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Mount Rose Ski Tahoe

1,634 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 7,922 ft to a summit of 9,556 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.

1,634
ft vertical
7,922
ft base
9,556
ft summit
6
uphill lifts
753
footprint acres

The column

5 bands · base to summit
7,500–8,000135 ac · 14.4° · SE723 mm
8,000–8,500296 ac · 16.4° · SE885 mm
8,500–9,000182 ac · 25.4° · S968 mm
9,000–9,500125 ac · 22.7° · S968 mm
9,500–10,00015 ac · 14.9° · SSE968 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
5.5 km
Steepest band
25.4°
Operator
—
Coordinates
39.3213, -119.8838

Band by band

slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)AcresSlope° RatingAspectDeg NDJFM mm
7,500–8,00013514.4easierSE131723
8,000–8,50029616.4more difficultSE131885
8,500–9,00018225.4most difficultS172968
9,000–9,50012522.7more difficultS184968
9,500–10,0001514.9easierSSE154968

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
Mt Rose Ski Area SNOTEL (652:NV:SNTL) is 1.1 km away at 8,810 ft — 746 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

Diamond Peak 8 km Northstar at Tahoe Resort 23 km Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area 33 km Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley 35 km Palisades Tahoe Alpine Meadows 35 km Homewood Ski Area 36 km

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