Jess' Cut Off at Steamboat Ski Resort
Intermediate · 207 m long with 20 m of vertical, averaging 6° and 10° at its steepest, facing NW.
10°steepest 50 m
6°average pitch
207 mlength
20 mvertical
2424 mtop elevation
NWfaces
Snow and sun
Jess' Cut Off is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Jess' Cut Off
Lifts that reach the top: 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); Burgess Creek (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Elkhead Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 11 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Christie Peak Express
- Ski Sitzback (easy)
- Ski Jess' Cut Off (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Jess' Cutoff, Jess' Cut Off, Bear Claw. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Bashor (2 min), Wild Blue Gondola II (3 min), Wild Blue Gondola I (4 min).
See Jess' Cut Off on the 3D mapAll runs at Steamboat Ski ResortMeasured 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.