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Silverton Mountain

1,778 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 10,318 ft to a summit of 12,096 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into 5 five-hundred-foot bands.

1,778
ft vertical
10,318
ft base
12,096
ft summit
1
uphill lifts
746
footprint acres

The column

5 bands · base to summit
10,000–10,500127 ac · 19.5° · W468 mm
10,500–11,000213 ac · 30.6° · SW471 mm
11,000–11,500177 ac · 32.5° · SW471 mm
11,500–12,000170 ac · 31.0° · S485 mm
12,000–12,50059 ac · 26.4° · SSW529 mm
under 15° easier 15–25° more difficult 25–33° most difficult over 33° expert bar length = acres · fill = elevation
NESW
Bands
5
All lifts
1
Lift length
1.3 km
Steepest band
32.5°
Operator
—
Coordinates
37.8809, -107.6603

Band by band

slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)AcresSlope° RatingAspectDeg NDJFM mm
10,000–10,50012719.5more difficultW279468
10,500–11,00021330.6most difficultSW225471
11,000–11,50017732.5most difficultSW224471
11,500–12,00017031.0most difficultS189485
12,000–12,5005926.4most difficultSSW192529

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
Red Mountain Pass SNOTEL (713:CO:SNTL) is 4.9 km away at 11,060 ft — 1,036 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.

Nearby

Kendall Mountain Recreation Area 8 km Telluride Ski Area 16 km Purgatory Resort 32 km Lake City Ski Hill 34 km Chapman Hill Recreation Area 69 km Hesperus Ski Area 74 km

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