1,642 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 6,241 ft to a summit of
7,883 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.
1,642
ft vertical
6,241
ft base
7,883
ft summit
6
uphill lifts
539
footprint acres
The column
4 bands · base to summit
6,000–6,50063 ac · 17.0° · ESE746 mm
6,500–7,000213 ac · 18.5° · ESE881 mm
7,000–7,500210 ac · 17.9° · ESE1,050 mm
7,500–8,00052 ac · 19.4° · E1,269 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
4
All lifts
7
Lift length
4.8 km
Steepest band
19.4°
Operator
Homewood Mountain Resort
Coordinates
39.0812, -120.1685
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
6,000–6,500
63
17.0
more difficult
ESE
104
746
6,500–7,000
213
18.5
more difficult
ESE
107
881
7,000–7,500
210
17.9
more difficult
ESE
103
1,050
7,500–8,000
52
19.4
more difficult
E
100
1,269
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
Ward Creek #3 SNOTEL (848:CA:SNTL) is
7.4 km away at 6,750 ft —
1,133 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.