596 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 5,514 ft to a summit of
6,110 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.
596
ft vertical
5,514
ft base
6,110
ft summit
1
uphill lifts
159
footprint acres
The column
3 bands · base to summit
5,000–5,50016 ac · 9.2° · SSW229 mm
5,500–6,000124 ac · 17.8° · SSW248 mm
6,000–6,50019 ac · 19.4° · S248 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
3
All lifts
1
Lift length
0.6 km
Steepest band
19.4°
Operator
—
Coordinates
45.6039, -110.9222
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
5,000–5,500
16
9.2
easier
SSW
194
229
5,500–6,000
124
17.8
more difficult
SSW
192
248
6,000–6,500
19
19.4
more difficult
S
181
248
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
Lick Creek SNOTEL (578:MT:SNTL) is
11.6 km away at 6,880 ft —
-770 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.