621 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 5,946 ft to a summit of
6,567 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.
621
ft vertical
5,946
ft base
6,567
ft summit
4
uphill lifts
163
footprint acres
The column
3 bands · base to summit
5,500–6,0008 ac · 5.8° · S257 mm
6,000–6,500140 ac · 15.4° · SE258 mm
6,500–7,00016 ac · 12.5° · SE258 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
3
All lifts
5
Lift length
2.3 km
Steepest band
15.4°
Operator
Sun Valley
Coordinates
43.6855, -114.3446
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
5,500–6,000
8
5.8
easier
S
175
257
6,000–6,500
140
15.4
more difficult
SE
132
258
6,500–7,000
16
12.5
easier
SE
128
258
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
Chocolate Gulch SNOTEL (895:ID:SNTL) is
11.0 km away at 6,310 ft —
257 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.