Uncle Chuck's Glades at Buttermilk
Advanced · 751 m long with 134 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 16° at its steepest, facing NE.
16°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
751 mlength
134 mvertical
2821 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Uncle Chuck's Glades is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
Grooming: classic.
How to get to Uncle Chuck's Glades
Lifts that reach the top: unnamed rope tow (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Summit Express (skiing advanced terrain to get there); West Buttermilk Express (skiing advanced terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 6 minutes, advanced skiing needed):
- Ride Summit Express
- Ski No Problem (intermediate)
- Ski Ridge Trail (intermediate)
- Ski Teaser (intermediate)
- Ski Homestead Road (easy)
- Ski Little Teaser (advanced)
- Ski Uncle Chuck's Glades (advanced)
Where it ends
Joins Jacob's Ladder. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Summit Express (5 min), Panda Peak (6 min), unnamed magic carpet (6 min).
See Uncle Chuck's Glades 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.