1,336 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 9,248 ft to a summit of
10,584 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.
1,336
ft vertical
9,248
ft base
10,584
ft summit
8
uphill lifts
513
footprint acres
The column
4 bands · base to summit
9,000–9,500103 ac · 12.4° · SE321 mm
9,500–10,000264 ac · 15.9° · SE321 mm
10,000–10,500142 ac · 17.8° · SE352 mm
10,500–11,0004 ac · 17.0° · SE378 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
4
All lifts
10
Lift length
5.5 km
Steepest band
17.8°
Operator
—
Coordinates
39.9376, -105.5885
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
9,000–9,500
103
12.4
easier
SE
143
321
9,500–10,000
264
15.9
more difficult
SE
130
321
10,000–10,500
142
17.8
more difficult
SE
136
352
10,500–11,000
4
17.0
more difficult
SE
129
378
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
Lake Eldora SNOTEL (564:CO:SNTL) is
0.2 km away at 9,700 ft —
884 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.