Lower Concentration at Steamboat Ski Resort
Intermediate · 601 m long with 154 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 22° at its steepest, facing NW.
22°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
601 mlength
154 mvertical
2479 mtop elevation
NWfaces
Snow and sun
Lower Concentration is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Lower Concentration
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); Four Points (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Sundown Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 16 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Steamboat Gondola
- Ski Spur Run (easy)
- Ski Rudi's Run (intermediate)
- Ski Lightning (intermediate)
- Ski Why Not Upper (easy)
- Ski Vagabond Upper (intermediate)
- Ski Betwixt (intermediate)
- Ski Lower Concentration (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Vagabond Lower.
See Lower Concentration 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.