Amenities
Club Membership
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All homeowners at Catamount Ranch & Club,
regardless of whether you live at the Lake or the Ranch, have the option of enjoying
membership at the Club. Members enjoy golfing at Steamboat Springs' first private golf
club and relaxing at their own private 530-acre Lake. From cross-country skiing or
snowshoeing around the Lake in the winter to playing 18 holes or canoeing in the summer,
the Club enhances every season of your residence at Catamount. |
Lake Catamount
| Surrounded by 3,200 acres, Catamount's
530-acre private lake invites you to discover a place for the whole family to enjoy all
seasons. As a member, the Lake Clubhouse and Outfitters Center will be yours to enjoy a
wide variety of recreational equipment to make the most of the Club's many winter and
summer activities. Also unique to the Club is the Heritage Center. This 1910 cabin has
been restored to provide a variety of educational programs for all ages. Here you will
enjoy interpretive walks, wellness programs and Western history. At Lake Catamount, your
imagination is your only limitation to the many amenities and fun avenues to explore. |
Lake Catamount Outfitter Dave McAtee
| Catamount Ranch & Club has lured one of the state's top fly fishing
guides, Steamboat's own Dave McAtee, as its new Club Outfitter. McAtee's fly rods now hang
out at the new Outfitter's Center at Lake Catamount, which officially opened on February
11. That's where he'll manage all of Catamount Ranch & Club's outdoor programs and
activities around the 530-acre lake, the Yampa River, and surrounding uplands. In the
winter months that includes creating and maintaining an ice rink on the southern shore, as
well as designing 15 miles of cross-country skiing and snowshoeing trails for special club
events. He also does plenty of winter fly fishing with club members below the Lake
Catamount dam. In the summer months the action shifts to organizing sailing, windsurfing,
water-skiing, kayaking, sculling, hiking and mountain biking excursions, and, of course,
more fly fishing. "It's got to be one of the best job's around simply because of the
variety-I get to fish some great stretches of water, and do about a dozen other outdoor
activities too," said the 36-year-old Colorado native. McAtee was raised in Colorado
Springs and started fishing the Frying Pan at age five. One visit to Pleasant Valley was
all it took to convince him where he wanted to live, and 11 years ago he founded the
"Mac Daddy Fly Fishing Company." McAtee's fishing skills were quickly in demand
with local guide operations. Soon he had an invitation to help manage the prestigious
Seven Lakes Lodge just this side of Meeker, where he made quite a name for himself as head
of their world-renowned fly fishing program. . |
The Steamboat Springs Story
The name Steamboat Springs is thought to have originated
in the early 1800s when French trappers thought they heard the chugging sound of a
steamboat's steam engine. The sound turned out to be a natural mineral spring. When the
railroad came through in 1908, dynamite used to lay the track caused the chugging sound to
cease permanently. Ranching was the primary industry of the valley and in the late 1800s a
mining boom was underway in the area of Hahns Peak. Today, cattle and sheep ranching, hay
and wheat farming, and coal mining are county industries with tourism as the major
economic factor in the area.
Skiing was part of the early settlers' lives because it was
one of the only means to get around in the winter. Then in 1913 Carl Howelsen came to town
and showed the townspeople that skiing could also be fun. The Flying Norseman, as he was
called, built a jump and hurled himself, skis and all, more than 100 feet off the jump.
Howelsen Hill in downtown Steamboat Springs maintains the 30, 50-, 70-, and 90-meter jumps
used by Steamboat's future Olympians as a training site. In 1955, Jim Temple, son of a
local ranching family, spearheaded the development of the ski area. Engineered and largely
constructed by local rancher John Fetcher, the new hill was ready in 1961 with only a poma
lift. Storm Mountain was officially opened in 1963 with a double chair lift and an A-frame
cabin as a warming hut. The mountain's name was changed to Mt. Werner in 1964 when
hometown Olympic skier Buddy Werner was killed in an avalanche. Today the ski area boasts
21 lifts, 128 trails and more than 2,935 acres of ski terrain. |
All information is reliable but not
guaranteed
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