...if you get into town early, hit howelsen, check your gear, look around, check out tomorrow's olympians in training...
A jumping hill in the winter, Howelsen has some good Mtn Bike trails in the summer, through woods and meadows...Climb up is hard, ride down sweet..
Howelsen Hill is a great low cost option for skiing - an adult full day ticket is just $25 and our first tracks tickets - which provides skiing from 1 pm - 3 pm is just $10. A youth all day ticket is $15 for the day - and our mini magic carpet, which is perfect for teaching never ever skiers - is always free.
This looked a like a fun place to take the kids, but be aware, if it is snowing, they can't keep the tubing lanes up to speed. Unfortunately, we chose to go snow tubing on our last day of our trip, and it had been snowing all day. The tubes could barely make it a third of the way down the lane. You can't control Mother Nature, and the employees were all apologetic, but if possible, take the kids snow tubing on a sunny day.
We had seen the Howelson Ski area for years and had never stopped. This year we took a day off and went tubing. The kids loved it. People there were nice. And it was facinating watching all the kids practicing various ski disciplines.
Howelsen offers a great alternative to the high price at Steamboat Ski Area if you just want to schuss down a few runs for a couple of hours. It's great fun and a pretty steep slope overlooking beautiful downtown Steamboat. Also home to one of the premier ski jumping complexes in the country.
I apologize that you had a bad experience at the tubing hill - this is definitely not a normal experience. Our ski area supervisor immediately inspected the tubing hill for safety and we groomed the hill the night we received this - we groom the hill regularly to ensure that the tubing corridors are smooth with adequate snow berms to ensure that all tubes stay in their lane. Thank you for bringing your concerns to our attention.
Great location, close to area hotels, restaurants and fun town shops. Good pricing for families. We came here for tubing and had an amazing time. The staff were great and by our third trip they knew our preferences of spinning and racing each other down the hill.
This place is walking distance from downtown. A group of families came here for tubing. it was not too crowded and was a good time for all. Prices were reasonable and the course was not too fast for the younger kids. Staff was friendly
It was a rainy/snowy night but the kids had a great time and it did not break the bank. An hour of tubing was plenty for us since the rain made it pretty wet but a fun something to do one night before dinner and after a day of activities.