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Steamboat BIKE PARK REPORT CARD
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KEY INFORMATION: |
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Total Vertical: |
2,180 |
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Number of Lifts: |
1 |
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Type of uplift: |
Gondola |
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Bike Attachment: |
Trays between gondolas |
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Number of Trails: |
13 DH and an XC network. |
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Guides available: |
Yes |
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Lessons available: |
Yes |
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TRAILS: |
COMMENTS: |
RATING: |
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Beginner Trails: |
Steamboat now has 5 green trails, all flow in nature! |
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Intermediate Trails: |
Rustlers Ridge and the new trail Gunsmoke, are the intermediate trails. Both are also flow in nature! Are you sensing a trend here. Towards the end of Rustlers Ridge, the trail features became slightly more progressive, which is a good thing, in our opinion. We felt that the features should be more challenging. However, you can get going mach speed down this one if you dare. |
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Advanced Trails: |
Steamboat offers a tech DH trail (Rawhide), a black diamond jump trail (Flying Diamond), and two shorter jump lines near the base. All are spot-on for quality, length, features, and difficulty rating. |
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Technical trails: |
Rawhide does not disappoint! |
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Flow/jump trails: |
Flying Diamond, Buckin Bronc, and Bull Rider are sick trails. Too bad they are significantly shorter in length compared to the other trails on the mountain. |
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Trail variety: |
Another DH tech-gnar trail would be great. Otherwise, there's a good variety of features on the jump/flow trails. |
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Trail Conditions: |
No complaints here. |
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Trail signposting: |
We did notice some unsigned trail intersections. |
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Other trails in area: |
Miles and miles. Ask the bike shop and/or trail crew guys for suggestions. There are some good ones! |
Yes |
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PRACTICALITIES: |
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Day Pass Value for money: |
$38.00 is reasonable. |
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Ease of parking to lift: |
OK. |
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Lift lines: |
Hardly a wait at all. |
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Quality of rental fleet: |
Specialized, Scott, and Kona. |
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On-site Bike Shop: |
Very friendly staff. Quality mechanics and good pricing for service. Good selection of gear for all your needs. The shop is expanding square footage for next season. |
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Lunch options: |
Mucho options and quality. |
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Water by the lifts (yes/no): |
Yes, in the bike shop just across the from the gondola. |
Yes at the top |
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Lockers available (yes/no): |
No. |
No |
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Camping/RV park (yes/no): |
None within the village. |
No |
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VIBE: |
COMMENTS: |
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Staff friendliness: |
Great people! |
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Family-friendly: |
Tons of options for whole family. |
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Restaurants: |
Yes & Yes! |
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Nightlife: |
It was going-off while we were there on closing weekend. Slopeside Grill is a big hang-out for food and drink with really good specials. |
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Random: |
Fishcreek falls is a cool hike. Must take a soak in the many hotsprings around town. We liked the Strawberry Park Hotsprings a short drive from town. |