276 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 6,581 ft to a summit of
6,857 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this
mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into
1 five-hundred-foot bands.
276
ft vertical
6,581
ft base
6,857
ft summit
1
uphill lifts
220
footprint acres
The column
1 bands · base to summit
6,500–7,000220 ac · 8.8° · WNW199 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
1
All lifts
2
Lift length
0.3 km
Steepest band
8.8°
Operator
—
Coordinates
37.2817, -107.8687
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
6,500–7,000
220
8.8
easier
WNW
297
199
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
Columbus Basin SNOTEL (904:CO:SNTL) is
22.5 km away at 10,780 ft —
-3,923 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.