490 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 6,780 ft to a summit of
7,270 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this
mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into
2 five-hundred-foot bands.
490
ft vertical
6,780
ft base
7,270
ft summit
2
uphill lifts
31
footprint acres
The column
2 bands · base to summit
6,500–7,00019 ac · 11.8° · SE892 mm
7,000–7,50012 ac · 16.2° · ESE892 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
2
All lifts
2
Lift length
1.1 km
Steepest band
16.2°
Operator
—
Coordinates
39.3516, -120.2609
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
6,500–7,000
19
11.8
easier
SE
129
892
7,000–7,500
12
16.2
more difficult
ESE
112
892
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
Truckee #2 SNOTEL (834:CA:SNTL) is
8.7 km away at 6,500 ft —
770 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.