Steamboat’s $250 Million Upgrade Completed

Steamboat Ski Resort will celebrate the completion of the most extensive project in the resort’s history this winter.

The final phase of the $250 million ‘Full Steam Ahead’ redevelopment project includes the second segment of the Wild Blue Gondola to the summit of Sunshine Peak.

The new segment will make Wild Blue the longest and fastest 10-person gondola in North America at 3.16 miles. The new gondola will increase the out-of-base capacity from 6,000 people per hour to 10,000 people per hour, getting skiers from bottom to top in 13 minutes.

Full Steam Ahead also includes 655 new acres of expert-level terrain throughout Mahogany Ridge and Fish Creek Canyon. This north-facing area will be double-black diamond extreme terrain with steep and treed slopes, rocks, and cliffs.  

Steamboat wrapped the second phase of Full Steam Ahead last season, including a dedicated Terrain Based Learning beginner area called Greenhorn Ranch, a new food and drink hall called The Range, a new ice rink, and new gathering spaces at the base.

The resort (pictured above after snowfall last week) just unveiling a fresh perspective of the Winter 23-24 trail map (below), featuring the Mahogany Ridge terrain expansion and the completion of the Wild Blue Gondola.