Ski Bums Way at Showdown Ski Area
Intermediate · 660 m long with 113 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 17° at its steepest, facing SE.
17°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
660 mlength
113 mvertical
2238 mtop elevation
SEfaces
Snow and sun
Ski Bums Way is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.
How to get to Ski Bums Way
Lifts that reach the top: Payload (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Prospector (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 14 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Payload
- Ski King's Ridge (intermediate)
- Ski Brown Eyed Queen (easy)
- Ski Throcks Mile (intermediate)
- Ski Ripley (intermediate)
- Ski Ski Bums Way (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Last Chance Gulch. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Prospector (1 min).
See Ski Bums Way on the 3D mapAll runs at Showdown Ski AreaMeasured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.