605 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 6,754 ft to a summit of
7,359 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.
605
ft vertical
6,754
ft base
7,359
ft summit
1
uphill lifts
388
footprint acres
The column
2 bands · base to summit
6,500–7,000177 ac · 12.1° · SSE477 mm
7,000–7,500211 ac · 12.5° · ESE476 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
2
All lifts
3
Lift length
0.8 km
Steepest band
12.5°
Operator
—
Coordinates
42.1861, -114.2894
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
6,500–7,000
177
12.1
easier
SSE
163
477
7,000–7,500
211
12.5
easier
ESE
101
476
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
Magic Mountain SNOTEL (610:ID:SNTL) is
0.6 km away at 6,940 ft —
419 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.