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Hot Air Balloons Create Amazing Display

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4)- Windy weather in Steamboat Springs grounded pilots who planned to inflate their hot air balloons one day, but they managed to take flight a day later!

It's part of the annual hot air balloon rodeo.

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(credit: Shannon Lukens)

On Sunday morning, mother nature cooperated and dozens of balloons lifted off high above Bald Eagle Lake.

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(credit: Shannon Lukens)

The event has been running for 36 years.

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