Dec 26–Dec 30, Jan 16–Jan 17, Feb 13–Feb 143 blackout windows
The mountain
3,213 msummit
1,112 mvertical
2,101 mbase
Trees
3.4 km, 2.7% of mapped runs plus 109 ha of zones — Bug's Run, Closets, Kuus' Cruise
Region
Steamboat Springs, Colorado, United States
Where it stands
trails
124 kmmedian 19 km
98%
vertical
1,112 mmedian 324 m
97%
advanced or harder
44%median 31%
92%
novice or easy
23%median 24%
45%
snowfall
715 cmmedian 207 cm · model here 409 cm
84%
this resort middle half median model
The right-hand figure: higher than this share of the class. Trails, vertical and snowfall against the 330 North American resorts on a pass; terrain mix against the 38 North American resorts of 60 km to 150 km. Snowfall is the model's figure for every resort.
The Season
43%of Dec–Mar days it snows
7days, longest snowy stretch
model
Snow on the groundSnowfall, season to date model
middle half of winterstypical (dashed: model)2025/26planned season
Snow on the ground: measured at Dry Lake (SNOTEL sensor), 8.1 km away; 19 winters · Snowfall: model (ERA5 at mid-mountain), 10 winters, scaled ×1.75 to OnTheSnow 10-season mean · natural snow, a groomed base runs deeper
Terrain
above: this resort · below: typical of the 38 North American resorts of 60 km to 150 km
novicegreen circle4.4 km · 5 runs
easygreen circle24.2 km · 30 runs
intermediateblue square40.4 km · 76 runs
advancedblack diamond50 km · 80 runs
expertdouble black3.9 km · 8 runs
other0.7 km · 5 runs
North American grading.
Trail map
lift4 gondolas15 chairlifts1 magic carpetruns coloured as on the terrain bar · north is up · OpenSkiMap, from OpenStreetMapFull screen ↗Lifts and runs by name
Lifts
South Peak, Wildhorse Gondola, Thunderhead Express, Wild Blue Gondola I, Sunshine Express, Burgess Creek, Elkhead Express, Sundown Express, Bashor, Morningside Lift, Bar UE, Buckaroo, Wild Blue Gondola II, Four Points, Steamboat Gondola, Storm Peak Express, Christie Peak Express, Pony Express, Greenhorn Ranch Express, Mahogany Ridge Express
Green circle
Why Not, Short Cut, Wild Blue Way, Park Lane, Greenhorn Ranch, Why Not Lower, Broadway, Giggle Gulch, Stampede, Lil' Rodeo Park, BC Ski Way, Short Cut, Giggle Gulch, Beeline, Tomahawk, Rough Rider, Ski-in/ski-out access trail, Why Not Upper, Spur Run, Right-o-Way, Sundial, Swinger, Yoo-Hoo, Sitzback, Arc, Flatout, Rendezvous Way, So What, Boulevard, South Peak flats, Yoo Hoo, Barrows' Bend
Blue square
Blizzard, Velvet, Vagabond Lower, Longhorn, Norther, Wapiti, Eagle's Nest, Spike, Lower Concentration, Lower High Noon, Snooze bar, Sunnyside, Rainbow Lower, Traverse, Tomahawk Face, Sunshine Lift Line Upper, Betwixt, Fawn, High Line, Rooster, Rabbit Ears Terrain Park, Buddy's Run Lower, Eclipse, Vagabond Upper, Maverick's Halfpipe, Cowboy Coffee, Rudi's Run, Between, Jess' Cut Off, Bashor, Buddy's Run Upper, Ego, Sitz, Trick Roper, Huffman's, Cub, Over Easy, Sunset, Ramrod, Calf Roper, Flying Z Gulch, Bear Claw, Rowel, Dusk, Ski Daddle, Half Hitch, Daybreak, Jess' Cutoff, Jess' Cut Off, Big Foot, Meadow Lane, Baby Powder, Headwall, Bail Out, Heavenly Daze, Big Meadow, Vogue, Chaps, Flintlock, Tower, Quickdraw, Tornado Lane, Buckshot, One O'Clock, Surprise, Rainbow Upper, Pup, Skeeter's Run, Lariat, Sunshine Liftline Lower, Lightning, Skyline, High Noon, Moonlight
Black diamond
Last Chance, Lights Out, Typhoon, Twilight, WJW, All Out, Morningside Liftline, Closets, Jump Start, Chuckwagon, Huevos, Twister, Lower Valley View, Valley View, Oops, Pressure Drop, Edge of the World, Rolex, Four Points Lift Line, Perry Park, Mother Nature, Royal Flush, Nash Junction, Ambush, Outlaw, Vertigo, Sideburn, Black Powder, Mahogany Ridge Lift Line, Alarm Clock, West Side, Tornado, Fools Gold, White Out, BC Liftline, See Me, Frying Pan, Vortex, Biscuits, Hot Cakes, Cyclone, Fool's Gold, Pony Express Liftline, Storm Peak North, Diamond Hitch, Storm Peak South, To Pony, Alarm CLock, First Chance, Shadows, Voo Doo, Corridor, Pony Express Lift Line, Distraction, Fairway, Fetcher Glade, Drop Out, Thick of It, Two O'Clock, Elkhead Liftline, Middle Rib, Cheesy Grits, Gravy, Concentration, Sundown Liftline, Three O'Clock, Wake Up Call, Kuus' Cruise, Storm Peak Catwalk, Triangle 3, Cabin Fever, Dawn, Ted's Ridge, Bug's Run, The Ridge, Hurricane, Flying Z, Legend's Trees, Nelson's Run
Double black
Christmas Tree Bowl, North St Pats, Chute 1, Chute 3, The Gully, Chute 2, No Names, East Face