1,141 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 10,599 ft to a summit of
11,740 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.
1,141
ft vertical
10,599
ft base
11,740
ft summit
4
uphill lifts
360
footprint acres
The column
3 bands · base to summit
10,500–11,000101 ac · 11.8° · SW298 mm
11,000–11,500195 ac · 14.6° · S309 mm
11,500–12,00065 ac · 12.1° · SSE310 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
3
All lifts
5
Lift length
5.1 km
Steepest band
14.6°
Operator
—
Coordinates
39.3547, -106.2876
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
10,500–11,000
101
11.8
easier
SW
214
298
11,000–11,500
195
14.6
easier
S
184
309
11,500–12,000
65
12.1
easier
SSE
167
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
Fremont Pass SNOTEL (485:CO:SNTL) is
8.2 km away at 11,310 ft —
430 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.