Steamboat is gaining a national reputation as an great mountain for snowboarders with Champagne PowderÆ snow , trees, cruisers, terrain park and North America’s longest superpipe, Mavericks. Champagne Powder® snow was coined in Steamboat Springs in the early 1950s and continues to attract skiers and riders from around the globe. The resort received more than 335 inches (28 feet) of snow a year. Photo/Larry Pierce