Swinger at Steamboat Ski Resort
Easy · 872 m long with 117 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 15° at its steepest, facing W.
15°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
872 mlength
117 mvertical
2307 mtop elevation
Wfaces
Snow and sun
Swinger is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.
How to get to Swinger
Lifts that reach the top: 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); Thunderhead Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Steamboat Gondola (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Burgess Creek (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 14 minutes, easy skiing needed):
- Ride Wild Blue Gondola I
- Ride Bashor
- Ski Yoo-Hoo (easy)
- Ski Swinger (easy)
Where it ends
Joins Right-o-Way, Giggle Gulch. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Wild Blue Gondola I (4 min), Christie Peak Express (4 min), Steamboat Gondola (4 min).
See Swinger 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.