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Velvet at Steamboat Ski Resort

Intermediate · 288 m long with 39 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 13° at its steepest, facing E.

13°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
288 mlength
39 mvertical
2802 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

Velvet is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

How to get to Velvet

Lifts that reach the top: Burgess Creek (skiing novice terrain to get there); Elkhead Express (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 27 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Steamboat Gondola
  2. Ski Spur Run (easy)
  3. Ski Park Lane (easy)
  4. Ski Why Not Upper (easy)
  5. Ski So What (easy)
  6. Ride Burgess Creek
  7. Ski Velvet (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Why Not Upper, Skyline. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Sundown Express (3 min), Elkhead Express (3 min), Storm Peak Express (4 min).

See Velvet 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.