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Midway Ave

Blue Buttermilk, CO

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical300 ft
Length1,227 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesNE
Top8,940 ft

Midway Ave drops 300 vertical feet over 1,227 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 620 feet below the top. That's steeper than 47% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 18th steepest of 41 named runs at Buttermilk. It faces northeast.

How well Midway Ave holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 14°, Midway Ave gets about 69% of the winter sun that flat ground at Buttermilk does, December through March. That's shadier than 72% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th shadiest named run at Buttermilk. Its top sits at 8,940 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Midway Ave profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Midway Ave 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.