By Shannon Lukens.
Light Up the Night returns to Steamboat Springs this holiday season. It is at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 28, at its new location of Civic Plaza in Steamboat Springs. That’s on 10th Street between Lincoln and Oak. Main Street Steamboat Springs is again coordinating the event, which has moved from the historic Routt County Courthouse to the new Civic Plaza. Here’s Lisa Popovich with Main Street Steamboat.
“We’ll have cookies and cocoa. And we’ll light the lights at Civic Plaza. And we’ll have our ping pong specials as always and the start of the show will be Santa.”
The holiday lights are ready to go at Civic Plaza and there will be a countdown to turn them on.
The Steamboat Springs Fire Department is right there, and they will again be doing the ping pong ball drop with gift certificates to local businesses.
And Santa Claus will be there, in his Santa House.
The event is also sponsored by Yampa Valley Electric Association and Yampa Valley Bank.
Santa’s House is set up at Civic Plaza and will stay there through the holidays. Santa’s hours are:
- 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6
- 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13
- 10 a.m. to Noon Saturday, Dec. 20 – This is also the day for the Gift of Photography, courtesy local photographer Danielle Zimmerer. She’ll be taking free family photos.
More on the Story – Light up the Night returns Friday, Nov. 28
Friday, Feb. 28, is Fresh Air Friday. Colorado Parks and Wildlife offers all visitors and residents to visit a Colorado state park for free. These include:
- Elkhead Reservoir State Park
- Rifle Falls and Rifle Gap State Park
- Stagecoach State Park
- Steamboat Lake State Park
- Pearl Lake State Park
- Yampa River State Park
Fresh Air Friday with Free Park Entrance
Saturday…
The unveiling of the Festival of Trees is 5:30-7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 29, at the Chamber of Commerce building in Craig, at 775 Yampa Ave. That is followed by the Parade of Lights through downtown Craig Saturday night. Bundle up and enjoy the beautifully decorated floats.
The UCHealth Urgent Care clinic at the base of Steamboat Resort opens for the season on Saturday, Nov. 29. It will only be open on weekends through mid-December when it opens daily for the winter season on Friday, Dec. 19. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Patients can be seen for minor illnesses and injuries. If more care is needed, patients will be transported to the emergency department at UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center. Appointments are not necessary, however a spot can be reserved in line at uchealth.org/steamboatresort. The clinic at the base closes Sunday, April 5.
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