Parking at Steamboat: where to park to ski

OpenStreetMap lists 9 car parks within 1.5 km of a lift base at Steamboat. The closest to the slopes is Car park by Thunderhead Express, 60 m from the Thunderhead Express lift.

Charges: 3 free, 3 paid and 3 with no data on the map.

Car parks at Steamboat, closest to the lifts first

Car parkDistance to liftSpacesPriceType
Car park by Thunderhead Express60 m (Thunderhead Express)—freeopen-airDirections
Meadows Parking Lot (Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp)180 m (Wildhorse Gondola)—no dataopen-airDirections
Gondola Square Parking Garage220 m (Wild Blue Gondola I)—paidmulti-storeyDirections
Car park by Steamboat Gondola260 m (Steamboat Gondola)—no dataopen-airDirections
Car park by Wild Blue Gondola I280 m (Wild Blue Gondola I)—no datamulti-storeyDirections
Lower Knoll Lot (Lower Knoll Lot)300 m (Buckaroo)—paidopen-airDirections
Car park by Wildhorse Gondola330 m (Wildhorse Gondola)—freeopen-airDirections
Upper Knoll Lot (Steamboat Ski And Resort Company)390 m (Buckaroo)—freeopen-airDirections
Car park by Mahogany Ridge Express1.1 km (Mahogany Ridge Express)—paidopen-airDirections

Distances are in a straight line to the nearest lift base, not by road. Spaces, price and type are those recorded in OpenStreetMap; where there is no data, we say so.

Is there free parking at Steamboat?

Yes: OpenStreetMap marks these as free: Car park by Thunderhead Express, Car park by Wildhorse Gondola, Upper Knoll Lot. Whether a car park is free can change from one season to the next; if there is a barrier or a pay machine, the sign wins.

How much does parking cost at Steamboat?

We do not publish tariffs: no open source keeps them up to date, and a figure from memory is exactly the one that is wrong on the day you drive up. What we do know is which ones charge: 3 of the 9 car parks at Steamboat are marked as paid. If they charge, the price is on the resort’s or the town’s website.

Tips for parking at Steamboat

What about going without a car?

If you would rather skip the parking, see how to reach Steamboat by public transport or transfer, and where to stay at the foot of the slopes.

© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · OpenSkiMap.org