1,390 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 5,251 ft to a summit of
6,641 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this
mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into
4 five-hundred-foot bands.
1,390
ft vertical
5,251
ft base
6,641
ft summit
3
uphill lifts
424
footprint acres
The column
4 bands · base to summit
5,000–5,500101 ac · 22.2° · SE250 mm
5,500–6,000188 ac · 19.6° · SSE250 mm
6,000–6,500124 ac · 17.5° · SSE288 mm
6,500–7,00012 ac · 13.5° · SSE297 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
4
All lifts
4
Lift length
3.4 km
Steepest band
22.2°
Operator
—
Coordinates
48.0221, -114.3743
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
5,000–5,500
101
22.2
more difficult
SE
146
250
5,500–6,000
188
19.6
more difficult
SSE
149
250
6,000–6,500
124
17.5
more difficult
SSE
159
288
6,500–7,000
12
13.5
easier
SSE
164
297
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
Blacktail Mtn SNOTEL (1144:MT:SNTL) is
4.6 km away at 5,660 ft —
981 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.