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Flying Z Gulch at Steamboat Ski Resort

Intermediate · 460 m long with 137 m of vertical, averaging 17° and 22° at its steepest, facing W.

22°steepest 50 m
17°average pitch
460 mlength
137 mvertical
2892 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Flying Z Gulch

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

From the base area (about 24 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 Half Hitch (intermediate)
  10. Ski Flying Z Gulch (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Wapiti. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Bar UE (1 min), Four Points (2 min), Storm Peak Express (2 min).

See Flying Z Gulch 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.