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Buttercup at Bogus Basin

Easy · 1652 m long with 167 m of vertical, averaging 6° and 12° at its steepest, facing NW.

12°steepest 50 m
6°average pitch
1652 mlength
167 mvertical
2064 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Buttercup is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Buttercup

Lifts that reach the top: Morning Star Express Chair #2 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Superior Express #3 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Pine Creek Express #6 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 6 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Morning Star Express Chair #2
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Buttercup (easy)

Where it ends

Joins To Superior, Lazy Mary, To Superior, Lazy Mary, Sleepy Hollow. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Bitteroot #5 (1 min).

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Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.