activities team telling the story of how the town of Steamboat Springs got its name. Spoiler alert: As the story goes, explorers in the 1800s mistook the churning noise made by a geyser about to blow for that of a steamboat engine.
The tradition is among the ways the 198-key Sheraton pays tribute to the town's Western heritage while giving guests a better understanding of Steamboat's place in Colorado history. Timber & Torch, the Sheraton's base-level indoor-outdoor bar that is very popular during apres hours, is named in honor of both the tree skiing Steamboat is known for and the many Winter Olympics athletes Steamboat Springs has produced -- more than any other town in the U.S. -- whose names are etched on the bar's ceiling beams.
The Sheraton's connection to the ski resort is also a simple matter of proximity: It's the main ski-in, ski-out property there, and one of very few, and seems to have every convenience visitors would want during a ski and snowboard vacation.
Steamboat's lifts and gondolas are steps from the Sheraton; at night, hotel guests may even hear the engines of the snowcats grooming the trails. At the end of the day, my family and I skied right to the snow's edge and walked just a few steps to the ski valet at the bottom of the property. A ski gear and rental shop is conveniently located on the hotel's lower level.
The hotel's Saddles Lounge is located on the lobby level facing the slopes. Photo Credit: An outdoor lounge overlooking the slopes at the Sheraton Steamboat Resort Villas.The property dubs itself a "family retreat," and after spending three nights there during spring break, I found it to be a well-earned title. Aside from the convenience of its location, the property has lots for kids to do.
There is a heated outdoor main pool and hot tub, which proved very popular in the afternoons and evenings, so much so that we avoided it at times. But those in the know can go find one of the two other locations with hot tubs around the hotel's three towers, where guests get a more secluded spot to soak on higher floors with great mountain views.
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