Mike Lane (center) holds the USA/Olympic flag as a crowd gathers in the One Steamboat Plaza to watch the U.S. Nordic Combined Team take on the world at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. The team's silver medal was one of three earned by the U.S. Nordic Combined Team, all of whom have Steamboat ties.
Oh yeah, he's cool. Not yet a teenager, Matts Thielemann is already an accomplished telier. Note the ski area boundary rope behind him.....
Most of the time, Matts Thielemann makes it look easy. The hard part now is going to be getting up!
There's no bed softer than a mattress made of bottomless Steamboat powder, as Matts Thielemann demonstrates at the end of a long run through deep, untracked powder.
Classic telemark form as Matts Thielemann finds a perfect powder line in the backcountry.
Sunday was a glorious day to ski down to and through the bog in the backcountry near Steamboat Ski Area.
Closing the door to the cat on the way to our next run. ...No, I'm not pregnant; that's avalanche gear strapped around my waist under my jacket!
