Steamboat Springs Snowboarding

Steamboat Springs Ski Resort is one of Colorado's most versatile and well-balanced snowboarding hot-spots. The terrain varies from nice, easy groomers to sick powder turns in the trees to steep bowls. There are plenty of cliffs to huck and Steamboat's champagne powder will cushion your landing. Best of all, Steamboat Springs has built a world-class terrain park and superpipe.

Whether you are just learning to snowboard, or on your way to the X-games, Steamboat Springs will put a smile on your face. Although the area reports similar snow packs to summit county, it is a well known fact that the powder stays fresh longer in Steamboat. Additionally, a top of the line snowmaking system ensures top to bottom mountain coverage throughout the entire season.

If you are lucky, you might find Shannon Dunn, Olympic Snowboard Team member, cruising the slopes at Steamboat. If you are really lucky, she might give you some pointers or show you a secret run. She is one of many Olympians that call Steamboat Springs, Colorado their home.

One of the best places to scope out future Olympian snowboarders is at the Mavericks Superpipe. In case you aren't familiar with the namesake, Mavericks is a ginormous surf wave in Half Moon Bay, California. It's an "experts only" type of wave and so is the superpipe at Steamboat Springs. If you consider yourself an expert (don't we all?), then you will love the speed, the air and the shape of the Mavericks. Several ski and snowboard magazines agree that it is one of America's top 10 half pipes!

The Mavericks pipe is only one feature of Steamboat's incredible terrain park. With its own chair lift, an outdoor sound system, and 11.8 acres of fun, the SoBe terrain park at Steamboat Springs will keep you challenged until your legs are Jell-O. The mini-Mav pipe will entertain novices and help them to develop skills necessary for the real thing. There are also plenty of rails: "S" rails, sliders, kinked, rainbows, mailboxes, double barrel, etc. It's all in a day of snowboarding at Steamboat Springs, Colorado.