Our 4 Mountains - Buttermilk

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Buttermilk

Base elevation:  7,870 ft./2,399 m.
Summit elevation:  9,900 ft./3,018 m.
Vertical rise:  2,030 ft./619 m.
Terrain:  427 acres/173 hectares, Boardercross course.
Uncrowded slopes:  On average, 3.7 people per acre / 8 people per hectare. 

• Best known for: Being one of the best learning/teaching mountains in the world, terrain park and halfpipe for advanced skiers and snowboarders.  Home to ESPN Winter X Games
• Best known for: Winter X Games, which will be held at Buttermilk through 2007! The Crazy T’rain Park and X Games superpipe. 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: Separate beginner terrain park (S3) on Larkspur. Host of the Aspen/Snowmass Open slopestyle and superpipe competition.
• Location: Within the White River National Forest, 3 miles from downtown Aspen, 6 miles from Snowmass

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