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Christmas Tree Bowl at Steamboat Ski Resort

Expert · 483 m long with 161 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 36° at its steepest, facing NW.

36°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
483 mlength
161 mvertical
3209 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Christmas Tree Bowl

Lifts that reach the top: Morningside Lift (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 20 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Wild Blue Gondola I
  2. Ride Wild Blue Gondola II
  3. Ski Traverse (intermediate)
  4. Ski Cowboy Coffee (intermediate)
  5. Ride Morningside Lift
  6. Ski Christmas Tree Bowl (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Chute 1, Chute 3. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Bar UE (4 min), Four Points (6 min), Storm Peak Express (6 min).

See Christmas Tree Bowl 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.