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Tornado Lane at Steamboat Ski Resort

Intermediate · 755 m long with 163 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 20° at its steepest, facing W.

20°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
755 mlength
163 mvertical
2739 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Tornado Lane

Lifts that reach the top: Pony Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Bar UE (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Storm Peak Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Morningside Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Mahogany Ridge Express (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 24 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Wild Blue Gondola I
  2. Ride Wild Blue Gondola II
  3. Ski Traverse (intermediate)
  4. Ski Cowboy Coffee (intermediate)
  5. Ride Morningside Lift
  6. Ski Over Easy (intermediate)
  7. Ski Buddy's Run Upper (intermediate)
  8. Ski Buddy's Run Lower (intermediate)
  9. Ski Tornado Lane (intermediate)

Where it ends

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

See Tornado Lane 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.