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Silver Mountain Resort

3,957 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 2,286 ft to a summit of 6,243 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into 9 five-hundred-foot bands.

3,957
ft vertical
2,286
ft base
6,243
ft summit
6
uphill lifts
1,057
footprint acres

The column

9 bands · base to summit
2,000–2,50012 ac · 12.2° · SSE474 mm
2,500–3,000140 ac · 21.2° · SSE551 mm
3,000–3,50082 ac · 27.6° · S551 mm
3,500–4,00097 ac · 29.0° · S641 mm
4,000–4,500171 ac · 30.5° · SSW724 mm
4,500–5,000199 ac · 26.7° · SW792 mm
5,000–5,500199 ac · 24.1° · SW792 mm
5,500–6,000147 ac · 22.9° · S834 mm
6,000–6,50010 ac · 24.8° · S834 mm
under 15° easier 15–25° more difficult 25–33° most difficult over 33° expert bar length = acres · fill = elevation
NESW
Bands
9
All lifts
7
Lift length
9.1 km
Steepest band
30.5°
Operator
—
Coordinates
47.5013, -116.1252

Band by band

slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)AcresSlope° RatingAspectDeg NDJFM mm
2,000–2,5001212.2easierSSE169474
2,500–3,00014021.2more difficultSSE155551
3,000–3,5008227.6most difficultS175551
3,500–4,0009729.0most difficultS172641
4,000–4,50017130.5most difficultSSW212724
4,500–5,00019926.7most difficultSW220792
5,000–5,50019924.1more difficultSW214792
5,500–6,00014722.9more difficultS175834
6,000–6,5001024.8more difficultS181834

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
Sunset SNOTEL (803:ID:SNTL) is 23.4 km away at 5,570 ft — 673 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

Lookout Pass 32 km Mt. Spokane 87 km Schweitzer Mountain Resort 104 km Bald Mountain Ski Area 105 km

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