Pikes Peak Region Trail Finder

Photo by Larry Pierce, Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp.

By MATT STENSLAND, STEAMBOAT PILOT & TODAY

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — With opening day only a week away, Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. officials are asking skiers and riders to stay off Mount Werner.

“We would discourage people from being up there and making turns,” said Doug Allen, vice president of mountain operations for Ski Corp.

Snow guns, hoses, equipment and unmarked hazards scatter the mountain in preparation for the ski area’s traditional Scholarship Day benefit Nov. 23. Proceeds from Scholarship Day lift ticket sales are donated to the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club.

Those large humps of man-made snow that line some of the trails at the ski area may look enticing to those eager to hit the slopes, but they proved to be dangerous for one man who was snowboarding at the ski area Sunday.

Routt County Search and Rescue had to rescue the 19-year-old snowboarder after he jumped and landed on his back near the bottom of the Vogue trail.

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