Steamboat Springalicious® 2025 will be held April 1st, 2024 – April 20th, 2025 at Steamboat Resort!
The Steamboat Ski Area will celebrate the close of the 24/25 winter season with a festival including a boatload of Springalicious® festivities and FREE concerts. Incredible bluebird sunny days combine with hilarious and fun events making it both a guest and local favorite in Steamboat Springs. IKON is also offering an April Unlimited Pass (learn more below) to make the event easier and more accessible for everyone!
BUD LIGHT ROCKS THE BOAT FREE CONCERT
Date & Time
Mar. 8, 2025 – Apr. 12, 2025 | 3:30 PM — 5:00 PM
Location
Steamboat Resort
2305 Mt. Werner Cir (see on map)
The Bud Light Rocks the Boat Free series is the perfect way to get your concert fix in this spring. The annual series is set to start March 8th and will run through April 12th. All concerts are free to the public and take place on the Steamboat Stage in Steamboat Square.
Local’s Tip: Stay Tuned! Bands to be announced soon.
This is a FREE event!
SPRINGALICIOUS
Date & Time
Apr. 1, 2025 — Apr. 20, 2025
All day
Location
Steamboat Resort
2305 Mt. Werner Circle (see on map)
Incredible Colorado bluebird sunny days, hilarious and fun events and a boatload of snow mean spring will shine a whole lot brighter in Steamboat-Ski Town, U.S.A.®. Steamboat celebrates the close of the winter season with a weeklong festival, including Springalicious festivities, fun events such as the Cardboard Classic and Splashdown Pond Skim and FREE music concerts.
Schedule of Events Coming Soon…
43RD ANNUAL CARDBOARD CLASSIC
Date & Time
Apr. 12, 2025 | 11:30 AM — 1:00 PM
Location
Steamboat Resort
2305 Mt. Werner Circle (see on map)
The Cardboard Classic, Steamboat’s traditional rite of spring returns to the Steamboat Ski Area for the 43nd year. This wild and hilarious race features homemade cardboard crafts, constructed only from cardboard, glue, string, water based paint, duct tape, masking tape, balloons and other decorations, racing down Stampede to a hysterical finish. These ingenious creations make for an event not to be missed.
Local’s Tip: Craft registration will open in late March 2025.
SCHEDULE
10:00am – 11:00am: Registration & Check-In (Participants must check in at the Steamboat Tent in Steamboat Square)
11:00am – 11:30am: Cardboard D’Elegance/Judging
11:30am: 17 & under race begins followed by 18+ race
Award Ceremony will follow the end of race
Event registration and check-in is at the Steamboat Tent in Steamboat Square from 10:00 – 11:00am. There is no entry fee for this event. Once you and your group members have all signed waivers, you will receive your craft number. Participants 17 and under will need to have a parent or guardian sign their waiver form. If you are an Ikon passholder the waiver that you need has already been signed. There will also be a link to digitally sign the waiver on the registration form ahead of time if you are not an Ikon passholder.
The 17 and under competition starts promptly after judging at 11:30am on lower Stampede. The 18+ competition will immediately follow. Participants will compete on a first come, first serve basis.
CATEGORIES
Crafts will be judged during the Cardboard D’Elegance from 11:00am – 11:30am on Stampede. Awards will be presented for best representation of the following categories:
- Coca-Cola Classic
- Most Creative
- Best Individual Craft
- Best Reproduction
- Judge’s Choice
- Best Costumes
- Crowd Favorite
- Best Engineering
RULES
Only items allowed for the cardboard crafts include: glue, string, cardboard, water-based paint, duct tape, masking tape, packing tape, balloons, and other decorations.
- No more than 6 people per craft.
- No children under 4 years of age allowed in crafts.
- No pets allowed in crafts.
- An adult must accompany children 4-10 years old.
- Parent/or guardian must sign release forms for children 17 & under.
- All event participants must obtain their bib/credential before judging begins in order to be eligible to participate.
- No alcoholic beverages within the race arena – disqualification will be immediate.
Local’s Tip: Tips for building your craft:
- Weight equals speed.
- There are different types of cardboard – the kind with plastic coating on the outside tends to slide better and not get soggy as quickly.
- Sled-shaped crafts (long and narrow) tend to pick up the most momentum.
- Duct tape can be used on the bottom of your craft to reduce friction with the snow and increase momentum down the hill.
- Remember weight distribution matters – the heaviest part of the craft (where the people are seated) will automatically want to slide down first. This means that rear-weighted vessels tend to rotate 180 degrees once in motion, sending the craft down the slope backwards.
- Adding rudders to the bottom of your craft can increase your speed by reducing the overall surface friction with the snow.
SPLASHDOWN POND SKIM
Date & Time
Apr. 13, 2025 | 1:00 PM — 2:30 PM
Location
Steamboat Resort
2305 Mt. Werner Circle (see on map)
The Splashdown Pond Skimming Championships Hits Steamboat once again on Sunday, April 13! Celebrating another fantastic season at Steamboat, this event has antics like you wouldn’t believe. The Splashdown Pond Skimming Championships brings brave (and slightly crazy) skiers and riders in costume with a dream – of crossing the icy pond successfully – and, if they’re lucky, with style!
SCHEDULE
9:30am – 11:30am: Participants must check in at the Steamboat tent in Steamboat Square or their spot will be released.
1:00pm: Pond Skim begins, first come, first serve basis
Award Ceremony will be shortly after the conclusion of the skim on the Steamboat Stage
ELIGIBILITY
Open, Event Capacity is limited to 75 skimmers. No refunds or transfers once an entry is accepted.
Check-In & Entry Fee
Entry fee is $20 cash, participants MUST check in on the day of the event between 9:30-11:30am and pay their entry fee or their spot will be forfeited to those on the waiting list. Steamboat employees will be eligible for complimentary event entry.
Rules
- You must bring your own skis or board depending on your watercraft preference.
- Costumes are mandatory, private body parts must be fully and securely covered.
- Any length of ski or board permitted, no Snow Bikes.
- ABSOLUTELY no poles allowed on course.
- You must be at least 9 years or older to participate.
- No alcoholic beverages within the race arena – disqualification will be immediate.
- No inversions. Disqualification will be immediate, and you will also be banned from future Pond Skims.
JUDGING
There is only one division in The Splashdown Pond Skimming Championships. You must outdo all skiers and riders, men and women, children and the elderly if you are to be crowned the champion. Overall scores will be based on the following criteria:
- Costume: 10-point scale
- Distance: 1 points for every 5 feet crossed & 10 points for all the way
- Style: 10-point scale
- Crowd Response: 10-point scale based on the noise meter and overall crowd reaction
- Air: 10-point scale
BUY THE SPRINGALICIOUS IKON PASS
Enjoy spring skiing and riding at Steamboat with the April Unlimited Pass. Ski and ride as much as you want starting April 1, 2025 through closing day April 20, 2025.
Local’s Tip: Learn more & purchase this pass HERE!
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