the Buttermilks

{{Short description|Bouldering area in California}}

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| name = Buttermilk Country

| range = Sierra Nevada foothills

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| photo_caption = Bouldering at the Buttermilks with Basin Mountain in the background

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| location = Inyo County, California, U.S.

| nearest_city = Bishop, California

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The Buttermilks, or Buttermilk Country, is a well-known bouldering destination near Bishop, California. It comprises the western edge of the Owens Valley, in the eastern foothills of the Sierra Nevada.{{cite book

| last=Young

| first=Wills

|author2=Mick Ryan

| title=Bishop bouldering : a color guide to world-class bouldering

| year=2007

| publisher=Wolverine Publishing

| location=Silt, Colorado

|isbn = 978-0-9721609-9-5}}

Buttermilk Country is renowned for its large "highball" boulders, made of quartz monzonite.{{Cite web|last=Minas|first=Shant|title=A Look At Bishop's Boulders|url=https://www.aessoil.com/a-look-at-bishops-boulders/|access-date=2020-12-12|language=en-US}} The boulders in the Buttermilks are glacial erratics, meaning they do not match the rest of the rock found in the area because they were carried by glaciers from far away.

On January 1 2020 Miles Adamson made a first ascent of Too Tall to Fall on Grandma Peabody ({{boulder grade|V10}}).[https://www.climbing.com/news/interview-miles-adamson-on-the-first-ascent-of-grandma-peabody-highball-too-big-to-fall-v10/ Levi Harrell. Interview: Miles Adamson on the First Ascent of Grandma Peabody Highball Too Tall to Fall (V10)] // Climbing, January 17, 2020

In February 2023, Katie Lamb did the first female ascent of Spectre ({{boulder grade|V13/14}}) in the Buttermilks.{{Cite web|url=https://gripped.com/news/katie-lamb-sends-the-hardest-boulder-of-her-life/|title=Katie Lamb Sends the Hardest Boulder of Her Life|first=Aaron|last=Pardy|date=April 14, 2023|magazine=Gripped Magazine}}