906 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 7,725 ft to a summit of
8,631 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.
906
ft vertical
7,725
ft base
8,631
ft summit
2
uphill lifts
69
footprint acres
The column
3 bands · base to summit
7,500–8,00020 ac · 12.4° · SE640 mm
8,000–8,50047 ac · 17.1° · SE640 mm
8,500–9,0002 ac · 17.2° · SSE640 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
3
All lifts
3
Lift length
2.3 km
Steepest band
17.2°
Operator
—
Coordinates
42.3140, -113.6120
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
7,500–8,000
20
12.4
easier
SE
134
640
8,000–8,500
47
17.1
more difficult
SE
133
640
8,500–9,000
2
17.2
more difficult
SSE
159
640
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
Howell Canyon SNOTEL (534:ID:SNTL) is
0.8 km away at 8,010 ft —
621 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.