Steamboat Springs, in Routt County, is a favorite vacation destination. Here you'll find a unique blend of ranch and ski resort lifestyles. The town hosts the cowboy downhill ski race during the National Western Stock Show in January each year. It's also home to the only high school marching band that performs on skis. Rio Blanco county attracts hunters to the Flat Tops wilderness in White River National Forest because of large elk and deer herds.
White River is the oldest U.S. timber reserve.
Craig, in Moffat County, is a regional commercial center. The region is a leading producer of sheep and wool. Meeker, in Rio Blanco County, each year hosts the National Sheep Dog Trials. Rangely is a popular stop on the way to Dinosaur National Monument. The 210,000 acre park straddles the Colorado-Utah border and contains one of the world's largest concentrations of Jurassic dinosaur fossils.