1,652 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 8,646 ft to a summit of
10,298 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.
1,652
ft vertical
8,646
ft base
10,298
ft summit
5
uphill lifts
283
footprint acres
The column
4 bands · base to summit
8,500–9,00071 ac · 21.7° · S182 mm
9,000–9,50089 ac · 21.0° · S189 mm
9,500–10,00070 ac · 25.9° · SSW189 mm
10,000–10,50054 ac · 17.6° · SSE208 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
4
All lifts
5
Lift length
4.0 km
Steepest band
25.9°
Operator
—
Coordinates
36.6981, -105.4103
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
8,500–9,000
71
21.7
more difficult
S
176
182
9,000–9,500
89
21.0
more difficult
S
180
189
9,500–10,000
70
25.9
most difficult
SSW
193
189
10,000–10,500
54
17.6
more difficult
SSE
153
208
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
Red River Pass #2 SNOTEL (715:NM:SNTL) is
6.1 km away at 9,840 ft —
458 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.