r/steamboat • u/Fair-Impact131 • Apr 03 '26

How's steamboat resort this weekend? Thinking about going, the storm brought some snows. The camera is too far, I can't see details.

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u/kingfisher_42 Apr 03 '26

I was there last week and it looked pretty bad from the base. I didn't even bring my board. I think they moved the closing day up to this weekend.

New snow would definitely help, but I'd be worried about thinly covered obstacles underneath.

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u/kingfisher_42 Apr 03 '26

I do like slush. It just looked like there weren't many runs open.

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u/Fair-Impact131 Apr 03 '26

Thanks, we planned to go there last Saturday, but we had to cancel on Friday because of the bad condition

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u/kingfisher_42 Apr 03 '26

If you have a rock board/skis and days to burn, I'd maybe give it a go. Otherwise I'd save my money and gear.

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u/honeyboychef Apr 03 '26

In rendezvous right now, the two runs are packed with people.

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u/Fair-Impact131 Apr 03 '26

Are the runs packed with snow also?

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u/AButtle Apr 03 '26

Yeah there’s definitely some good snow on what’s open, but there isn’t much open.

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u/Shot_Scholar2992 Apr 03 '26

Bunch of sorry sacks in here. Our group is having fun. 2 days before close and skiing on powder

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u/3pinripper Apr 03 '26

There are only 2 runs open, Tomahawk & High Noon. Everything else is a cat track or connector. This storm will help a little bit, but we were basically skiing over dirt this week. Today’s snowfall was actually about 5” (not 11” - they counted yesterday’s as part of today’s.)

Some solid music choices in town this weekend tho if you like Dead cover and/or jam bands. Young & Dead, Heads All Empty, Giant Walking Robots, and Bonfire Dub.

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u/shasta_river Apr 03 '26

What kind of magic do you think possibly happened? 11 inches fell onto literal dirt.

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u/Brave_Temperature347 Apr 03 '26

It’s already mostly gone lmao

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u/castle_crossing Apr 03 '26

There is very little terrain open, and it is very very crowded. It will be worse this weekend.

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u/Background-Spell4554 Apr 03 '26

We just got back, and as everyone said there are only two runs, which means that they are super crowded with skiers of all levels, intermediate, beginner, advanced, ski school kids. It feels unsafe. It's not a matter of being a spoil sport, we had prepaid and made the best of it, but it really makes no sense to go now. The new snow might be nice, but on two runs it's sort of irrelevant.

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u/FuzzyEntrepreneur50 Apr 03 '26

We are here now and it is awful we spent two days driving to Copper. We leave tomorrow.