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| Nearest city: | Steamboat Springs, Colorado |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| 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 chair, 5 high-speed quad chairs, 1 quad chair, 6 triple chairs, 3 double chairs, 6 surface) |
| Terrain parks: | 4 |
| Snowfall: | 334 in/year (8.48 m/year) |
| Web site: | http://www.steamboat.com |
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 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. 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.
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Statistics
2007 / 2008 Season Dates
- Ski Season Dates: November 30, 2007-April 6, 2008
Elevation
- Base: 6,900 feet (2,100 m)
- Summit: 10,568 feet (3,221 m)
- Vertical Rise: 3,668 feet (1,118 m)
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
- 1 Gondola
- 8-Passenger Gondola (2,200 ft. vertical rise, 9:00 ride time, Doppelmayr, installed 1986)
- 1 High-speed 6-passenger chair
- Christie Peak Express (vertical rise NA, ride time NA, Leitner-Poma, installed 2007)
- 5 High-speed quad chairs
- Storm Peak Express (2,160 ft. vertical rise, 7:00 ride time, Doppelmayr, installed 1992)
- Sundown Express (1,936 ft. vertical rise, 5:30 ride time, Doppelmayr, installed 1992)
- Thunderhead Express (1,638 ft. vertical rise, 5:30 ride time, Doppelmayr, installed 1997)
- Pony Express (vertical rise NA, ride time NA, CTEC, installed 1998)
- Sunshine Express (1,300 ft. vertical rise, ride time NA, Leitner-Poma, installed 2006, originally located at "The Canyons," Utah)
- 1 Quad chair
- Elkhead (710 ft. vertical rise, 6:00 ride time, YAN, installed 1984)
- 6 Triple chairs
- Christie III (1,030 ft. vertical rise, 7:30 ride time, YAN, installed 1979, used primarily on high demand days)
- Preview (vertical rise NA, ride time NA, YAN, installed 2007, originally Southface(YAN) installed new in 1979)
- Four Points (1,366 ft. vertical rise, 7:30 ride time, YAN, installed 1983, shortened 1992)
- Southpeak (340 ft. vertical rise, 4:00 ride time, YAN, installed 1984)
- Morningside (542 ft. vertical rise, 6:00 ride time, Garaventa-CTEC, installed 1996)
- Burgess Creek (950 ft. vertical rise, 7:30 ride time, Leitner-Poma, installed 2004)
- 3 Double chairs
- Priest Creek (1,930 ft. vertical rise, 10:30 ride time, Heron-Poma, installed 1972, used primarily on high demand days)
- Bashor (315 ft. vertical rise, 3:00 ride time, YAN, installed 1974)
- Bar UE (1,380 ft. vertical rise, 9:00 ride time, YAN, installed 1977)
- 6 Surface
- Rough Rider (Surface Platter Tow) (140 ft. vertical rise, 3:00 ride time, Doppelmayr, installed 1989)
- Wrangler (Magic Carpet)
- Desperado (Magic Carpet)
- Easy Rider (Magic Carpet)
- Sundance (Magic Carpet)
- Buckaroo (Magic Carpet)
- 1 Gondola
According to steamboat.com, plans are in the works to replace the Elkhead quad with the current Thunderhead Epress high speed quad, and to place a high speed six-pack along the Thunderhead lift line.
References
External links
- The Official Steamboat Ski & Resort Website
- Steamboat Ski Resort is at coordinates Coordinates:
