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Spruce at Buttermilk

Advanced · 338 m long with 59 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 14° at its steepest, facing N.

14°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
338 mlength
59 mvertical
2539 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic+skating.

How to get to Spruce

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 Spruce (advanced)

Where it ends

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

See Spruce 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.