223 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 8,858 ft to a summit of
9,081 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.
223
ft vertical
8,858
ft base
9,081
ft summit
1
uphill lifts
157
footprint acres
The column
3 bands · base to summit
8,500–9,00096 ac · 13.7° · SE123 mm
9,000–9,50052 ac · 29.3° · ESE132 mm
9,500–10,00010 ac · 29.1° · SE132 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
29.3°
Operator
—
Coordinates
38.0102, -107.3133
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
8,500–9,000
96
13.7
easier
SE
131
123
9,000–9,500
52
29.3
most difficult
ESE
119
132
9,500–10,000
10
29.1
most difficult
SE
134
132
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
Slumgullion SNOTEL (762:CO:SNTL) is
9.8 km away at 11,560 ft —
-2,479 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.