879 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 6,723 ft to a summit of
7,602 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.
879
ft vertical
6,723
ft base
7,602
ft summit
5
uphill lifts
208
footprint acres
The column
4 bands · base to summit
6,500–7,00035 ac · 18.9° · WSW526 mm
7,000–7,500111 ac · 21.2° · SW636 mm
7,500–8,00042 ac · 23.4° · WSW684 mm
8,000–8,50020 ac · 21.9° · WSW684 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
4
All lifts
5
Lift length
2.4 km
Steepest band
23.4°
Operator
—
Coordinates
39.2520, -119.9210
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
6,500–7,000
35
18.9
more difficult
WSW
241
526
7,000–7,500
111
21.2
more difficult
SW
233
636
7,500–8,000
42
23.4
more difficult
WSW
256
684
8,000–8,500
20
21.9
more difficult
WSW
258
684
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
Little Valley SNOTEL (1242:NV:SNTL) is
3.8 km away at 6,500 ft —
1,102 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.