Hover a bar to see what goes into it. Scores sit on a bell curve. 6.5 is a normal good resort and 8 or more is unusual. Method.
Key facts
Altitude
2103–3221 m
Vertical drop
1,118 m
Pistes advertised
3,741 acres
Pistes mapped on OSM
121.8 km
Lifts (mapped near village)
20 · 65% gondola/4+ chair
Day pass
$279
Passes
Ikon
Avg snowfall (mid)
4.0 m / season
Nearest airport
HDN · 30 min
Snow & weather updated 1 h ago
Fresh 24 h
0 cm
Fresh 72 h
0 cm
Next 7 days
16 cm
Snow depth top (model)
0 cm
Now at 3071 m
☀️ -1°
Now at 2103 m
3°
Gusts at top
13 km/h
Freezing level
3,210 m
8-day forecast (summit)
Today
☁️
·
-2° / 8°
💨 26
Fri
☁️
·
2° / 9°
💨 34
Sat
🌦️
·
-2° / 4°
💨 30
Sun
🌦️
·
-2° / 7°
💨 26
Mon
🌨️
13 cm
-5° / 1°
💨 17
Tue
🌨️
3 cm
-9° / -3°
💨 12
Wed
☁️
·
-10° / 1°
💨 8
Thu
☁️
·
-6° / 2°
💨 9
Open-Meteo forecast downscaled to 3071 m (summit) and 2103 m (base). Rain line ≈ freezing level minus 300 m.
The last three winters at 2662 m
Avg snowfall / season
4.0 m
Powder days (15 cm+)
1
Snowy days
80
Avg temp at base
-2°
Average snowfall by month · best: Jan
Nov
51
Dec
75
Jan
80
Feb
72
Mar
73
Apr
47
By season: 2022/23: 4.5 m · 0 powder days2023/24: 4.0 m · 3 powder days2024/25: 3.4 m · 1 powder days
When to go
Month
Avg snowfall
Tuesday 11:00
Saturday 11:00
Dec
75 cm
~1.7 min
~3.3 min
SWEET SPOT
Jan
80 cm
~2 min
~6 min
Feb
72 cm
~2.5 min
~4.7 min
Mar
73 cm
~2.5 min
~5 min
Snowfall from three past winters, waits from the queue model (average across lifts, mid-month, holidays included where they fall).
Lift queues
Closed until Nov 21. Here's a normal February Saturday at 10:00:
SIMULATION
Average wait ~5 min, worst 16 min.
Weekend: locals are out
Simulate:
🚠 Wildhorse Gondola
Gondola · 6-seater · 300 p/h · 592 m · bubble
16 minpredicted
🚠 Steamboat Gondola
Gondola · 8-seater · 2,526 m · bubble
7 minpredicted
🪑 Christie Peak Express
Chairlift · 6-seater · 1,364 m
6 minpredicted
🪑 Bashor
Chairlift · 2-seater · 431 m
6 minpredicted
🪑 Elkhead Express
Chairlift · 4-seater · 707 m
5 minpredicted
🪑 Thunderhead Express
Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,612 m
5 minpredicted
🪑 Pony Express
Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,435 m
5 minpredicted
🚠 Wild Blue Gondola I
Gondola · 10-seater · 3,200 p/h · 1,355 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Greenhorn Ranch Express
Chairlift · 4-seater · 382 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 South Peak
Chairlift · 3-seater · 505 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Storm Peak Express
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,027 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Four Points
Chairlift · 3-seater · 1,168 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Barrows Chair Lift
Chairlift · 3-seater · 419 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Sunshine Express
Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,651 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Mahogany Ridge Express
Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,924 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Sundown Express
Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,577 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Bar UE
Chairlift · 2-seater · 1,407 m
3 minpredicted
⤴️ Schnackenberg Poma Lift
Button lift · 385 m
3 minpredicted
🚠 Wild Blue Gondola II
Gondola · 10-seater · 3,200 p/h · 3,647 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Burgess Creek
Chairlift · 3-seater · 1,026 m
3 minpredicted
Typical week (February, since the resort is closed now)
9h
10h
11h
12h
13h
14h
15h
16h
Mon 15
Tue 16
Wed 17
Thu 18
Fri 19
Sat 20
Sun 21
Average predicted wait across lifts. ■ <2 min ■ 4-7 min ■ 11+ min. Hover a day to see why.
How we guess. The model starts from the resort's usual crowd level and adjusts for school holidays (French zones, UK half-term, Presidents' Day, Lunar New Year), weekends, time of day, lift capacity from OpenStreetMap, powder days and summit wind. When skiers on the hill tap a wait time, their reports replace the guess for 45 minutes and the lift shows LIVE.
Map
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Where to sleep 42 places mapped · 4 ski-in/ski-out
Ski access score: 9.5 means ski-in/ski-out (a piste within 70 m and a lift within 600 m). Each minute of walking to the nearest lift costs about half a point. Distances are straight lines on OpenStreetMap, so add about 30% for the walk.
Pistes
Easy (blue / green)
29.8 km · 24%
Intermediate (red / blue)
41.7 km · 34%
Advanced (black)
45.4 km · 37%
Expert
4.9 km · 4%
Longest named runs
Hike Out
2.7 km
Spur Run
2.3 km
Edge of the World
2.3 km
Long John
2.3 km
Why Not Lower
2.3 km
Broadway
2.1 km
Why Not Upper
2.1 km
BC Ski Way
2.1 km
Après & food
Bars & pubs
2
Clubs
1
Restaurants
31
Mountain huts
0
🍸 T Bar🍺 Old Town Pub🪩 Schmiggity's
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Steamboat Resort is a major ski area in the Western United States, located in northwestern Colorado at Steamboat Springs. Operated by the Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation, it is located on Mount Werner, a mountain in the Park Range in the Routt National Forest. Originally named Storm Mountain ski area, it opened on January 12, 1963. Wikipedia