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Blue Grouse (Buttermilk) at Buttermilk

Easy · 333 m long with 66 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 14° at its steepest, facing NW.

14°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
333 mlength
66 mvertical
2851 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Blue Grouse (Buttermilk) is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Blue Grouse (Buttermilk)

Lifts that reach the top: West Buttermilk Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); unnamed rope tow (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Summit Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 5 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Summit Express
  2. Ski No Problem (intermediate)
  3. Ski Ridge Trail (intermediate)
  4. Ski Teaser (intermediate)
  5. Ski Camp Bird (intermediate)
  6. Ski Blue Grouse (Buttermilk) (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Westward Ho, Red's Rover. Nearest lifts from the bottom: West Buttermilk Express (3 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.