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Short Cut at Steamboat Ski Resort

Novice · 697 m long with 67 m of vertical, averaging 6° and 9° at its steepest, facing W.

9°steepest 50 m
6°average pitch
697 mlength
67 mvertical
2258 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Short Cut

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 8 minutes, novice skiing needed):

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

Where it ends

Joins Stampede, Voo Doo, Headwall. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Wild Blue Gondola I (2 min), Christie Peak Express (3 min), Steamboat Gondola (3 min).

See Short Cut 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.