Aspen Snowmass

4,420 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 8,114 ft to a summit of 12,534 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into 10 five-hundred-foot bands.

4,420

ft vertical

8,114

ft base

12,534

ft summit

uphill lifts

5,542

footprint acres

The column

10 bands · base to summit

8,000–8,500309 ac · 11.9° · SSE293 mm

8,500–9,000963 ac · 14.4° · S330 mm

9,000–9,500933 ac · 14.5° · S330 mm

9,500–10,000822 ac · 15.7° · S346 mm

10,000–10,500782 ac · 18.2° · S408 mm

10,500–11,000670 ac · 19.6° · S465 mm

11,000–11,500496 ac · 20.3° · SSE465 mm

11,500–12,000369 ac · 19.7° · SSE507 mm

12,000–12,500198 ac · 15.3° · SSE507 mm

12,500–13,0001 ac · 7.4° · SSE534 mm

under 15° easier 15–25° more difficult 25–33° most difficult over 33° expert bar length = acres · fill = elevation

Bands: 10
All lifts: 16
Lift length: 27.0 km
Steepest band: 20.3°
Operator: —
Coordinates: 39.1914, -106.9541

Band by band

slope, aspect and winter normal

Band (ft)	Acres	Slope°	Rating	Aspect	Deg	NDJFM mm
8,000–8,500	309	11.9	easier	SSE	163	293
8,500–9,000	963	14.4	easier	S	171	330
9,000–9,500	933	14.5	easier	S	174	330
9,500–10,000	822	15.7	more difficult	S	172	346
10,000–10,500	782	18.2	more difficult	S	172	408
10,500–11,000	670	19.6	more difficult	S	173	465
11,000–11,500	496	20.3	more difficult	SSE	165	465
11,500–12,000	369	19.7	more difficult	SSE	168	507
12,000–12,500	198	15.3	more difficult	SSE	166	507
12,500–13,000	1	7.4	easier	SSE	162	534

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

North Lost Trail SNOTEL (669:CO:SNTL) is 20.7 km away at 9,190 ft — 3,344 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

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Aspen Snowmass

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