Skiing Steamboat Springs

Start here. The Steamboat Ski Area is located in the Medicine Bow/Routt National Forest, 160 miles northwest of Denver. What makes Steamboat Springs exceptional is their commitment to the environment, having won the Silver Eagle Award numerous years for their environmental achievements.

What makes Steamboat Springs a great skiing area, however, is the mountain. Or, rather, mountain range, as Steamboat is actually a complete mountain range, comprised of Mount Werner, Sunshine Peak, Storm Peak, Thunderhead Peak, Pioneer Ridge® and Christie Peak. All in all, 2,939 acres (1176 hectares) of permitted terrain, which offer a diversity of trails for all levels of ability. With Steamboat Springs, you have for your skiing pleasure 164 trails, 3600 vertical feet, world-class groomed cruisers, bumps, steeps, open meadows, tree skiing, and Mavericks, North America’s longest superpipe.

Steamboat Springs Ski Resorts

Author: Elizabeth Morgan

Some people come to Steamboat Springs, Colorado for the beauty
of the environment. Some come for the western ambiance, the
restaurants and the laid back casual atmosphere of the town.
Most, however, come for the snow. "Ski Town" boasts an average
of nearly 30 feet of snowfall every season which means snow,
snow and more snow - all winter long.

Steamboat Springs lays claim to the driest, fluffiest snow in
the world. So dry and fluffy is the snow there that the locals
have coined and copyrighted the descriptive phrase "Champagne
Powder." To back up their claim, the local government hired
several meteorologists to measure the moisture content in the
snow surrounding Steamboat Springs and the results confirmed the
notion that Champagne Powder does in fact have 70% less moisture
than average snow.

In addition to Champagne Powder, Steamboat Springs Ski areas are
unique in that once you leave the gondola at the top of the
mountain and begin to ski down any of the many trails available,
you are actually skiing on land owned by the US government.
That's right. Skiing is available in Steamboat Springs due to a
unique partnership between the Steamboat Ski & Resort
Corporation and the Routt National Forest. In fact, this
arrangement may be the only one in existence anywhere in the
United States. Usually, skiing property is owned by someone and
leased out to a company that provides the services necessary to
keep skiers coming back year after year.

Within 400 yards of a base area for skiing there are at least
three excellent hotels with ski in, ski out packages available.
Obviously, the closer you get to the action the higher the
prices go for the rooms. Move a bit away from the base of the
mountain and you'll find an ample supply of ski resorts offering
more in the way of amenities and less in the way of cost. The
choice is up to you as always - ski out your back door, hop on
the gondola and you're on your way, or, wake up, have breakfast,
dress, take a shuttle over to the base of the mountain and your
ski adventure begins. Whichever you prefer, you'll find it at
Steamboat Springs.

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