Likewise, our trip involved another marquee road climb over Rabbit Ears Pass near Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

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On Feb. 1 the firm said it would sell its Steamboat resort in Steamboat Springs, Colo.

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Martin Criminale's merino wool socks made by SmartWool LLC, of Steamboat Springs, Colo.

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The Steamboat Springs castle stands 40ft high, but is more compact than the one in Minnesota, with small courtyards and ice tunnels that illuminate at night with light.

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This year, both the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, and the Steamboat Springs ski resort in Colorado have a Christensen icicle castle to call their own.

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's Steamboat Springs resort.

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