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Buckskin at Buttermilk

Intermediate · 1568 m long with 288 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 19° at its steepest, facing NE.

19°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
1568 mlength
288 mvertical
2845 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Buckskin

Lifts that reach the top: Summit Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Tiehack Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 3 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Summit Express
  2. Ski Savio (intermediate)
  3. Ski Buckskin (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Sterner Gulch, unnamed intermediate trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Tiehack Express (2 min), Summit Express (8 min), Panda Peak (8 min).

See Buckskin on the 3D mapAll runs at Buttermilk
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.