My note is about the Yampa River, not the core trail (I couldn't find a category for the Yampa River alone). We visited in July 2021 and were looking forward to tubing the Yampa River with the tubes we had brought. The local publications recommend tubing from June-August, BUT when we arrived, they had shut down the river to all recreation. Apparently the water temperatures are getting too warm for the fish, and tubing makes them even higher?? Just a warning for others hoping to tube. // If you visit the core trail, make sure you check out the Sulfur Spring close to the library. It smells worse than anything we smelled in Yellowstone. A must smell! ;)

I took long walks every morning I was in Steamboat along the Yampa River Core Trail. It winds along the river to downtown. You can walk or run as far as you like. It was chilly in the early morning (40 degrees) but just take an extra layer. I stayed on the side of the mountain so I got a good uphill climb on the finish.

We rented some fat tire bikes from Wheels Bike Shop (Ski Haus and Orange Peel had sold all their summer rental bikes already) and rode the trail up and back. It was cold (wear good gloves) but a silly-easy ride. We are experienced road cyclists, so we were in it just to look at the sights and get a fell for the fat tire bikes. You can rent them for one hour or three. We rode for an hour and easly saw everything we wanted to see.