STEAMBOAT SKI RESORT

The 'Steamboat Ski Resort' is a ski area operated by the Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. It is located in Routt National Forest on Mount Werner, a mountain in the Park Range.
The ski area has 165 named trails spread over 2965 acres. 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.
Steamboat hosts the Western finals of the Mountain Dew Vertical Challenge, a free race circuit, every season on the last Saturday of March or first Saturday of April.

Contents

Statistics

Elevation

Trails

Lifts

2007-2008 Winter Season

References

External links

Statistics

Elevation

★ Base:

★ Summit:

★ Vertical Rise:

Trails

★ Area: 2965 acres (12.0 km²)

★ Trails: 165 total (14% beginner, 42% intermediate, 44% advanced)

★ Longest Run: "Why Not" ~ 3 miles (4.8 km)

★ Terrain Parks: 4 (including Mavericks Superpipe)

★ Average Annual Snowfall: 334 in/year (8.48 m/year)

★ Snowmaking:

Lifts

★ 23 total

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★ 1 8-Passenger Gondola

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★ 1 High-speed 6-passenger chair

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★ Christie Peak Express (NEW-installed summer 2007)

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★ 5 High-speed quad chairs

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★ Thunderhead Express

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★ Pony Express

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★ Storm Peak Express

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★ Sundown Express

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★ Sunshine Express

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★ 1 Quad chair

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★ Elkhead

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★ 6 Triple chairs

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★ Preview

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★ Christie III

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★ Burgess Creek

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★ Four Points

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★ Morningside

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★ Southpeak

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★ 3 Double chairs

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★ Bashor

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★ Bar UE

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★ Priest Creek (only used as backup & on high demand days)

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★ 6 Surface

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★ Pony (Magic Carpet)

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★ Colt (Magic Carpet)

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★ Sidewinder (Magic Carpet)

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★ Tumblweed (Magic Carpet)

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★ Tenderfoot (Magic Carpet)

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★ Rough Rider (Surface)

2007-2008 Winter Season

Steamboat Ski Resort will be open from November 21 through April 6.

References

★ Mountain Facts

External links

★ The Official Steamboat Ski & Resort Website

★ Steamboat Mountain Info on SnowGuide.org