What’s new at Steamboat Ski Area
Resort unveils night skiing, new lodge and more
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oming off the celebration of its 50th anniversary, Steamboat Ski Area continues to better the on-mountain experience for guests with a slew of new improvements. Topping the list for 2014 is the new $5 million, 13,000-square-foot, two-level Four Points Lodge, the resort’s most significant on-mountain restaurant improvement in more than a decade. Situated in the Storm Peak/Four Points area of the mountain, the native stone and reclaimed wood facility will seat more than 200 in the main dining level and feature indoor/outdoor gas fireplaces, an outdoor deck with state-of-the-art barbecue grill, flat-screen televisions and a 30-person indoor bar. Its lower level will house a retail area and over-sized restrooms. “This represents an incredible opportunity for us to reinvest in the dining experience for our guests with a truly exceptional on-mountain facility and several new culinary options,” Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. President Chris Diamond
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says. The resort also has continued investing in its snowmaking and grooming operations, installing 2 miles of new low-energy guns and piping along the Heavenly Daze trail and adding two new state-of-the-art Bison groomers to its grooming fleet. Visitors also will notice something new at night. In August, the resort received approval to offer night skiing and riding from the top of the Christie Express lift, utilizing new low-impact lighting technology. “As a resort known for family activities, night skiing offers an excellent opportunity to further the guest experience, rounding out evening activities in the entire mountain village,” resort spokesman Mike Lane says. These improvements join a new promenade area and pedestrian walkway at the resort’s base, as well as a new stage for wintertime concerts
and other performances and a special area for family-friendly activities. “It’s completely revitalized the base area,” says Katie Brown, president of Mountain Village Partnership. “The new promenade and base area is a tremendous asset for guests.” Getting to Steamboat to enjoy all of these improvements is as easy as floating through its signature Champagne Powder®. The resort recently announced new nonstop flights from Seattle aboard Alaska Airlines, as well as expanded service on United Airlines’ Los Angeles and American Airlines’ Dallas/Fort Worth routes, and larger aircraft from Houston and Newark. Steamboat now is easily accessible nonstop from nine major cities (Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Newark/NYC and Seattle) as well as via convenient connections from more than 230 other cities worldwide.
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