Snow quality: Steamboat tends to get lighter dryer snow, more like Utah. Winter Park, the winds blow harder and tends to be more “blower” dense drifty snow. read more
Winter Park and Mary Jane have always seemed more like a “skier’s mountain” with a lot of flat traverses to get to and from different zones, whereas Steamboat’s four main areas are more stacked on eachother, so you can do top to bottom Storm Peak to Gondola/Base runs that take 45–60 minutes. read more