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Wild Blue Way at Steamboat Ski Resort

Easy · 583 m long with 73 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 12° at its steepest, facing W.

12°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
583 mlength
73 mvertical
2180 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Wild Blue Way is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

Lit for night skiing.

How to get to Wild Blue Way

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 11 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Wild Blue Gondola I
  2. Ski Short Cut, Giggle Gulch (novice)
  3. Ski Short Cut (novice)
  4. Ski Stampede (novice)
  5. Ski Wild Blue Way (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Right-o-Way. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Wild Blue Gondola I (1 min), Christie Peak Express (1 min), Steamboat Gondola (1 min).

See Wild Blue Way 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.