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Montana Snowbowl

2,519 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 5,001 ft to a summit of 7,520 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into 6 five-hundred-foot bands.

2,519
ft vertical
5,001
ft base
7,520
ft summit
5
uphill lifts
858
footprint acres

The column

6 bands · base to summit
5,000–5,50052 ac · 27.7° · NE573 mm
5,500–6,000127 ac · 29.0° · NE574 mm
6,000–6,500337 ac · 25.0° · WNW622 mm
6,500–7,000301 ac · 21.2° · WNW622 mm
7,000–7,50041 ac · 20.8° · NW704 mm
7,500–8,0000 ac · 13.1° · W723 mm
under 15° easier 15–25° more difficult 25–33° most difficult over 33° expert bar length = acres · fill = elevation
NESW
Bands
6
All lifts
6
Lift length
5.2 km
Steepest band
29.0°
Operator
—
Coordinates
47.0201, -114.0065

Band by band

slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)AcresSlope° RatingAspectDeg NDJFM mm
5,000–5,5005227.7most difficultNE52573
5,500–6,00012729.0most difficultNE39574
6,000–6,50033725.0most difficultWNW297622
6,500–7,00030121.2more difficultWNW288622
7,000–7,5004120.8more difficultNW305704
7,500–8,000013.1easierW278723

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
Stuart Mountain SNOTEL (901:MT:SNTL) is 6.7 km away at 7,270 ft — 250 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

Discovery Ski Area 102 km (Doppelmayr) 112 km Blacktail Mountain Ski Area 115 km

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