Aspen Buttermilk, USA

Introduction

Buttermilk is probably the weakest of the 4 Aspen Mountains but it does play host to the Winter X-Games, so things can't be too bad.

The area leading from the main base is home to some nice easy beginner runs, veer off a bit from the top of the Summit Express and you'll be faced with a 1.5km continuous terrain park, filled with rollers and hidden features in the trees. It also leads to the main Crazy Town terrain park, and at the bottom that absolutely monster halfpipe that is used in the X-Games.

More advanced runs are found off the Upper Tierack chair, but the runs are pretty short generally.

Buttermilk is one of the better areas for learning on and rarely gets busy, but more advanced riders should head to the other mountains. If its terrain parks that get your juices flowing then you can't really go wrong here.

Resort Statistics

Resort Type:  Alpine
Winter: dec-april

Lifts

Total Lifts: 7
Chair lifts: 5
Drag lifts: 2
Other lifts: 2 Magic carpets
Max people per hour:  7,500
Board Leashes required: No

Mountain

Total pistes/trails: 44
Total ride area: 470 acres/34km
Longest run: 3miles

Top lift: 3018
Vertical drop: 619
First lift: 2399

Piste suitability

Green runs: 35%
Red runs: 39%
Black runs: 26%

Lift Passes

Lift Passes:  [No information]
Lift times:[No information]

Snowfall

Average annual snowfall: 5.08m
Artificial snowmaking coverage: 25%

Facilities

Night Riding: :  No

Heliboarding: :  Not available
Snowmobiles: Not available

Further information

www.aspensnowmass.com/buttermilk

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