1,843 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 9,618 ft to a summit of
11,461 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.
1,843
ft vertical
9,618
ft base
11,461
ft summit
7
uphill lifts
504
footprint acres
The column
4 bands · base to summit
9,500–10,00094 ac · 17.4° · ESE343 mm
10,000–10,500209 ac · 20.1° · SE343 mm
10,500–11,000129 ac · 22.5° · ESE359 mm
11,000–11,50072 ac · 19.0° · ESE368 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
4
All lifts
7
Lift length
7.9 km
Steepest band
22.5°
Operator
—
Coordinates
33.3942, -105.7984
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
9,500–10,000
94
17.4
more difficult
ESE
123
343
10,000–10,500
209
20.1
more difficult
SE
136
343
10,500–11,000
129
22.5
more difficult
ESE
119
359
11,000–11,500
72
19.0
more difficult
ESE
120
368
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
Sierra Blanca SNOTEL (1034:NM:SNTL) is
1.4 km away at 10,250 ft —
1,211 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.