I see on Instagram that Buttermilk is removing all of their lifts this summer for more uphill skiing. Do you know what will happen to these lifts! I know that Tiehack Express will be relocated to Aspen.
Has there ever been serious thought into connecting Buttermilk and Snowmass by adding a trail and lift network on the ridge in between the two areas? It would add a substantial amount of terrain to the resort and help improve skier flow by making Buttermilk’s base a more attractive parking/destination option.
I know there is a Lynx habitat somewhere in this area, perhaps that is why it has never been explored?
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I see on Instagram that Buttermilk is removing all of their lifts this summer for more uphill skiing. Do you know what will happen to these lifts! I know that Tiehack Express will be relocated to Aspen.
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Might want to check the date on that post.
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That might be the funniest 4/1 thing I have seen this year, right up there with Big Sky’s 16-seater chairlift!
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…..And that’s replacing the Homer platter. Homer 16!
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I wonder if Summit Express would ever get replacement chairs to match the other two detaches.
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Has there ever been serious thought into connecting Buttermilk and Snowmass by adding a trail and lift network on the ridge in between the two areas? It would add a substantial amount of terrain to the resort and help improve skier flow by making Buttermilk’s base a more attractive parking/destination option.
I know there is a Lynx habitat somewhere in this area, perhaps that is why it has never been explored?
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A Riblet named Savio! That sounds a bit like a Doppelmayr platter called a poma (https://newenglandskihistory.com/lifts/viewlift.php?id=530)!
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There is a platter lift called “Poma” but is a Yan on Mammoth Mountain. https://liftblog.com/poma-mammoth-mountain-ca/
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Possible lift numbers.
1 Summit
2 Tiehack
3 West buttermilk
4 Surface lift
5 Magic carpet
6 Panda peak
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