1,147 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 7,102 ft to a summit of
8,249 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.
1,147
ft vertical
7,102
ft base
8,249
ft summit
3
uphill lifts
231
footprint acres
The column
3 bands · base to summit
7,000–7,50094 ac · 15.6° · NNE1,459 mm
7,500–8,000132 ac · 19.2° · NNE1,459 mm
8,000–8,5006 ac · 22.6° · WNW1,413 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
3
All lifts
3
Lift length
2.1 km
Steepest band
22.6°
Operator
—
Coordinates
39.1507, -120.2309
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
7,000–7,500
94
15.6
more difficult
NNE
23
1,459
7,500–8,000
132
19.2
more difficult
NNE
17
1,459
8,000–8,500
6
22.6
more difficult
WNW
300
1,413
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
2.0 km away at 6,750 ft —
1,499 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.