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Lost Trail

1,711 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 6,420 ft to a summit of 8,131 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into 5 five-hundred-foot bands.

1,711
ft vertical
6,420
ft base
8,131
ft summit
5
uphill lifts
754
footprint acres

The column

5 bands · base to summit
6,000–6,50010 ac · 11.2° · SE538 mm
6,500–7,000265 ac · 15.6° · E567 mm
7,000–7,500390 ac · 15.1° · E562 mm
7,500–8,00085 ac · 20.4° · E545 mm
8,000–8,5003 ac · 25.4° · ENE545 mm
under 15° easier 15–25° more difficult 25–33° most difficult over 33° expert bar length = acres · fill = elevation
NESW
Bands
5
All lifts
8
Lift length
6.0 km
Steepest band
25.4°
Operator
—
Coordinates
45.6959, -113.9549

Band by band

slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)AcresSlope° RatingAspectDeg NDJFM mm
6,000–6,5001011.2easierSE126538
6,500–7,00026515.6more difficultE101567
7,000–7,50039015.1more difficultE100562
7,500–8,0008520.4more difficultE82545
8,000–8,500325.4most difficultENE78545

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
Saddle Mtn. SNOTEL (727:MT:SNTL) is 1.1 km away at 7,890 ft — 241 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

Maverick 70 km (Doppelmayr) 78 km Discovery Ski Area 83 km

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