Lifestyle & Luxury

Moving Mountains

by Jordan Martindell

How a couple of sailors traded the sea for the summits of Steamboat Springs and created a luxury vacation business

Robin and Heather Craigen spent years in the Caribbean providing luxury sailing experiences for sea-loving clients. Little did they know that two of their clients, Tod and Robin Allen, from Steamboat Springs, Colorado, would make a profound impact on the trajectory of their lives. The love these clients felt for their small mountain town in northern Colorado was enough to get Robin and Heather thinking about the next phase of their life. They wanted to start a family and thought being on land would be more comfortable, so they planned a trip to visit Colorado, just to see if Steamboat could live up to all the hype.

The enchanting town immediately sparked their imagination and after this short visit (in mud season no less), they decided to trade their ships for skis and start a new mountain adventure.

Not able to give up their love of luxury service experiences, they saw a niche that needed to be filled in Steamboat. “We realized how much we loved working with people on vacations and we didn’t want that to go away, so we thought maybe there was a way we could take it to the next level,” Robin says. And with that inspiration, Moving Mountains was born in 1998.

After almost 20 years, Moving Mountains is now a premier luxury vacation company in which concierge services meet exceptional vacation homes, all in a package perfectly tailored for an unforgettable experience.

To read the entire story pick up the Aug-Sept. 2017 issue of Colorado Expression magazine~