A working cattle ranch with a tube-tow lift that hooks to your tube, a warming lodge with a bar, and rates by the hour or two.
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$28 per person for 1 hour, $45 per person for 2 hours (ages 5+); children 4 and under free with adult
Rough cost for a family of four: about $112.00 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.
Yee-Haw Hill sits on Saddleback Ranch, a working cattle ranch about 15 miles west of Steamboat Springs. Its tube-tow lift hooks directly to your tube for the ride uphill, and the record describes multiple groomed runs. A warming lodge with concessions and a bar gives non-riders a place to sit.
The record lists $28 per person for 1 hour and $45 per person for 2 hours for ages 5 and up, and children 4 and under are free with an adult. Confirm current rates on the ranch’s site. Reservations are required, and the record advises signing in by 3:00 PM. Hours run 8 AM to 5:30 PM, and the ranch is closed Tuesdays and Thursdays during slower periods, so check the calendar for your date.
Because it’s a ranch, the same property offers snowmobile tours and horseback riding, which suits groups who want more than one activity. Our record doesn’t list a height minimum or night tubing.
The distance matters: the ranch is a drive out of town. Tube Howelsen is about 9 miles away and sits inside Steamboat Springs, so choose it when you want a shorter trip.
Avoid Tuesday and Thursday, which the record says close during slower periods; sign in by 3 PM per the record's recommendation.
One hour ($28) or two hours ($45), plus time to sign in and use the lodge.
Anyone who wants to walk in; reservations are required per the record. Also skip it if you need night tubing, since hours end at 5:30 PM.
Tube Howelsen is about 9 miles away in Steamboat Springs and has a covered carpet lift and a 36-inch minimum.
The record lists $28 per person for 1 hour and $45 per person for 2 hours for ages 5 and up. Children 4 and under are free with an adult.
A tube-tow lift hooks directly to your tube and pulls you back up, so there is no hiking.
Sign in by 3:00 PM is recommended, and hours run 8 AM to 5:30 PM.
Current-season dates had not been published when we last checked. It has run: Closed Tuesday and Thursday during slower periods. Check with the park before driving out — tubing seasons shift with the weather.
Tubing starts at $28 per person. $28 per person for 1 hour, $45 per person for 2 hours (ages 5+); children 4 and under free with adult
Yes — this park requires reservations rather than walk-up tickets. Book ahead, especially for a weekend or holiday slot.
We track 12 tubing hills in Colorado. At $28 a head this one sits below the state median of $30, undercutting 4 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 →
saddlebackranch.net
Checked September 2026.