Buttermilk Mountain
Home of the ESPN Winter X Games through 2010 (an unprecedented run of nine consecutive years), Buttermilk is also widely regarded as the place for beginners and families to cruise wide, rolling trails. Olympians, X games champs and other park kids brave the giant features in the legendary terrain park.
| Opening date: | December 13, 2008 |
| Closing date: | April 5, 2009 |
| Base elevation: | 7,870 ft. / 2,399 m. |
| Summit elevation: | 9,900 ft. / 3,018 m. |
| Vertical rise: | 2,030 ft. / 619 m. |
| Terrain: | 470 acres / 190 hectares |
| Number of trails: | 44 |
| Miles/km of trails: | 21 miles /34 km |
| Longest run: | 5 miles / 8 km |
| Types of trails: | easiest: 35%, more difficult: 39%, most difficult: 26%, expert: 0% |
| Annual snowfall: | 200 inches / 508 cm |
| Snowmaking: | 108 acres / 44 hectares |
| Lifts: | 9 Total - 2 high-speed quads, 3 doubles, 2 handle tows, 2 ski/snowboard school lifts |
| Lift capacity: | 7,500 riders / hour |
| Uncrowded slopes: | On average, 3.7 people per acre / 8 people per hectare. |
| Best known for: | Winter X Games, which will be held at Buttermilk through 2010!
Beginner terrain makes Buttermilk an excellent learning mountain for new skiers and snowboarders. Unsurpassed grooming |
| Best-kept secret: | Long, wide groomers at West Buttermilk and steeper rolling runs at Tiehack. |
| What's new: | Buttermilk Park - Snow Park Technologies-designed park including the X Games Superpipe (550 ft long) and X Games Slopestyle. |
| Location: | Within the White River National Forest, 3 miles from downtown Aspen, 6 miles from Snowmass |
| Parks and pipes: | 5 terrain parks (Ski & Snowboard Schools, Teaser, Uncle Chuck's, Jacob's Ladder and X Park), 1 superpipe (X Games Superpipe) and 1 beginner pipe (Panda Pipe) - all within Buttermilk Park offering levels from freestyle beginners to experts. Don't be surprised to find yourself riding along side Olympic and X Games medalists on any given day. |
| Lodging: | 14,303 pillows within a 10-mile radius. For more information, please call Stay Aspen Snowmass at 888.649.5982 |
| Rental / Retail: | Four-Mountain Sports at the base of the mountain |
| Restaurants: | 2 Total - Bumps and The Cliffhouse |
