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Half Hitch at Steamboat Ski Resort

Intermediate · 460 m long with 81 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 19° at its steepest, facing S.

19°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
460 mlength
81 mvertical
2968 mtop elevation
Sfaces

Snow and sun

Half Hitch is equator-facing: the sunniest aspect, softens earliest and suffers most in warm spells.

How to get to Half Hitch

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

From the base area (about 23 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)

Where it ends

Joins Flying Z Gulch, Big Meadow. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Bar UE (2 min), Four Points (3 min), Storm Peak Express (3 min).

See Half Hitch 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.