Steamboat Resort is a major ski area in the western United States, located in northwestern Colorado at Steamboat Springs. Operated by the Steamboat Ski& Resort Corporation, it is located on Mount Werner, a mountain in the Park Range in the Routt National Forest. Originally named Storm Mountain ski area, it opened on January 12, 1963. The ski area has 297 named trails spread over 2,965 acres. Of those, 14% are classified as beginner-level, 42% as intermediate, and 44% as advanced.