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Heavenly Mountain Resort

3,297 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 6,643 ft to a summit of 9,940 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into 7 five-hundred-foot bands.

3,297
ft vertical
6,643
ft base
9,940
ft summit
19
uphill lifts
3,865
footprint acres

The column

7 bands · base to summit
6,500–7,00072 ac · 20.0° · WSW582 mm
7,000–7,500124 ac · 28.1° · SW580 mm
7,500–8,000476 ac · 23.9° · SSW596 mm
8,000–8,500930 ac · 21.4° · SSW636 mm
8,500–9,0001,106 ac · 20.1° · S655 mm
9,000–9,500900 ac · 17.3° · SSW655 mm
9,500–10,000257 ac · 18.9° · SW657 mm
under 15° easier 15–25° more difficult 25–33° most difficult over 33° expert bar length = acres · fill = elevation
NESW
Bands
7
All lifts
22
Lift length
18.6 km
Steepest band
28.1°
Operator
—
Coordinates
38.9354, -119.9119

Band by band

slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)AcresSlope° RatingAspectDeg NDJFM mm
6,500–7,0007220.0more difficultWSW241582
7,000–7,50012428.1most difficultSW236580
7,500–8,00047623.9more difficultSSW207596
8,000–8,50093021.4more difficultSSW193636
8,500–9,0001,10620.1more difficultS190655
9,000–9,50090017.3more difficultSSW204655
9,500–10,00025718.9more difficultSW229657

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
Heavenly Valley SNOTEL (518:CA:SNTL) is 1.3 km away at 8,540 ft — 1,400 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.

Nearby

Sierra-at-Tahoe Ski Resort 22 km Homewood Ski Area 27 km Kirkwood Mountain Resort 31 km Diamond Peak 35 km Palisades Tahoe Alpine Meadows 36 km Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley 39 km

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