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Buck Hill Overview

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Buck Hill

Buck Hill, located in Burnsville, MN, is a ski area just south of Minneapolis, one of three ski areas in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Buck Hill offers skiing and snowboarding over 45 acres of skiable terrain and a 309’ vertical drop. Buck Hill is easily accessed via Interstate 35, and provides night skiing and tubing as well as regularly operated skiing and snowboarding. Buck Hill is best known for their ski-racing program, where world cup ski racers Lindsey Vonn and Kristina Koznick learned to ski and race from acclaimed coach Erich Sailer.

Elevation

Summit

1225ft
Vertical Drop

309ft
Base

918ft

Terrain

Beginner Runs

34%

Intermediate Runs

34%

Advanced Runs

16%

Expert Runs

16%

Longest Run

0 MILES

Skiable Terrain

45 ACRE

Lifts

Total Number Of Lifts: 9
Gondolas & Trams: 0
Eight Person Lifts: 0
High Speed Sixes: 0
High Speed Quads: 0
Quad Chairs: 2
Triple Chairs: 1
Double Chairs: 0
Surface Lifts: 6

Tourist Office

15400 Buck Hill Road

55306 Burnsville

Minnesota

United States

Phone: (952) 435-7174

ski@buckhill.com

Important Dates

Projected Opening Ski Season: 12/09/2012

Projected Closing Ski Season: 04/06/2013

Projected Days Open: 112

Days Open Last Year: 115

Years Open: 59

Average Snowfall: 60"

Buck Hill Reviews

by MNSkier97 5th January 2013
- Overall Rating 3
- Family Friendly 5
- All Mtn. Terrain 2
- Terrain Park 5
- Nightlife 4
Buck Hill Review

Pros: Good Beginner Area, Great Terrain Park
Cons: Tiny, Only One Advanced Run
by horselover61 23rd January 2011
- Overall Rating 4
- Family Friendly 5
- All Mtn. Terrain 3
- Terrain Park 4
- Nightlife 5
Buck Hilll

Pros: Good snow, located in the metro area so good nightlife
Cons: puny
by gotsnow402 13th January 2010
- Overall Rating 2
- Family Friendly 3
- All Mtn. Terrain 1
- Terrain Park 2
- Nightlife 2
Ity Bity

Pros: close
Cons: tiny hills few runs
by bobjennifer 7th January 2010
- Overall Rating 4
- Family Friendly 4
- All Mtn. Terrain 4
- Terrain Park 4
- Nightlife 4
Buck Hill is pretty good

Pros: Very Handy location, Good management, great night time skiing.
Cons: Unsupervised teen agers