1,499 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 10,248 ft to a summit of
11,747 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.
1,499
ft vertical
10,248
ft base
11,747
ft summit
9
uphill lifts
730
footprint acres
The column
4 bands · base to summit
10,000–10,50075 ac · 8.7° · ESE537 mm
10,500–11,000269 ac · 15.2° · SE571 mm
11,000–11,500353 ac · 13.8° · SE634 mm
11,500–12,00034 ac · 21.4° · ESE634 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
4
All lifts
11
Lift length
7.8 km
Steepest band
21.4°
Operator
—
Coordinates
37.4682, -106.7927
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
10,000–10,500
75
8.7
easier
ESE
116
537
10,500–11,000
269
15.2
more difficult
SE
128
571
11,000–11,500
353
13.8
easier
SE
125
634
11,500–12,000
34
21.4
more difficult
ESE
119
634
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
Wolf Creek Summit SNOTEL (874:CO:SNTL) is
1.5 km away at 10,930 ft —
817 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.