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Steamboat Ski Resort

3,627 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 6,902 ft to a summit of 10,529 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into 9 five-hundred-foot bands.

3,627
ft vertical
6,902
ft base
10,529
ft summit
18
uphill lifts
3,142
footprint acres

The column

9 bands · base to summit
6,500–7,00018 ac · 9.4° · W294 mm
7,000–7,500219 ac · 16.8° · W312 mm
7,500–8,000426 ac · 20.0° · WSW350 mm
8,000–8,500561 ac · 20.7° · W408 mm
8,500–9,000612 ac · 22.0° · W486 mm
9,000–9,500518 ac · 20.6° · W546 mm
9,500–10,000508 ac · 15.3° · W608 mm
10,000–10,500280 ac · 16.2° · NW608 mm
10,500–11,0001 ac · 10.5° · NW636 mm
under 15° easier 15–25° more difficult 25–33° most difficult over 33° expert bar length = acres · fill = elevation
NESW
Bands
9
All lifts
18
Lift length
25.5 km
Steepest band
22.0°
Operator
Steamboat Resort
Coordinates
40.4553, -106.7695

Band by band

slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)AcresSlope° RatingAspectDeg NDJFM mm
6,500–7,000189.4easierW278294
7,000–7,50021916.8more difficultW259312
7,500–8,00042620.0more difficultWSW253350
8,000–8,50056120.7more difficultW264408
8,500–9,00061222.0more difficultW265486
9,000–9,50051820.6more difficultW273546
9,500–10,00050815.3more difficultW277608
10,000–10,50028016.2more difficultNW317608
10,500–11,000110.5easierNW304636

Slope and aspect are the Horn 3×3 method on a ~13 m DEM. A band's aspect is the direction of the mean unit vector, not the mean of the angles. NDJFM mm is the PRISM 1991–2020 November–March precipitation normal at that height — liquid equivalent, not snow depth.

How this mountain gets scored

the verification station
Dry Lake SNOTEL (457:CO:SNTL) is 8.8 km away at 8,240 ft — 2,289 ft below this summit. It reports hourly precipitation, snow water equivalent and temperature at a surveyed elevation, which is the only truth at height that does not have to be interpolated first. Forecasts for this mountain will be scored there, and the score published whether or not it flatters.

Nearby

Howelson Hill Ski Area 7 km Granby Ranch 87 km Beaver Creek 98 km Vail 100 km Winter Park Resort 106 km Snowy Range 110 km

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