381 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 5,200 ft to a summit of
5,581 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this
mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into
2 five-hundred-foot bands.
381
ft vertical
5,200
ft base
5,581
ft summit
1
uphill lifts
158
footprint acres
The column
2 bands · base to summit
5,000–5,500133 ac · 12.3° · W494 mm
5,500–6,00025 ac · 10.2° · WSW494 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
2
All lifts
1
Lift length
0.6 km
Steepest band
12.3°
Operator
—
Coordinates
44.9279, -116.1609
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
5,000–5,500
133
12.3
easier
W
267
494
5,500–6,000
25
10.2
easier
WSW
244
494
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
Bear Basin SNOTEL (319:ID:SNTL) is
3.1 km away at 5,350 ft —
231 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.