598 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 8,275 ft to a summit of
8,873 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this
mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into
2 five-hundred-foot bands.
598
ft vertical
8,275
ft base
8,873
ft summit
1
uphill lifts
390
footprint acres
The column
2 bands · base to summit
8,000–8,500194 ac · 9.4° · ESE215 mm
8,500–9,000196 ac · 18.6° · ENE208 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
2
All lifts
1
Lift length
0.7 km
Steepest band
18.6°
Operator
—
Coordinates
37.2975, -108.0572
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
8,000–8,500
194
9.4
easier
ESE
115
215
8,500–9,000
196
18.6
more difficult
ENE
72
208
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
16.3 km away at 10,780 ft —
-1,907 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.