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Oregon Trail (To Tiehack)

Green Buttermilk, CO

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical301 ft
Length4,651 ft
Average pitch5°
FacesE
Top8,354 ft

Oregon Trail (To Tiehack) drops 301 vertical feet over 4,651 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 1,100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 96% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 10th steepest of 41 named runs at Buttermilk. It faces east.

How well Oregon Trail (To Tiehack) holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 5°, Oregon Trail (To Tiehack) gets about 86% of the winter sun that flat ground at Buttermilk does, December through March. That's sunnier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th sunniest 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.

Oregon Trail (To Tiehack) profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Oregon Trail (To Tiehack) 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.