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Lightning at Steamboat Ski Resort

Intermediate · 431 m long with 125 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 19° at its steepest, facing NE.

19°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
431 mlength
125 mvertical
2701 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Lightning is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Lightning

Lifts that reach the top: Thunderhead Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Steamboat Gondola (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 12 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Steamboat Gondola
  2. Ski Spur Run (easy)
  3. Ski Rudi's Run (intermediate)
  4. Ski Lightning (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Rainbow Lower, Ego, Tornado Lane. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Storm Peak Express (2 min), Pony Express (2 min), Thunderhead Express (8 min).

See Lightning 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.