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Blizzard at Steamboat Ski Resort

Intermediate · 336 m long with 99 m of vertical, averaging 17° and 23° at its steepest, facing NE.

23°steepest 50 m
17°average pitch
336 mlength
99 mvertical
2699 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Blizzard is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Blizzard

Lifts that reach the top: Thunderhead Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); Steamboat Gondola (skiing easy terrain to get there); Burgess Creek (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Elkhead Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Four Points (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Sundown Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 14 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Steamboat Gondola
  2. Ski Spur Run (easy)
  3. Ski Park Lane (easy)
  4. Ski Why Not Upper (easy)
  5. Ski Blizzard (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Twister, Rainbow Lower. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Storm Peak Express (2 min), Pony Express (2 min), Thunderhead Express (8 min).

See Blizzard on the 3D mapAll runs at Steamboat Ski Resort
Measured 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.