222 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 9,321 ft to a summit of
9,543 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.
222
ft vertical
9,321
ft base
9,543
ft summit
1
uphill lifts
228
footprint acres
The column
3 bands · base to summit
9,000–9,500137 ac · 7.2° · W248 mm
9,500–10,00062 ac · 31.1° · SW310 mm
10,000–10,50029 ac · 31.4° · SSW310 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
3
All lifts
1
Lift length
0.3 km
Steepest band
31.4°
Operator
—
Coordinates
37.8114, -107.6548
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
9,000–9,500
137
7.2
easier
W
280
248
9,500–10,000
62
31.1
most difficult
SW
226
310
10,000–10,500
29
31.4
most difficult
SSW
209
310
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
Mineral Creek SNOTEL (629:CO:SNTL) is
7.5 km away at 10,030 ft —
-487 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.