3DS: Three Dimensional Services Inc.

A Ski Lodge Restaurant Is Transformed To Celebrate Its Iconic Cowboy Heritage

With a long and illustrious Western history, Steamboat, Colorado is famous for its “cowboy skiers”, shushing downhill in their trademark Stetsons. It was the local cowboys and ranch hands, in fact, who originally popularized skiing in the region, using homemade skis as a way of passing the long, idle 1930s winters. Thunderhead Lodge is the anchor building in Colorado’s iconic Steamboat Ski Resort. Up the lift from Steamboat Ski Village, the building houses several facilities and 3DS was asked to reinvent the biggest part, the main servery & dining room.

3DS drew on the historic town of Steamboat itself for the feel & image of the new food court. Architectural details and building signage from the town became inspiration for custom copper hoods and kiosk signs. Navajo horse blanket patterns were adapted to tiled walls. A magnificent western cowboy bar was installed, starting the visitor’s entrance with a major “wow”.
3DS revitalized both of Steamboat’s mountaintop lodges – Thunderhead & Rendezvous – completely reconfiguring each space and its traffic flow-through and resulting in very significant increases in sales.

We’re A Restaurant Design Firm And We’re Restaurant Fabricators

3DS offers a complete turn-key solution to your new or existing food & beverage operations. Whether it’s a bar, café, food court or fine dining establishment, 3DS creates exciting spaces that maximize utility and flow, increase profitability and enhance your customers’ dining experience. Working within your budget and criteria, we’re able to translate abstract objectives into beautiful spaces that satisfy on both a business and aesthetic level.