#1 Park: Buttermilk, Colorado
The first thing that comes to mind at the mention of the Buttermilk park is the terrifying X Games’ gap jumps and massive step downs that threaten to chew up and spit out a Travis Rice-caliber rider, but that’s not the real story at Buttermilk. It’s true that you can show up after the X Games and ride a toned down version of that same four-pack of jumps, which is pretty high on the cool list, but there’s more going on beyond the bright lights. Buttermilk has two parks—the Buttermilk Summit Express lift accesses the main park with key features like … Details