830 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 8,332 ft to a summit of
9,162 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.
830
ft vertical
8,332
ft base
9,162
ft summit
4
uphill lifts
266
footprint acres
The column
3 bands · base to summit
8,000–8,500109 ac · 9.4° · SSW164 mm
8,500–9,000150 ac · 12.8° · SSW169 mm
9,000–9,5007 ac · 13.4° · SW169 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
3
All lifts
6
Lift length
3.2 km
Steepest band
13.4°
Operator
—
Coordinates
40.0433, -105.9042
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
8,000–8,500
109
9.4
easier
SSW
201
164
8,500–9,000
150
12.8
easier
SSW
201
169
9,000–9,500
7
13.4
easier
SW
221
169
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
High Lonesome SNOTEL (1187:CO:SNTL) is
12.8 km away at 10,630 ft —
-1,468 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.