The Resort
Steamboat is the single most popular college destination in the world. Due to the great value, excellent accommodations, consistently great snow, and hot nightlife, Steamboat continues to be number one for college groups year after year.
The atmosphere in Steamboat is perfect for the large number of college students that invade the mountain every December and January. Steamboat is well known as the ski area with the cowboy atmosphere. The friendliness of the people is one of Steamboat's best selling points and certainly is a noticeable difference from other areas. Any vacation is naturally more enjoyable where people treat you like people.
During the two weeks before Christmas and after New Year's, Steamboat becomes the hottest vacation spot for college students from all over the country. As more and more students show up each year, it just continues to grow in popularity.
Steamboat's Mt. Werner is the second longest vertical drop in Colorado and boasts of having the most fabulous champagne powder anywhere. Almost 3000 acres of skiable terrain provide a wide variety of runs, some as long as 2 1/2 miles. Snowmaking covers 160 acres of trails giving Steamboat the necessary back up if Mother Nature does not come through like she usually does.
Steamboat is well known for being number one in early season snow. The December snow levels over the last several years have repeatedly been some of the best insuring a great ski experience for any December or January ski trip.
Mountain Stats
2,965 Ridable Acres
3,668 Vertical drop
331" Annual Snowfall
Longest run: 3 miles
6 Mountains
Beginner / Advanced
access Top-2-Bottom.
Terrain:
14% Beginner
42% Intermediate
44% Advanced
Steamboat is actually a complete mountain range:
Mount Werner, Sunshine Peak, Storm Peak, Thunderhead Peak, Pioneer Ridge and Christie Peak. 2,965 acres (1200 hectares) of permitted terrain offer a diversity of trails for all levels of ability. Mavericks Superpipe is a freerider's dream. Mavericks is 500 feet long, 56-feet wide, has 18 foot walls, and a 22 foot radius. Steamboat's terrain park adjacent to Mavericks features an outdoor sound system, a variety of rails; kinked, sliders, rainbows, "S", mailboxes, double barrel, and Mini-Mav, a miniature version of the superpipe with five-foot walls, perfect for novice riders. Gladed areas of Pioneer Ridge, Sunshine and Storm Peak are Steamboat's particular claim to fame, with Champagne PowderTM snow in the trees for the most avid powder hounds.
Snow Report
View detailed snow forecast for Steamboat at:
snow-forecast.com