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Red Lodge Mountain

2,292 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 7,086 ft to a summit of 9,378 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.

2,292
ft vertical
7,086
ft base
9,378
ft summit
7
uphill lifts
794
footprint acres

The column

5 bands · base to summit
7,000–7,50058 ac · 18.2° · S196 mm
7,500–8,000265 ac · 20.5° · SE216 mm
8,000–8,500224 ac · 23.8° · SSE224 mm
8,500–9,000127 ac · 26.2° · SSE236 mm
9,000–9,500120 ac · 16.6° · SSE236 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
6.6 km
Steepest band
26.2°
Operator
—
Coordinates
45.1893, -109.3506

Band by band

slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)AcresSlope° RatingAspectDeg NDJFM mm
7,000–7,5005818.2more difficultS180196
7,500–8,00026520.5more difficultSE138216
8,000–8,50022423.8more difficultSSE153224
8,500–9,00012726.2most difficultSSE156236
9,000–9,50012016.6more difficultSSE165236

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
Cole Creek SNOTEL (407:MT:SNTL) is 0.7 km away at 7,910 ft — 1,468 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

Beartooth Basin Summer Ski Area 25 km Sleeping Giant Winter Sports Area 91 km

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