Lucky Bud at Deer Valley
Advanced · 183 m long with 80 m of vertical, averaging 24° and 28° at its steepest, facing E.
28°steepest 50 m
24°average pitch
183 mlength
80 mvertical
2343 mtop elevation
Efaces
Snow and sun
Lucky Bud is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.
How to get to Lucky Bud
Lifts that reach the top: Homestake Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); Carpenter Express (skiing easy terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 29 minutes, advanced skiing needed):
- Ride East Village Gondola I
- Ride East Village Gondola II
- Ski unnamed trail
- Ski Clipper (easy)
- Ski Dream Meadow (easy)
- Ski Clipper (easy)
- Ski Ontario (easy)
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski Homeward Bound (easy)
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ride Homestake Express
- Ski unnamed trail
- Ski Success (easy)
- Ski Lucky Bud (advanced)
Where it ends
Joins Rosebud. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Snowflake (1 min), Carpenter Express (2 min), Silver Lake Express (2 min).
See Lucky Bud on the 3D mapAll runs at Deer ValleyMeasured 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.