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Government at Buttermilk

Advanced · 575 m long with 127 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 17° at its steepest, facing NE.

17°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
575 mlength
127 mvertical
2539 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic+skating.

How to get to Government

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

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

  1. Ride Summit Express
  2. Ski No Problem (intermediate)
  3. Ski Ridge Trail (intermediate)
  4. Ski Lover's Lane (intermediate)
  5. Ski Midway Ave (intermediate)
  6. Ski Homestead Road (easy)
  7. Ski Baby Doe (intermediate)
  8. Ski Jacob's Ladder (advanced)
  9. Ski Government (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Superpipe. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Summit Express (2 min), Panda Peak (2 min), unnamed magic carpet (3 min).

See Government 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.