in Colorado
in the early 1970s
,
20 miles (32 km) south of Steamboat Springs
in Routt County
.
The ski area was developed by the Woodmoor Company of Colorado Springs
. Although full of great terrain on north-facing slopes, financial problems of the developer nixed the project in 1973 and it closed after its second season of skiing in 1974.
Now considered a "lost" ski hill, rumors of Stagecoach reopening are common, but are always denied by the Wittemeyer family, who have owned the property for over twenty-five years.
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