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Telluride Ski Area

3,756 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 8,743 ft to a summit of 12,499 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into 8 five-hundred-foot bands.

3,756
ft vertical
8,743
ft base
12,499
ft summit
17
uphill lifts
3,336
footprint acres

The column

8 bands · base to summit
8,500–9,00034 ac · 28.1° · SSE245 mm
9,000–9,500205 ac · 19.2° · S242 mm
9,500–10,000576 ac · 19.6° · SSW242 mm
10,000–10,500734 ac · 22.8° · SSW295 mm
10,500–11,000759 ac · 20.4° · SSW345 mm
11,000–11,500702 ac · 19.2° · SSW406 mm
11,500–12,000257 ac · 30.6° · SW418 mm
12,000–12,50069 ac · 27.7° · SW480 mm
under 15° easier 15–25° more difficult 25–33° most difficult over 33° expert bar length = acres · fill = elevation
NESW
Bands
8
All lifts
19
Lift length
20.6 km
Steepest band
30.6°
Operator
—
Coordinates
37.9210, -107.8353

Band by band

slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)AcresSlope° RatingAspectDeg NDJFM mm
8,500–9,0003428.1most difficultSSE163245
9,000–9,50020519.2more difficultS189242
9,500–10,00057619.6more difficultSSW197242
10,000–10,50073422.8more difficultSSW208295
10,500–11,00075920.4more difficultSSW201345
11,000–11,50070219.2more difficultSSW195406
11,500–12,00025730.6most difficultSW215418
12,000–12,5006927.7most difficultSW219480

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
Alta Lakes SNOTEL (1344:CO:SNTL) is 3.6 km away at 11,290 ft — 1,209 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

Silverton Mountain 16 km Kendall Mountain Recreation Area 20 km Purgatory Resort 33 km Lake City Ski Hill 47 km Chapman Hill Recreation Area 71 km Hesperus Ski Area 72 km

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