Guests will enjoy an extensive array of year-round outdoor activity options during their getaway to Steamboat Springs. In the summer, guests can explore the surrounding Yampa Valley by foot, bike, horseback, watercraft, zip-line, gondola, or even hot air balloon. In the winter, they can go downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, snowboarding, tubing, snowshoeing, and snowmobiling. In both the winter and the summer, they can enjoy the therapeutic waters of the hot springs for which the area is named, such as Strawberry Park Hot Springs and Old Town Hot Springs.

Nearby trails for hiking and biking include the Vista Nature Trail, the Thunderhead Trail, the Mad Creek Trail, the Fish Creek Falls Trailhead, the Yampa River Core Trail, and the various trails of the Emerald Mountain recreation area. Bikers can also head up to the Steamboat Bike Par, where they will find a 50-mile network of trails, which include both multi-directional trails and lift-assisted, downhill-only trails.

Horseback rides are available from Del's Triangle Three Ranch and Elk River Guest Ranch. For zip-lining, guests can whiz down six lines ranging from 600 feet to 1,300 feet in length at Steamboat Zipline Adventures. To see the landscape from high above, guests can go on scenic gondola rides at Mt. Werner and go on hot air balloon rides through Wild West Hot Air Balloon Adventures.

Guests can go rafting, kayaking, and stand-up paddleboarding on the Colorado River and Clear Creek through local outfitters such as Mad Adventures, Colorado River Runs, and Arkansas Valley Adventures. Other summer activity options include fishing on the Yampa River, swimming at Burgess Creek Beach, teeing off at the Haymaker Golf Course, playing putt-putt golf at Maverick Mini Golf, ascending the 40-foot Kilimanjaro Climbing Wall, and riding the Outlaw—North America's longest coaster.

Guests will also find a host of activity options at Stagecoach State Park, which is centered around Stagecoach Reservoir Here, they can enjoy hiking, biking, horseback riding, boating, jet-skiing, water skiing, swimming, fishing, stand-up paddleboarding, playing volleyball, picnicking, and birdwatching. Fishers may catch a variety of trout and pike, while birdwatchers may spot bald eagles, ospreys, great blue herons, and American white pelicans.

For skiing and snowboarding, guests can choose between the Steamboat Ski Area of Steamboat Ski Resort and the Howelsen Hill Ski Area. The former offers 165 trails and 2,965 acres of skiable surface area, while the latter is the oldest operating skiing area in North America. For tubing, guests can head to the Yee-Haw Tubing Hill at the Saddleback Ranch. Snowmobile tours and rentals are available from a variety of local companies, such as Steamboat Snowmobile Tours, Colorado Sled Rentals, and High Mountain Snowmobile Tours. Groomed trails for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing can be found at the Steamboat Ski Touring Center, the Lake Catamount Touring Center, the Steamboat Lake State Park Touring Center, and Stagecoach State Park. At the latter, guests can also go snowmobiling and ice fishing on Stagecoach Reservoir.