1,541 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 9,354 ft to a summit of
10,895 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this
mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into
4 five-hundred-foot bands.
1,541
ft vertical
9,354
ft base
10,895
ft summit
5
uphill lifts
791
footprint acres
The column
4 bands · base to summit
9,000–9,50031 ac · 10.9° · S350 mm
9,500–10,000286 ac · 12.5° · SSW376 mm
10,000–10,500346 ac · 16.6° · SSW402 mm
10,500–11,000128 ac · 13.2° · SSW402 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
4
All lifts
5
Lift length
7.6 km
Steepest band
16.6°
Operator
—
Coordinates
33.9571, -109.5660
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
9,000–9,500
31
10.9
easier
S
190
350
9,500–10,000
286
12.5
easier
SSW
205
376
10,000–10,500
346
16.6
more difficult
SSW
205
402
10,500–11,000
128
13.2
easier
SSW
192
402
Slope and aspect are the Horn 3×3 method on a ~13 m DEM. A band's
aspect is the direction of the mean unit vector, not the mean of the angles.
NDJFM mm is the PRISM 1991–2020 November–March precipitation normal at
that height — liquid equivalent, not snow depth.
How this mountain gets scored
the verification station
Baldy SNOTEL (310:AZ:SNTL) is
6.2 km away at 9,210 ft —
1,685 ft below this summit. It reports hourly precipitation,
snow water equivalent and temperature at a surveyed elevation, which is the only
truth at height that does not have to be interpolated first. Forecasts for this mountain
will be scored there, and the score published whether or not it flatters.