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Pressure Drop at Steamboat Ski Resort

Advanced · 503 m long with 207 m of vertical, averaging 22° and 27° at its steepest, facing NW.

27°steepest 50 m
22°average pitch
503 mlength
207 mvertical
2864 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Pressure Drop

Lifts that reach the top: Four Points (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Storm Peak Express (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Bar UE (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 29 minutes, advanced 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. Ride Storm Peak Express
  7. Ski Storm Peak North (advanced)
  8. Ski Rainbow Upper (intermediate)
  9. Ski Pressure Drop (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Rainbow Lower. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Storm Peak Express (3 min), Pony Express (3 min), Thunderhead Express (8 min).

See Pressure Drop 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.