361 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 6,046 ft to a summit of
6,407 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this
mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into
3 five-hundred-foot bands.
361
ft vertical
6,046
ft base
6,407
ft summit
1
uphill lifts
156
footprint acres
The column
3 bands · base to summit
5,500–6,0002 ac · 7.9° · E394 mm
6,000–6,500152 ac · 15.4° · ENE418 mm
6,500–7,0002 ac · 23.9° · E432 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
3
All lifts
2
Lift length
0.4 km
Steepest band
23.9°
Operator
—
Coordinates
41.5540, -120.2658
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
5,500–6,000
2
7.9
easier
E
90
394
6,000–6,500
152
15.4
more difficult
ENE
73
418
6,500–7,000
2
23.9
more difficult
E
91
432
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
Cedar Pass SNOTEL (391:CA:SNTL) is
4.4 km away at 7,060 ft —
-653 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.