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Buttermilk ski runs

41 named runs · about 21 miles of skiing · 7,880 to 9,890 ft

Green 23% (4.8 mi)Blue 44% (9.2 mi)Black 34% (7.1 mi)Double black 0% (0.0 mi)

Share of the mountain by length of run, not number of trails, measured from the mapped runs.

Steepest

  1. Savio 29°
  2. Little Teaser 28°
  3. Tiehack Trail 27°
  4. Timber Doodle Glade 26°
  5. Spruce Face 25°

Longest

  1. Red's Rover 7,600 ft
  2. Big Face Hollow 5,700 ft
  3. Buckskin 4,800 ft
  4. Oregon Trail (To Tiehack) 4,700 ft
  5. Racer's Edge 4,400 ft

Holds snow best

  1. Savio 62% sun
  2. Timber Doodle Glade 62% sun
  3. Ptarmigan Glade 63% sun
  4. Racer's Edge 63% sun
  5. Sterner 65% sun

Longest greens

  1. Red's Rover 7,600 ft
  2. Oregon Trail (To Tiehack) 4,700 ft
  3. Larkspur 3,700 ft
  4. Westward Ho 2,600 ft
  5. Magic Carpet 2,100 ft

Every run on the mountain

Hover a run for its name. The thicker runs have their own pages; tap one to open it.

All 41 runs

RunRatingVerticalLength SteepestAvg pitchFacesHolds snow
Savio Blue 376 ft 1,343 ft 29° 16° N Excellent
Little Teaser Black 266 ft 1,605 ft 28° 10° NW Average
Tiehack Trail Black 992 ft 3,336 ft 27° 17° NE Good
Timber Doodle Glade Black 955 ft 3,352 ft 26° 17° NE Excellent
Spruce Face Black 254 ft 1,227 ft 25° 12° NE Average
Javelin Black 1,065 ft 3,675 ft 24° 17° NE Good
Racer's Edge Black 1,195 ft 4,394 ft 24° 16° NE Excellent
Camp Bird Blue 809 ft 3,803 ft 24° 12° N Good
Sterner Black 947 ft 3,504 ft 24° 16° NE Good
Oregon Trail (To Tiehack) Green 301 ft 4,651 ft 23° 5° E Average
Friedl's Blue 402 ft 1,501 ft 23° 16° NE Good
Ptarmigan Glade Black 787 ft 2,789 ft 23° 16° NE Excellent
Teaser Blue 614 ft 3,224 ft 22° 11° N Good
Superpipe Black 425 ft 2,074 ft 22° 12° NE Average
Lower Savio Blue 382 ft 1,876 ft 22° 12° N Good
Government Black 416 ft 1,932 ft 22° 13° NE Average
Ptarmigan Blue 975 ft 3,911 ft 22° 15° NE Good
Midway Ave Blue 300 ft 1,227 ft 21° 14° NE Good
Big Face Hollow Blue 1,167 ft 5,704 ft 21° 12° N Good
No Problem Blue 458 ft 1,934 ft 20° 14° NE Good
Buckskin Blue 941 ft 4,795 ft 19° 11° E Below average
Tiehack Parkway Black 347 ft 2,165 ft 19° 9° NE Average
Bear Blue 598 ft 3,544 ft 19° 10° N Good
Lower Larkspur Black 384 ft 1,613 ft 19° 14° N Good
Ridge Trail Blue 739 ft 3,687 ft 19° 12° NE Average
Larkspur Green 706 ft 3,732 ft 19° 11° N Good
Uncle Chuck's Glades Black 441 ft 2,503 ft 18° 10° NE Average
Magic Carpet Green 382 ft 2,128 ft 18° 10° NE Average
Sterner Gulch Blue 432 ft 2,335 ft 17° 11° E Below average
Red's Rover Green 1,174 ft 7,617 ft 17° 9° NW Good
Columbine Blue 413 ft 2,059 ft 17° 12° NE Average
Jacob's Ladder Black 548 ft 3,480 ft 16° 9° NE Average
Lover's Lane Blue 236 ft 1,819 ft 16° 8° N Average
Spruce Black 193 ft 1,127 ft 16° 10° NE Average
Tom's Thumb Green 167 ft 1,596 ft 15° 6° NE Below average
Blue Grouse (Buttermilk) Green 217 ft 1,112 ft 15° 11° NW Average
Panda Hill Green 100 ft 1,017 ft 15° 6° NE Below average
Eagle Hill Blue 314 ft 1,536 ft 15° 12° E Average
Westward Ho Green 470 ft 2,590 ft 14° 11° NW Average
Rabbit Run Green 97 ft 1,071 ft 14° 5° E Average
Baby Doe Blue 138 ft 897 ft 14° 9° NE Average

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line; "holds snow" ranks each run's winter sun against every run we've measured. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap.