Steamboat Ski Resort

Steamboat Resort

Steamboat Resort from the base of the mountain
Location Routt County, Colorado, USA
Nearest city Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Coordinates 40°27′10″N 106°46′23″W / 40.45278°N 106.77306°W / 40.45278; -106.77306 (Steamboat Resort)
Top elevation 10,568 feet (3,221 m)
Base elevation 6,900 feet (2,100 m)
Skiable area 2965 acres (12.0 km²)
Runs 165 total
14% beginner
42% intermediate
44% advanced
Longest run "Why Not" ~ 3 miles (4.8 km)
Lift system 23 total (1 gondola, 1 high-speed six passenger, 6 high-speed quad chairs, 4 triple chairs, 3 Double chairs, 6 Surface lifts
Terrain parks 4
Snowfall 400 in/year (10.15 m/year)
Website http://www.steamboat.com

Steamboat Resort is a major ski area in northwestern Colorado, operated by the Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation in Steamboat Springs. It is located on Mount Werner, a mountain in the Park Range in the Routt National Forest. The ski area first opened on January 12, 1963.[1]

The ski area has 165 named trails spread over 2,965 acres (12.00 km2). Fourteen percent are classified as beginner level, forty-two percent as intermediate, and forty-four percent as advanced. It also contains the Mavericks Superpipe snowboard/skiing superpipe one of the premier pipes in North America. Limited night skiing began with the 2013–14 season.

Ownership

Steamboat Resort is owned by Intrawest, a Canadian resort management company. Steamboat is one of the 7 resorts owned by Intrawest.[2] Prior to Intrawest's ownership, Steamboat was owned by the American Skiing Company. Intrawest purchased the resort at the end of the 2006–07 season.[1]

Mountain statistics

Season dates

Elevation

Trails

The three lower mountain lifts (the gondola, Thunderhead Express, and Christie Peak Express) service most of the green runs, which include the long Why Not trail from Thunderhead. Blue trails can be found mostly off of these same lifts, plus the two high speed quads on Sunshine Peak, although more funnel to the Sunshine Express lift. A couple of blue runs can also be found from the Four Points, BAR-UE, and Storm Peak Express lifts, as are a few in Morningside Park.

The blue black runs are scattered about the mountain, but most of them are located off the Pony Express lift in Pioneer Ridge. Black runs can be found off of all five high speed quads, but in the highest concentration on north Sunshine Peak, most of Storm Peak, Pioneer Ridge, and Morningside Park. The sole double black runs of the area make up the extreme terrain on Mount Werner.

Slope Aspects

Lifts

According to steamboat.com, plans are in the works to replace the Elkhead quad with the current Thunderhead Express high speed quad, and to place a high speed six-pack along the Thunderhead lift line. Elkhead is now becoming Elkhead Express with a NEW Doppelmayr High Speed Quad.

Notable people

References

  1. 1 2 3 Fetcher, Bill. "History of the Steamboat Ski Area". ColoradoSkiHistory.com. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  2. ↑ "Intrawest – Vacation Destination Resorts". Intrawest. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  3. ↑ "Best Ski Resorts: Steamboat Ski Resort Terrain, Snow Quality and Mountain Ranks". ZRankings. ZRankings LLC. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
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