1,677 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 10,771 ft to a summit of
12,448 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.
1,677
ft vertical
10,771
ft base
12,448
ft summit
6
uphill lifts
665
footprint acres
The column
4 bands · base to summit
10,500–11,00030 ac · 18.0° · SSW327 mm
11,000–11,500152 ac · 26.6° · SSW328 mm
11,500–12,000310 ac · 22.4° · SSW336 mm
12,000–12,500173 ac · 21.7° · SW336 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
4
All lifts
9
Lift length
5.7 km
Steepest band
26.6°
Operator
—
Coordinates
39.6319, -105.8751
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
10,500–11,000
30
18.0
more difficult
SSW
207
327
11,000–11,500
152
26.6
most difficult
SSW
203
328
11,500–12,000
310
22.4
more difficult
SSW
196
336
12,000–12,500
173
21.7
more difficult
SW
217
336
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
Grizzly Peak SNOTEL (505:CO:SNTL) is
1.7 km away at 11,110 ft —
1,338 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.