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Red's Rover

Green Buttermilk, CO

Steepest pitch17°
Vertical1,174 ft
Length7,617 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesNW
Top9,887 ft

Red's Rover drops 1,174 vertical feet over 7,617 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 6,250 feet below the top. That's steeper than 71% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 30th steepest of 41 named runs at Buttermilk. It faces northwest.

How well Red's Rover holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northwest at an average 9°, Red's Rover gets about 76% of the winter sun that flat ground at Buttermilk does, December through March. That's shadier than 61% of the runs we've measured, and the 19th shadiest named run at Buttermilk. Its top sits at 9,890 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.

Red's Rover profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Red's Rover 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.