745 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 8,596 ft to a summit of
9,341 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this
mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into
2 five-hundred-foot bands.
745
ft vertical
8,596
ft base
9,341
ft summit
4
uphill lifts
86
footprint acres
The column
2 bands · base to summit
8,500–9,00050 ac · 14.5° · S312 mm
9,000–9,50036 ac · 20.9° · S299 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
2
All lifts
6
Lift length
2.3 km
Steepest band
20.9°
Operator
—
Coordinates
36.3019, -115.6787
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
8,500–9,000
50
14.5
easier
S
189
312
9,000–9,500
36
20.9
more difficult
S
184
299
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
Lee Canyon SNOTEL (1112:NV:SNTL) is
0.5 km away at 8,620 ft —
721 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.