1,365 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 8,973 ft to a summit of
10,338 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.
1,365
ft vertical
8,973
ft base
10,338
ft summit
3
uphill lifts
341
footprint acres
The column
4 bands · base to summit
8,500–9,0000 ac · 13.5° · E211 mm
9,000–9,500140 ac · 15.0° · SE229 mm
9,500–10,000134 ac · 22.6° · SSE243 mm
10,000–10,50068 ac · 18.6° · SSE243 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
4
All lifts
3
Lift length
2.2 km
Steepest band
22.6°
Operator
—
Coordinates
35.8906, -106.3890
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
8,500–9,000
0
13.5
easier
E
86
211
9,000–9,500
140
15.0
more difficult
SE
146
229
9,500–10,000
134
22.6
more difficult
SSE
152
243
10,000–10,500
68
18.6
more difficult
SSE
147
243
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
Quemazon SNOTEL (708:NM:SNTL) is
3.5 km away at 9,500 ft —
838 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.