799 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 7,122 ft to a summit of
7,921 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.
799
ft vertical
7,122
ft base
7,921
ft summit
1
uphill lifts
544
footprint acres
The column
2 bands · base to summit
7,000–7,500332 ac · 10.2° · SE612 mm
7,500–8,000213 ac · 17.5° · SE617 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
2
All lifts
3
Lift length
1.1 km
Steepest band
17.5°
Operator
—
Coordinates
44.9610, -118.2399
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
7,000–7,500
332
10.2
easier
SE
128
612
7,500–8,000
213
17.5
more difficult
SE
132
617
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
Wolf Creek SNOTEL (873:OR:SNTL) is
13.7 km away at 5,730 ft —
2,191 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.