1,136 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 10,673 ft to a summit of
11,809 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.
1,136
ft vertical
10,673
ft base
11,809
ft summit
6
uphill lifts
409
footprint acres
The column
3 bands · base to summit
10,500–11,00038 ac · 15.0° · ESE330 mm
11,000–11,500261 ac · 18.3° · SE327 mm
11,500–12,000110 ac · 17.3° · SSE327 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
3
All lifts
9
Lift length
5.3 km
Steepest band
18.3°
Operator
—
Coordinates
38.5112, -106.3390
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
10,500–11,000
38
15.0
more difficult
ESE
118
330
11,000–11,500
261
18.3
more difficult
SE
128
327
11,500–12,000
110
17.3
more difficult
SSE
153
327
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
Porphyry Creek SNOTEL (701:CO:SNTL) is
2.5 km away at 10,790 ft —
1,019 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.