Vertigo at Steamboat Ski Resort
Advanced · 504 m long with 230 m of vertical, averaging 25° and 29° at its steepest, facing NW.
29°steepest 50 m
25°average pitch
504 mlength
230 mvertical
2619 mtop elevation
NWfaces
Snow and sun
Vertigo is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Vertigo
Lifts that reach the top: Steamboat Gondola (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Thunderhead Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Burgess Creek (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Elkhead Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 13 minutes, advanced skiing needed):
- Ride Steamboat Gondola
- Ski Heavenly Daze
- Ski Vertigo (advanced)
Where it ends
Joins Trick Roper, Big Foot, Boulevard. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Greenhorn Ranch Express (2 min), Bashor (2 min), Thunderhead Express (2 min).
See Vertigo 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.