Resort Height: 2105m
Ski Range: 2105-3220m
Marked Piste: 2965 acres
No. of Lifts: 20
No. of Lifts in Ski Range: 20

The ski resort of Steamboat lies against the western ridge of the Continental Divide in the heart of the Rocky Mountains approximately 160 miles from Denver. Skiing in Steamboat offers 165 trails on nearly 3000 acres of terrain over six peaks and is the oldest ski area in Colorado. The term Champagne Powder was invented here. Steamboat gets an annual average of 335 inches of snow and covers 3000 acres within the Medicine Bow and Routt National Forest. It has a 3700-foot vertical drop and 142 ski and snowboard trails as well as an exciting snow park.

At an elevation of 7000 feet, Steamboat is actually a complete mountain range comprising of Mount Werner, Sunshine Peak, Storm Peak, Thunderhead Peak and Christie Peak, offering a diversity of trails for all levels of ability. The ski resort of Steamboat is perhaps best known as the birthplace of organised skiing in Colorado. Although miners, ranchers and mail carriers used primitive skis as a means of transportation as early as the late 1880s, it wasn’t until the first ski jump was built here in 1914 that skiing began to be considered as a recreational sport. Steamboat has sent 69 athletes to the Winter Olympics since 1932, more than any other town in North America.

There are two main areas, the original downtown area, dating back to the end of the last century, with its own authentic cowboy atmosphere and the more modern village area just at the foot of the ski lifts. Both areas have a wide choice of bars, shops and restaurants and are only 8 minutes’ shuttle ride apart.