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Stunning view of Steamboat ski resort in Colorado

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Steamboat - Slope

Ski lifts

Chairs:
16
Drags:
1
Gondola cable cars:
1
Total lifts:
18
Parks:
3
Pipes:
2

Ski runs

Beginner runs:
23
Intermediate runs:
69
Advanced runs:
72
Total runs:
164
Piste Map

The season runs from late November until late April.

Steamboat has excellent terrain for all ability levels. Experts love the challenge of skiing among the trees (for which the place is famous), especially when there's deep, new snow. Skiers can spend all day hardly touching a groomed piste.

Intermediates can flash around on the pistes (try Sunshine for ease or Morningside Park to progress), thanks to the modern lift system dominated by high-speed chairs and a gondola, while beginners are well served by the big area at the base, largely out of the way of other skiers.

The ski school, headed by former Olympic silver medalist Billy Kidd, is highly rated.

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