625 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 5,156 ft to a summit of
5,781 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.
625
ft vertical
5,156
ft base
5,781
ft summit
1
uphill lifts
156
footprint acres
The column
2 bands · base to summit
5,000–5,50099 ac · 13.3° · S347 mm
5,500–6,00056 ac · 17.9° · SSE426 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
2
All lifts
2
Lift length
1.0 km
Steepest band
17.9°
Operator
—
Coordinates
45.2784, -117.1126
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
5,000–5,500
99
13.3
easier
S
176
347
5,500–6,000
56
17.9
more difficult
SSE
166
426
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. Howard SNOTEL (653:OR:SNTL) is
5.0 km away at 7,840 ft —
-2,059 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.