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Sierra-at-Tahoe Ski Resort

2,205 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 6,634 ft to a summit of 8,839 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into 5 five-hundred-foot bands.

2,205
ft vertical
6,634
ft base
8,839
ft summit
6
uphill lifts
759
footprint acres

The column

5 bands · base to summit
6,500–7,00056 ac · 14.1° · SW1,205 mm
7,000–7,500192 ac · 14.9° · SSW1,196 mm
7,500–8,000228 ac · 18.4° · SSW1,249 mm
8,000–8,500204 ac · 19.8° · W1,261 mm
8,500–9,00078 ac · 14.7° · WNW1,252 mm
under 15° easier 15–25° more difficult 25–33° most difficult over 33° expert bar length = acres · fill = elevation
NESW
Bands
5
All lifts
6
Lift length
6.0 km
Steepest band
19.8°
Operator
—
Coordinates
38.7938, -120.0820

Band by band

slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)AcresSlope° RatingAspectDeg NDJFM mm
6,500–7,0005614.1easierSW2141,205
7,000–7,50019214.9easierSSW2081,196
7,500–8,00022818.4more difficultSSW2081,249
8,000–8,50020419.8more difficultW2761,261
8,500–9,0007814.7easierWNW2991,252

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
Echo Peak SNOTEL (463:CA:SNTL) is 6.1 km away at 7,650 ft — 1,189 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

Kirkwood Mountain Resort 13 km Heavenly Mountain Resort 22 km Homewood Ski Area 33 km Bear Valley 34 km Palisades Tahoe Alpine Meadows 42 km Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley 45 km

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