The Steamboat Pilot & Today

A reflection shows skiers gathering at the base of the Steamboat Ski Area on Friday morning as a small sign near the gondola entrance proclaims the total snowfall for the year to be a new record of 450 inches.

The Steamboat Ski Area reported 4 inches of new snow this morning, establishing a new single-season snowfall record of 450 inches.

Makayla Suriano-Husman takes a break from searching for eggs to roll in the hay during the 32nd Annual Egg Hunt on April 7, 2007, at Howelsen Hill. The children searched for eggs and also had a chance to meet the Easter Bunny, who arrived via the Barrows Chairlift down Howelsen Hill.

A "sap pocket" is a sign of a beetle-invested tree. The pocket forms when the tree pushes sap out of the holes carved by burrowing beetles.

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The Steamboat Springs Peewee A team holds up its second-place state tournament banner Sunday. The team beat a Denver team in the semifinals, 3-1, before falling to the Mountain State Renegades, 7-1, in the championship game.

Lynn Harding and Bobby Redd take a break from cutting down lodgepole pines two summers ago at the Steamboat Ski Area. Ski area officials say there will be limited removal of beetle-killed trees this summer.

Mac Marsh, center, signed his letter of intent to play football for Western State College of Colorado at Steamboat Springs High School on Thursday morning. Marsh’s parents, Steve and Jeannie Marsh, from left, and coaches Lonn Clementson and Aaron Finch were all present to support Marsh as he signed the letter.

Logger Zane Younglund cuts the limbs off a lodgepole pine at the Steamboat Ski Area in summer 2006. Ski area officials say Mount Werner’s diverse forests will prevent widespread devastation from the beetle epidemic.

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Elijah Gerhard checks out the snow falling in downtown Steamboat Springs on Thursday afternoon. Gerhard and his family are visiting Steamboat Springs from Plano, Texas. The National Weather Service forecast several inches of snow overnight Thursday, potentially enough for the Steamboat Ski Area to break its single-season snowfall record.

Soda Creek Elementary School art teacher Susanmarie Oddo speaks with a reporter in Steamboat Springs on Wednesday morning about her own artwork, which currently is on display at Epilogue Book Company. Much of Oddo’s art is inspired by her own students and her friends’ children.

New Jersey pop-rockers deSoL blend Latin roots and diverse musical tastes Saturday at Steamboat Mountain Theater.

The Rocky Mountain Grateful Dead Revue plays today and Saturday at Mahogany Ridge.

Ky-Mani Marley, who has transitioned to hip-hop from reggae roots, plays a free show Saturday in Gondola Square.