1,605 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 8,184 ft to a summit of
9,789 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this
mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into
4 five-hundred-foot bands.
1,605
ft vertical
8,184
ft base
9,789
ft summit
3
uphill lifts
727
footprint acres
The column
4 bands · base to summit
8,000–8,500147 ac · 12.0° · S263 mm
8,500–9,000259 ac · 14.9° · S262 mm
9,000–9,500231 ac · 20.0° · S262 mm
9,500–10,00090 ac · 13.8° · S263 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
4
All lifts
4
Lift length
4.3 km
Steepest band
20.0°
Operator
—
Coordinates
39.0637, -108.1533
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
8,000–8,500
147
12.0
easier
S
185
263
8,500–9,000
259
14.9
easier
S
182
262
9,000–9,500
231
20.0
more difficult
S
182
262
9,500–10,000
90
13.8
easier
S
177
263
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
Mesa Lakes SNOTEL (622:CO:SNTL) is
8.3 km away at 10,160 ft —
-371 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.