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Columbine at Buttermilk

Intermediate · 615 m long with 126 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 15° at its steepest, facing NE.

15°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
615 mlength
126 mvertical
2546 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Columbine

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

From the base area (about 8 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Summit Express
  2. Ski No Problem (intermediate)
  3. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  4. Ski Homestead Road (easy)
  5. Ski Midway Ave (intermediate)
  6. Ski Bear (intermediate)
  7. Ski Columbine (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Homestead Road. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Summit Express (1 min), Panda Peak (1 min), unnamed magic carpet (2 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.