Colorado Crested Butte vs Steamboat

[Slim]

What are the pros and cons of Steamboat Springs vs Crested Butte?

• Family trip, don't care about nightlife or shopping.
• Late February (the days following Presidents' Day)
• Don't ski any extreme terrain, just want nice blue-blacks and blacks, moguls, tree skiing,the best chance of powder, fun terrain with rollers, lips and gullies etc. to play in, etc.

 

[kimmyt]

If you just want nice blues and black and fun rolling terrain I would personally go with Steamboat, as long as it gets good snow. Crested Butte imho has great steeps terrain and does have what you want but I think Steamboat has more to offer in that area, as well as more reliable snow coverage. As I said, though, that depends on how the snow falls as Crested Butte and Steamboat tend to get different storm systems so if one has an epic season the other may not necessarily.

 

[Mike King]

Couldn't be two more different resorts. Given your preferences, Steamboat hands down.

Mike

 

[coskigirl]

What they said.

 

[pchewn]

Yes Steamboat. The easiest tree skiing around, and lots of rolling wide trails too.

I'll be there about a week after you (end of Feb, beginning of March).

 

[Dave Marshak]

What every else said, plus Steamboat is a comfortable elevation. I'm going to Crested Butte this year, but I'm getting oxygen.

dm

 

[Slim]

What every else said, plus Steamboat is a comfortable elevation. I'm going to Crested Butte this year, but I'm getting oxygen.

dm

Well, we will be coming from a week at Copper Mountain so I'd hope we would be well acclimatized to altitude by then.

We have a MAXX pass needing to be used...

 

[Dave Marshak]

Well, we will be coming from a week at Copper Mountain so I'd hope we would be well acclimatized to altitude by then.

It takes months to acclimatize. After a few weeks sluggish just feels normal.

dm

 

[Slim]

Thanks for all the replies. Seems like there is a unanimous recomendatiaction for Steamboat, so the ‘Boat it is. Actuality be hitting this first then Copper afterwards.

 

[Ken_R]

What are the pros and cons of Steamboat Springs vs Crested Butte?

• Family trip, don't care about nightlife or shopping. Either
• Late February (the days following Presidents' Day) Steamboat (best chance of good snow)
• Don't ski any extreme terrain, just want nice blue-blacks and blacks, moguls, tree skiing,the best chance of powder, fun terrain with rollers, lips and gullies etc. to play in, etc. Steamboat (The Butte is about the GNAR, mostly)