Parks and Pipes

Location: Red's Rover Trail and accessed from the West Buttermilk Express lift.

The Gist: Red’s Rover Park consists of roughly 25 small and medium features. Inspired by the diverse flowing lines of a concrete skateboard park, Red’s features include cruisy rollers, hips and banked turns, elevation changes, and small tabletops. The jibs include flat boxes, flat rails and a variety of shaped jibs (flat downs, bonks, rainbows and mini wall ride). This is a great park for entry- and low-intermediate level park riders, far from the prying eyes of lift riders and out of the way with lots of room to breathe. Ski & Snowboard Schools.

Opening Date: Mid-December (depending on conditions)

Location: A series of terrain parks stretching from the top of Little Teaser through Uncle Chuck’s and Jacob’s Ladder trails toward the X Games park at the bottom of the mountain.

The Gist: With medium and large features for more advanced skiers and riders as well as the No. 1 superpipe—a 22+foot Zaugg-cut beast that features prominently in X Games Aspen—plus dozens of jumps, logs, banks and rails along its 2-mile, top-to-bottom length, the Buttermilk Main Park will keep you busy all day and then some.

Opening Date: Mid-December (depending on conditions)

Location: Uncle Chuck's Glade — also off the Summit Express (and directly below Teaser Park)

The Gist: Chuck's Park consists of medium and large features. There are approximately 15 features including hidden log cabins, flat boxes and downrails, small-side hits and tree jibs, plus traffic-barrier and barrel-bonks, as well as some snow features creatively placed into the naturally-rolling groomed terrain.

Location: Midway Avenue Trail

The Gist: Whatever your skill level or choice of equipment, almost everyone can find joy and challenge in a well-executed carve on a carefully shaped berm. Midway’s small and medium features now play host to one of the most popular and accessible built-terrain playgrounds on any of Aspen Snowmass’ four mountains. Think of a flowing snake run winding, weaving, and rolling its way through mid-mountain Buttermilk before rejoining the main park line at the top of Government and Spruce trails. Continue down to Baby Doe trail to access our entry level halfpipe with gentle sloping walls and a manageable pitch perfect for the mini-shredders with big freestyle ambitions.

Opening Date: Mid to Late December

Location: Government Trail accessed off of the Summit Express lift.

The Gist: This is the apex of Buttermilk's legendary freestyle terrain. X Park consists of approximately 25 large features and is home to the famous 22-foot Zaugg cut Superpipe and Slopestyle course made famous at Winter X Games. Ambitious and talented skiers and riders can test their skills against the same Slopestyle terrain as their X Games heroes, plus find hidden gems such as banked turns and rollers down the left side of Spruce on their way to the pipe.

Opening Date: The X Games Superpipe opens before Christmas, but shuts down shortly after the New Year. This closure is necessary due to the prep work needed to host the ESPN Winter X Games, which are held on the same course as X slopestyle. The slopestyle course is altered only slightly before opening up to the public for the remainder of the season.