Howelsen Hill Ski Area
Howelsen Hill Ski Area is a ski area located in the state of Colorado in USA. The resort is in the town of Seamboat Springs, CO.
We recently ranked all of Colorado's ski resorts, so you can see where Howelsen Hill Ski Area stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Season Passes
Howelsen Hill Ski Area is not a part of any nationwide lift ticket system. Passes such as Epic, IKON, or Mountain Collective allow pass holders to ski at multiple mountians with a single purchase. Unfortunately, none of those passes work with Howelsen Hill Ski Area. To purchase season passes, you'll need to visit Howelsen Hill Ski Area's website.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at Howelsen Hill Ski Area around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
Howelsen Hill Ski Area Terrain Overview
Howelsen Hill Ski Area has a total of 17 ski trails, which are serviced by 4 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Howelsen Hill Ski Area is considered a smaller than average ski area, with only a maximum of 50 acres available to ski. This area is equivalent to 20 hectares, 0.1 square miles, or 0.2 square kilometers.
Howelsen Hill Ski Area's slopes see on average 150 inches (3.8 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 12 feet every year!
Total Runs
17
Lifts
4
Skiable Acres
50(0 km2)
Annual Snowfall
150"(381 cm)
Howelsen Hill Ski Area Elevation
Howelsen Hill Ski Area has a summit elevation of 7,136 feet, or 2,175 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 6,696 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 440 feet (134 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
Howelsen Hill Ski Area's summit elevation is higher than average. There are a lot of ski slopes that are much higher than this one (some stretch to 12,000 feet!), but it is not small by any stretch of the imagination.
Summit Elevation
7,136'(2,175 m)
Vertical Drop
440'(134 m)
Base Elevation
6,696'(2,041 m)
Howelsen Hill Ski Area Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
46.2out of 100
DID YOU KNOW?
At Parks & Trips, we've created a proprietary Difficulty Score that attempts to show how difficult a particular ski slope is. We get to this number by combining a number of metrics for each resort and comparing them to its peers. Most of the score is based off the amount of easy-intermediate-expert slopes by acreage and the maximum vertical drop of the overall resort, but also includes a few lesser-used metrics as well.
Our algorithm compares each resort’s metrics with all others in North America, then assigns each a Difficulty Score, which we use to rank them accordingly. Resorts with a lower score are easier to ski than those with a higher one. However, a high score does not mean that the resort does not have any easy slopes, or vice versa. This is just an overall score given to the resort based on all its metrics grouped together.
Skiable Terrain by Difficulty Level
Howelsen Hill Ski Area has 50 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Howelsen Hill Ski Area is a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 20% of its trails as easy. However, it also has a fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 80%.
Beginner
20%(10 acres)
Beginner trails (identified by a green circle) are the easiest trails on the hill with a gradual 25% or less gradient, and are usually wide to accommodate beginner skiers.
Intermediate
30%(15 acres)
Intermediate trails (identified by a blue square) are usually the most popular and crowded runs, which have a slope of anywhere between 25-40%.
Expert
50%(25 acres)
Expert trails (identified by a black diamond... or two) are the hardest slopes on the mountain, and have very steep gradients over 40%.
Is Howelsen Hill Ski Area good for beginners?
Howelsen Hill Ski Area can be beginner-friendly, depending on the runs you take. While it ranks in the lower half of all North American ski areas in terms of overall difficulty, it still has 80% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.
Howelsen Hill Ski Area Location
Howelsen Hill Ski Area is located in the state of Colorado, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Seamboat Springs, CO.
Address:
Seamboat Springs, CO 80487 USA
View on Google Maps
Website:
steamboatsprings.net/ski
GPS Coordinates:
40.48300, -106.83700
Getting to Howelsen Hill Ski Area
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Howelsen Hill Ski Area), its coordinates of 40.48300, -106.83700 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Seamboat Springs, CO to get close.
By Air: If you are coming in from across the country, then you may need to board an airplane to get here.
A large airport has scheduled major airline service with millions of passengers per year. This type of airport always accepts international flights. Here are the closest large airport(s) to Howelsen Hill Ski Area.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver International Airport | DEN | Denver, CO | 122 mi |
A medium-sized airport has scheduled regional airline service. This type of airport may or may not accept international flights. Here are the closest medium-sized airport(s) to Howelsen Hill Ski Area.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle County Regional Airport | EGE | Eagle, CO | 58 mi |
| Laramie Regional Airport | LAR | Laramie, WY | 83 mi |
| Aspen-Pitkin Co/Sardy Field | ASE | Aspen, CO | 87 mi |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Howelsen Hill Ski Area, but we didn't list them here due to the fact that no major airlines go through them.
Other Nearby Ski Resorts
Skiers will - especially if coming from far away - try and visit a couple different slopes all in the same trip. Here are the closest other ski slopes within 100 miles of Howelsen Hill Ski Area.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluebird Backcountry | Kremmling, CO | 9,845 ft | 60% | 16 mi |
| Steamboat | Clark, CO | 10,568 ft | 79% | 23 mi |
| Snowy Range | Laramie, WY | 10,000 ft | 41% | 57 mi |
| Beaver Creek | Beaver Creek, CO | 11,440 ft | 64% | 62 mi |
| Vail | Vail, CO | 11,570 ft | 79% | 63 mi |
| Ski Granby Ranch | Granby, CO | 9,202 ft | 32% | 68 mi |
| Winter Park Resort | Winter Park, CO | 12,060 ft | 86% | 71 mi |
| Loveland Ski Area | Dillon, CO | 13,010 ft | 65% | 74 mi |
| Keystone | Dillon, CO | 12,408 ft | 76% | 77 mi |
| Eldora | Nederland, CO | 10,600 ft | 50% | 77 mi |
| Copper Mountain | Frisco, CO | 12,441 ft | 69% | 79 mi |
| Sunlight Mountain | Glenwood Springs, CO | 9,895 ft | 66% | 79 mi |
| Breckenridge | Breckenridge, CO | 12,998 ft | 83% | 81 mi |
| Ski Cooper | Leadville, CO | 11,700 ft | 56% | 83 mi |
| Echo Mountain Resort | Idaho Springs, CO | 10,650 ft | 28% | 89 mi |
| Aspen Highlands Ski Resort | Aspen, CO | 11,675 ft | 78% | 89 mi |
| Aspen Mountain Ski Resort | Aspen, CO | 11,212 ft | 82% | 90 mi |
| Aspen Ski Resorts | Snowmass Village, CO | 12,510 ft | 70% | 90 mi |
| Aspen Snowmass | Snowmass Village, CO | 12,510 ft | 68% | 90 mi |
Howelsen Hill Ski Area Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 7,136 ft |
| Base Elevation | 6,696 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 440 ft |
| Trails | 17 (20% Beginner, 30% Intermediate, 50% Expert) |
| Lifts | 4 |
| Skiable Acres | 50 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 150 inches |