Colorado · United States · ski area
Powderhorn ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Powderhorn is a ski area in Colorado, United States with 37 km of mapped downhill runs and 5 lifts, between 2,493 m and 2,997 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 37 km
- Lifts
- 5
- Top elevation
- 2,997 m
- Vertical drop
- 504 m
- Nearest airport
- GJT · 33 km
Slopes by difficulty
56 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 3 Chairlifts
- 2 Magic carpets
Powderhorn is a ski area in Colorado, the United States. Its 56 mapped downhill runs add up to 37 km, which ranks it #76 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.4% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 660 m long.
Slopes at Powderhorn
About 20% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 36% intermediate and 44% advanced or expert, which makes Powderhorn best suited to confident and advanced skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 5 lifts: 3 chairlifts, 2 magic carpets. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 2,493 m up to 2,997 m, a vertical drop of 504 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.
Getting to Powderhorn
The nearest airport is Grand Junction Regional Airport (GJT), about 33 km away in a straight line — roughly 43 minutes by car; Montrose Regional Airport (MTJ) is 65 km away. Nearby ski areas include Ski Stout, Sunlight Mountain Resort (36.9 km), Spring Gulch Trail System and Irwin Lodge Snowcat, which together add 58 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Powderhorn
- 1 GJT33 kmstraight line
- 2 MTJ65 kmstraight line
- 3Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field)ASE112 kmstraight lineAspen, United States
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- 4 GUC121 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Powderhorn
- 72 kmSki StoutSmall ski area
- 79 kmSunlight Mountain Resort37 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 3,002 m
- 81 kmSpring Gulch Trail Systemup to 2,527 m
- 93 kmIrwin Lodge SnowcatSmall ski area
- 97 kmCimarron Mountain Club21 km of slopes · up to 3,460 m
- 104 kmCrested Butte Nordicup to 2,888 m
- 105 kmAspen Snowmass120 km of slopes · 19 lifts · up to 3,815 m
- 105 kmCrested Butte Mountain Resort56 km of slopes · 15 lifts · up to 3,488 m
- 111 kmTop of the Pinesup to 2,648 m
- 112 kmButtermilk40 km of slopes · 8 lifts · up to 3,011 m
- 112 kmAspen Highlands43 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 3,527 m
- 116 kmAspen Mountain59 km of slopes · 5 lifts · up to 3,431 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.