Superpipe at Buttermilk
Advanced · 619 m long with 130 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 18° at its steepest, facing NE.
18°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
619 mlength
130 mvertical
2534 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Superpipe is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
Grooming: classic+skating.
How to get to Superpipe
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 9 minutes, advanced skiing needed):
- Ride Summit Express
- Ski No Problem (intermediate)
- Ski Ridge Trail (intermediate)
- Ski Lover's Lane (intermediate)
- Ski Midway Ave (intermediate)
- Ski Homestead Road (easy)
- Ski Baby Doe (intermediate)
- Ski Jacob's Ladder (advanced)
- Ski Spruce (advanced)
- Ski Superpipe (advanced)
Where it ends
Joins Spruce Face. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Summit Express (1 min), Panda Peak (2 min), unnamed magic carpet (2 min).
See Superpipe on the 3D mapAll runs at ButtermilkMeasured 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.