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Sterner Gulch at Buttermilk

Intermediate · 1041 m long with 158 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 16° at its steepest, facing E.

16°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
1041 mlength
158 mvertical
2678 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

Sterner Gulch is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Sterner Gulch

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 5 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Summit Express
  2. Ski Savio (intermediate)
  3. Ski Buckskin (intermediate)
  4. Ski Sterner Gulch (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Eagle Hill. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Tiehack Express (1 min).

See Sterner Gulch 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.