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Chaps at Steamboat Ski Resort

Intermediate · 270 m long with 113 m of vertical, averaging 23° and 25° at its steepest, facing NW.

25°steepest 50 m
23°average pitch
270 mlength
113 mvertical
2651 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Chaps

Lifts that reach the top: Pony Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Mahogany Ridge Express (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 25 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Steamboat Gondola
  2. Ski Spur Run (easy)
  3. Ski Rudi's Run (intermediate)
  4. Ski Lightning (intermediate)
  5. Ski Ego (intermediate)
  6. Ski BC Ski Way (easy)
  7. Ride Pony Express
  8. Ski Longhorn (intermediate)
  9. Ski Chaps (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Pony Express Liftline. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Pony Express (1 min), Thunderhead Express (7 min), Wild Blue Gondola I (12 min).

See Chaps 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.