Buttermilk usa
Review of snowboarding and skiing in Buttermilk USA.
Buttermilk Ski Holiday Facts
Established in 1945 the American ski resort Buttermilk lies at 3018 metres altitude in the Colorado region of the American Rockies. With the highest lifts and ski slopes above 2500m Buttermilk ski area is snow sure. Over 490 snow cannons ensure artificial Buttermilk snow making covers ?km of ski trails, which equates to around 26 of the ski slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Buttermilk (USA) is Denver at a distance of 354km or approximately ? minutes driving time. Buttermilk ski season runs from November to April.
SNO-man says
Buttermilk is one of Aspen's four ski areas. Not lift-linked to the other three, it is a short drive from Aspen resort off the road to Snowmass and has a reoputation as a beginners ski area of a very high standard. However it also has little known powder stashes off its black diamond runs - often under used because Buttermilk does not have a toiugh mountain reputation to attract black diamond skiers. The area has also built up a reputastion with boarders, having a 3km (2 mile) long terrain park added in 2000.
alpine downhill runs to ski in Buttermilk USA
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Buttermilk Resort & Holiday Info
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| Ski Pass Prices (adult 6 day) | ? - ? |
Traditional Ski Village / Purpose Built Ski Resort |
| Ski Resort Opens | Nov 2011 |
| Ski Resort Closes | Apr 2012 |
| (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing) |
Ski Area Buttermilk Mountain
| Downhill Ski Runs | 34km |
| total length of Buttermilk trails |
| Longest lift serve Run | 4.8km |
| longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift |
| Ski Slope Orientation | N, S, E, W |
| direction Buttermilk ski areas face |
| Top Altitude | 3018m |
| top station of highest ski lift |
| Bottom Altitude | 2399m |
| bottom of lowest ski run |
| Resort Altitude | 2399m |
| centre of Buttermilk ski resort |
| Vertical Drop | 619m |
| total descent from top lift to bottom piste |
| Skiable Vertical | ^v 619m |
| can include extra hike up which may be possible above top lift - stat used by some resorts to con us about true "vertical drop" which is lift-served |
Skiing in Buttermilk
Skiing Buttermilk you'll enjoy 44 pistes and trails and that means approximately 34km of ski runs. Buttermilk lifts number 9 with the capacity to uplift 7500 skiers up the mountain per hour. The longest ski run in the American ski resort of Buttermilk is over 4.8km long.
Buttermilk Ski Area
Buttermilk ski area has ?% beginner ski runs or nursery slopes, ?% intermediate, ?% advanced ski slopes and ?% for expert skiers - the most difficult Buttermilk piste is the ?km ? run, with a steepness/slope angle of ?%. You can't ski Buttermilk after dark.
Buttermilk for skiing gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
Buttermilk Apres Ski
The apres ski Buttermilk scene and off-slope or "non-skier" activities include:
30 apres ski bars 100 restaurants 0 bowling 5 night club 3 cinema 1 billiards / pool 0 games room 1 concert 5 indoor swimming 4 outdoor heated pools 80 saunas 80 hot tubs 0 solariums 0 masseurs 1 indoor ice skating 2 outdoor ice skating 5 indoor sports centre 0 indoor tennis 0 squash racquetball 1 sleigh rides 1 ballooning 0 horse riding 0 prepare winter walks 0 climbing 1 golf 0 fishing 2 museum 0 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities Art Galleries (45), Back Country Skiing, Ballooning, Concerts, Curling, Nature Tours, Silver Mine Tours by Underground Train, Snowcat Tours, Speed Skiing, Theatre (3) , Wildlife Interpretive Center, (Facilities such as Indoor Swimming Pools in many Hotel.
Buttermilk for apres ski gets 5 stars out of 5 overall
More Buttermilk Snow Ski Area and Resort Information
Buttermilk resort - ski Buttermilk by any other name
The American ski resort of Buttermilk ski resort is also known as Aspen, Aspen Highlands, Buttermilk, Snowmass, Tiehack and has the following common misspellings:
Buttermilk ski area has ski slopes which face N, S, E, W
The direction which the various Buttermilk ski slopes face can make or break your skiing or snowboarding holiday. If you want to guarantee good snow and ski conditions, you should choose a resort with ski slopes which face the right way for the time of year you're travelling.
- In the coldest winter months of January and February you need a ski resort with some sunny south facing ski slopes, so your days on the snow doesn't feel like a polar expedition. Conversely, in the warmest spring skiing months of March and especially April, a ski resort with some cool and shady north facing slopes will ensure you're not skiing on slush, but benefitting from best late season snow. The best ski resorts have ski areas and slopes which face in all directions so that you're guaranteed greating skiing whatever the weather. Buttermilk ski resort has ski slopes facing N, S, E, W.
Buttermilk for snow gets 4 stars out of 5 overall