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Flying Z at Steamboat Ski Resort

Advanced · 305 m long with 111 m of vertical, averaging 20° and 28° at its steepest, facing W.

28°steepest 50 m
20°average pitch
305 mlength
111 mvertical
2911 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Flying Z is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

How to get to Flying Z

Lifts that reach the top: Bar UE (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Storm Peak Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Morningside Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 24 minutes, advanced 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 Over Easy (intermediate)
  7. Ski Buddy's Run Upper (intermediate)
  8. Ski Big Meadow (intermediate)
  9. Ski Flying Z (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Nash Junction, Flying Z Gulch. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Bar UE (1 min), Four Points (3 min), Storm Peak Express (3 min).

See Flying Z 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.