Snow Guide › Buttermilk › Runs › Ptarmigan

Ptarmigan at Buttermilk

Intermediate · 1417 m long with 307 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 21° at its steepest, facing NE.

21°steepest 50 m

14°average pitch

1417 mlength

307 mvertical

2963 mtop elevation

NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Ptarmigan

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

From the base area (about 2 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

Ride Summit Express
Ski Ptarmigan (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Sterner, Buckskin, Sterner Gulch. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Tiehack Express (3 min), Summit Express (7 min), Panda Peak (7 min).

See Ptarmigan on the 3D map All 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.