263 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 9,239 ft to a summit of
9,502 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this
mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into
3 five-hundred-foot bands.
263
ft vertical
9,239
ft base
9,502
ft summit
1
uphill lifts
299
footprint acres
The column
3 bands · base to summit
9,000–9,500203 ac · 10.8° · E226 mm
9,500–10,00090 ac · 21.4° · ESE226 mm
10,000–10,5006 ac · 21.8° · ESE263 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
3
All lifts
1
Lift length
0.4 km
Steepest band
21.8°
Operator
—
Coordinates
37.3471, -105.1258
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
9,000–9,500
203
10.8
easier
E
98
226
9,500–10,000
90
21.4
more difficult
ESE
106
226
10,000–10,500
6
21.8
more difficult
ESE
103
263
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
Apishapa SNOTEL (303:CO:SNTL) is
5.5 km away at 10,000 ft —
-498 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.