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First day at Buttermilk Mountain

The weather was bright and sunny for our first day riding in the Aspen area. Our first mountain was Buttermilk. A mild name for a fairly mild mountain, apparently chosen to be a good warm-up mountain. We really liked it. The top of the mountain had very good snow all day even on the warm spring day. Only the very bottom was slushy.

We had a great time warming up on the wide well groomed slopes. There were a lot of nice runs including a black diamond that was nice and smooth and easy enough for us.

Buttermilk may have a "weak" sounding name but it is by far the most snowboard friendly of the four mountains in the Aspen area. It has several terrain parks and hosts the ESPN Winter X-Games. For us that didn't matter much and it was just a great place to get back in the swing of things. Most of us have not been on the slopes in nearly a year.

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Cool idea to have a trail map on the lift.
Serene view from the chair lift.
About to start the first run. Lily, Don, Bob and Mark.

The Cliffhouse, the restaurant at the top.
Ling.
Mark.

Lily and Mark.
Lily and the Marks.
Awesome view of the valley.

Me and Lily.
Don, Lily and Bob.
Mark.

One of several terrain parks.
The endemic underwear tree.
You can kinda see the Aspen Airport down there.

Awesome panoramic shot. That's Aspen Highlands in the middle.

The fun looking EuroBungy for the kids at the bottom.

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