Buttermilk Ski Resort : Aspen, Colorado
Buttermilk ski resort is home to wide, expansive and gently sloping trails that make it family-friendly and great for beginners. For more than 50 years, Buttermilk has earned a reputation as a great all-around ski experience for any skill level. Today it’s famous for hosting the ESPN Winter X Games through 2012 and being voted #1 by Transworld Snowboarding Magazine Reader’s Poll for best park and pipe. The 22-foot superpipe in the hallowed terrain park awaits those who are up to the task, which may include a few X Games winners, Olympians or local sharks with something to prove.

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Buttermilk Skiing

Season dates: December 10, 2011 - April 8, 2012

Base elevation: 7,870 ft./2,399 m

Summit elevation: 9,900 ft./3,018 m

Vertical rise: 2,030 ft./619 m

Terrain: 470 acres/190 hectares

Number of trails: 44

Miles/km of trails: 21 miles/34 km

Longest run: 3 miles/4.83 km

Types of trails: easiest: 35%, more difficult: 39%, most difficult: 26%, expert: 0%

Parks and pipes: 2 terrain parks: Buttermilk Park has over 100 features including  a 22-foot superpipe and an X Games slopestyle course. For the beginner: Panda Pipe and Ski & Snowboard Schools Park (S3 Park)

Lifts: 9: 2 high-speed quads, 3 doubles, 2 handle tows, 2 ski/snowboard school lifts

Lift hours: All lifts open at 9 a.m., Tiehack closes at 3:30 p.m. - Summit Express and Panda Peak close at 4:00 p.m.

Rental/Retail: Four-Mountain Sports at the base of the mountain

On-Mountain Restaurants: 2: Bumps and The Cliffhouse