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Turner Mountain

2,082 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 3,861 ft to a summit of 5,943 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.

2,082
ft vertical
3,861
ft base
5,943
ft summit
1
uphill lifts
716
footprint acres

The column

6 bands · base to summit
3,000–3,50022 ac · 25.8° · E401 mm
3,500–4,000136 ac · 20.5° · E401 mm
4,000–4,500111 ac · 24.6° · E441 mm
4,500–5,000136 ac · 24.6° · ENE479 mm
5,000–5,500180 ac · 24.9° · NE513 mm
5,500–6,000132 ac · 22.5° · NNE513 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
1
Lift length
1.5 km
Steepest band
25.8°
Operator
—
Coordinates
48.6076, -115.6402

Band by band

slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)AcresSlope° RatingAspectDeg NDJFM mm
3,000–3,5002225.8most difficultE88401
3,500–4,00013620.5more difficultE87401
4,000–4,50011124.6more difficultE84441
4,500–5,00013624.6more difficultENE66479
5,000–5,50018024.9more difficultNE51513
5,500–6,00013222.5more difficultNNE24513

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
Banfield Mountain SNOTEL (311:MT:SNTL) is 14.9 km away at 5,580 ft — 363 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

Schweitzer Mountain Resort 77 km Whitefish Mountain Resort 96 km Blacktail Mountain Ski Area 114 km

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