A city-run hill that opened for 2025-26 with a covered carpet, banked turns, a $35 ticket and a daily grooming break.
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$35 per rider; 25% discount for groups of 15+
Rough cost for a family of four: about $140.00 at the posted starting rate, before rentals, food, or parking. Many parks sell tubing by the hour or by a fixed session rather than a full-day pass — check the note above for exactly what that price buys.
Tube Howelsen is the City of Steamboat Springs’ tubing hill at Howelsen Hill Ski Area, new for the 2025-26 season. The record describes a covered carpet lift and a custom-built track with banked turns, so the ride back up is easy.
The city page lists hours of 11 AM to 7 PM, Monday through Sunday, with a closure from 2 to 3 PM daily for grooming. Plan your visit around that gap. Online reservations are available and highly recommended, and the record lists $35 per rider with a 25% discount for groups of 15 or more. Confirm rates and dates on the city’s page before you go.
Minimum height is 36 inches, and hard-shell boots are not permitted, so bring regular winter boots. The record lists night tubing as true, but the posted hours end at 7 PM, so check whether any lit sessions exist rather than assuming.
Our record doesn’t list a session length, so ask when you book.
For a rural alternative, Yee-Haw Hill at Saddleback Ranch is about 9 miles away on a working cattle ranch with a tube-tow lift and a warming lodge.
Book online, which the city page highly recommends; avoid 2 to 3 PM, when the hill closes daily for grooming.
Hours are 11 AM to 7 PM with a 2 to 3 PM closure; session length isn't in our record, so confirm it when you book.
Anyone in hard-shell boots, which aren't permitted, or anyone under 36 inches.
Yee-Haw Hill at Saddleback Ranch is about 9 miles away and is a ranch setting with a tube-tow lift.
36 inches, per the city page in our record.
Monday to Sunday, 11 AM to 7 PM, with 2 to 3 PM closed for grooming.
Yes, online reservations are available and highly recommended.
Current-season dates had not been published when we last checked. It has run: Monday-Sunday. Check with the park before driving out — tubing seasons shift with the weather.
Tubing starts at $35 per person. $35 per rider; 25% discount for groups of 15+
Yes — this park requires reservations rather than walk-up tickets. Book ahead, especially for a weekend or holiday slot.
Minimum height is 36 inches.
We track 12 tubing hills in Colorado. At $35 a head this one sits above the state median of $30, undercutting 2 of the 8 paid parks we track here.
One caveat worth repeating: this park had not published its current-season dates when we last checked, while 4 of the 12 parks we track in Colorado had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as a prior season's until the park confirms it.
There is 1 other tubing hill we track in Steamboat Springs. All Colorado tubing hills →
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Checked September 2026.