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Lower Savio at Buttermilk

Intermediate · 656 m long with 118 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 19° at its steepest, facing NE.

19°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
656 mlength
118 mvertical
2719 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Lower Savio

Lifts that reach the top: West Buttermilk Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); 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).

From the base area (about 6 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 Lower Savio (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Bear, Homestead Road, Baby Doe. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Summit Express (4 min), Panda Peak (4 min), unnamed magic carpet (5 min).

See Lower Savio 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.