445 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 6,721 ft to a summit of
7,166 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.
445
ft vertical
6,721
ft base
7,166
ft summit
2
uphill lifts
11
footprint acres
The column
2 bands · base to summit
6,500–7,0008 ac · 20.4° · SSE272 mm
7,000–7,5003 ac · 23.3° · ESE272 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
2
All lifts
4
Lift length
0.9 km
Steepest band
23.3°
Operator
—
Coordinates
40.4813, -106.8393
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
6,500–7,000
8
20.4
more difficult
SSE
153
272
7,000–7,500
3
23.3
more difficult
ESE
102
272
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
Dry Lake SNOTEL (457:CO:SNTL) is
7.6 km away at 8,240 ft —
-1,074 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.