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Columbine

Blue Buttermilk, CO

Steepest pitch17°
Vertical413 ft
Length2,059 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesNE
Top8,352 ft

Columbine drops 413 vertical feet over 2,059 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 750 feet below the top. That's steeper than 22% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 31st steepest of 41 named runs at Buttermilk. It faces northeast.

How well Columbine holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 12°, Columbine gets about 82% of the winter sun that flat ground at Buttermilk does, December through March. That's shadier than 51% of the runs we've measured, and the 28th shadiest named run at Buttermilk. Its top sits at 8,350 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Columbine profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Columbine elsewhere

Nearby at Buttermilk

Measured by ZRankings from USGS lidar (1-meter where it exists, coarser elsewhere). Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.