Howelsen Ski Area

Howelsen Ski Area

The Howelsen Ski Area is a small ski area located on Howelsen Hill in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. As such, it is not a typical downhill ski area, but is solely used for Winter Sports and Olympic snow events and has produced over 70 Olympians. With a vertical drop of 440 feet (134 m), it has one chair lift, one rope tow and one Poma lift. It has a bobsled track and a series of ski jumps, the largest being a 90 meter jump. The local youth ski team, the Steamboat Winter Sports Club, practices at the area, along with various ski jumpers in training, including U.S. Ski Team Jumpers. Opened in 1914, it is the oldest continuously operating ski area in Colorado. On an area once known as Elk Park, a former small game preserve, it was renamed in 1917 for Carl Howelsen, the Norwegian immigrant who established it.The alpine area was established in 1931.

External links

* [http://www.ci.steamboat.co.us/index.php?id=193 Howelsen Hill] - website
* [http://www.skimap.org/skiarea.php?id=498 Ski map.org] - Historic and current ski maps of Howelsen Hill
* [http://www.coloradoskihistory.com/history/open/howelsen.html Colorado Ski History.com] - Howelsen Hill


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