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Headwall at Steamboat Ski Resort

Intermediate · 188 m long with 44 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 17° at its steepest, facing W.

17°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
188 mlength
44 mvertical
2191 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Headwall

Lifts that reach the top: Wild Blue Gondola I (skiing novice terrain to get there); Greenhorn Ranch Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); Bashor (skiing easy terrain to get there); Christie Peak Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); Steamboat Gondola (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Thunderhead Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 11 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Wild Blue Gondola I
  2. Ski Short Cut, Giggle Gulch (novice)
  3. Ski Short Cut (novice)
  4. Ski Headwall (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Right-o-Way. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Wild Blue Gondola I (2 min), Christie Peak Express (2 min), Steamboat Gondola (3 min).

See Headwall 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.