Where Steamboat Lake’s numbers come from
7 observations from 2 publishers behind 4 figures. Each row gives the figure we publish, how many sources gave one and how many agree; open it for what each said.
Figures
Summit elevation8,600 ft1 source1 of 1 agreefrom Colorado Ski History
Lost Areas #6 (The Colorado Skier newsletter, November 12, 1992)PublishedOct 2026“Vertical drop: 500 ft Top: 8600 Base: 8100 Lifts: 2 double chairs”
Base elevation8,100 ft1 source1 of 1 agreefrom Colorado Ski History
Lost Areas #6 (The Colorado Skier newsletter, November 12, 1992)PublishedOct 2026“Vertical drop: 500 ft Top: 8600 Base: 8100 Lifts: 2 double chairs”
Advertised vertical drop500 ft2 sources1 of 2 agree · differfrom Colorado Ski History
Lost Areas #6 (The Colorado Skier newsletter, November 12, 1992)PublishedOct 2026“Data taken from the sales brochure. [Note: Some readers said that the area was open to the public for at least a few days.] Vertical drop: 500 ft Top: 8600 Base: 8100 Lifts: 2 double chairs”
Clark couple buys chair off Howelsen lift, returning it to its original home near Steamboat Lake (March 20, 2021)Oct 2026Differs: 600 ft “the former Steamboat Lake Ski Area, which was built near Pearl Lake and included two chairlifts and a vertical drop of 600 feet, about half as much as the Howelsen Hill Ski Area.”
Total lifts23 sources3 of 3 agreefrom Colorado Ski History
Lost Areas #6 (The Colorado Skier newsletter, November 12, 1992)PublishedOct 2026“Vertical drop: 500 ft Top: 8600 Base: 8100 Lifts: 2 double chairs”
Steamboat Lake Ski Area — Colorado Ski HistoryOct 2026“*Lifts: 2 Heron-Poma double chairs; 1 lift served beginner terrain with a capacity of 700 p/h; the other served intermediate and expert terrain with a capacity of 1,200 p/h.”
Clark couple buys chair off Howelsen lift, returning it to its original home near Steamboat Lake (March 20, 2021)Oct 2026“the former Steamboat Lake Ski Area, which was built near Pearl Lake and included two chairlifts and a vertical drop of 600 feet, about half as much as the Howelsen Hill Ski Area.”
Pages cited
Every source behind the figures, passes and facts, the resort’s own pages first.
- Lost Areas #6 (The Colorado Skier newsletter, November 12, 1992)Ski history · Colorado Ski History · coloradoskihistory.com
- Steamboat Lake Ski Area — Colorado Ski HistorySki history · Colorado Ski History · coloradoskihistory.com
- GMBA Mountain Inventory v2.0 (standard): mountain range outlines, with each ski area placed where its runs and lifts areWorked out by aurora.ski · GMBA Mountain Inventory (placed by aurora.ski) · earthenv.org
- OpenSkiMap — Steamboat LakeCommunity map · OpenSkiMap.org (OpenStreetMap contributors, Skimap.org) · skimap.org
- Clark couple buys chair off Howelsen lift, returning it to its original home near Steamboat Lake (March 20, 2021)Other site · Steamboat Pilot & Today · steamboatpilot.com
Other facts
Where the page's other facts come from: its location, website, owner and the like.
- Coordinates
- OpenSkiMap — Steamboat Lake
Operating status
The sources that list this area, and what each says about whether it operates.
- abandonedOpenSkiMap.org (OpenStreetMap contributors, Skimap.org) · Community map · 2026-09-28Steamboat Lake — status: abandoned; activities: downhill; lifts mapped: 0; downhill runs mapped: 0;