Buttermilk
Aspen's gentlest mountain and home of the X Games, a beginner-friendly hill with an Olympic-spec superpipe at the top.
Key Stats
Terrain Breakdown
The percentage of marked trails in each difficulty level. A higher beginner percentage means more terrain suitable for novices and families; a higher advanced percentage means more challenge for experts.
Best For
When to go
Average monthly snowfall and snowpack depth, with the typical operating window shaded.
Buttermilk's heaviest snowfall and deepest snowpack both land in February.
- Snowfall
- peaks Feb
- Snowpack
- peaks Feb
- Typical season
- Oct – May
Snowfall: NOAA, 30-year normals (1991–2020).
Snow depth: NOAA, daily station data (1994–2023).
Location
Buttermilk sits in the Roaring Fork Valley of central Colorado, just west of Aspen in the Elk Mountains. This is high-altitude, continental interior terrain deep in the Rockies, with a dry climate and a base that already stands well above the tree line elsewhere.
Getting there
Fly into Aspen (ASE), about 5 minutes from the resort by road.
- Aspen (ASE)5 minutesDirections
- Eagle/Vail (EGE)1.5 hoursDirections
- Montrose (MTJ)3 hoursDirections
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