990 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 4,683 ft to a summit of
5,673 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this
mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into
3 five-hundred-foot bands.
990
ft vertical
4,683
ft base
5,673
ft summit
5
uphill lifts
175
footprint acres
The column
3 bands · base to summit
4,500–5,00064 ac · 13.1° · E1,384 mm
5,000–5,500105 ac · 15.3° · S1,380 mm
5,500–6,0007 ac · 22.7° · S1,389 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
3
All lifts
6
Lift length
3.1 km
Steepest band
22.7°
Operator
—
Coordinates
44.4064, -121.8773
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
4,500–5,000
64
13.1
easier
E
100
1,384
5,000–5,500
105
15.3
more difficult
S
169
1,380
5,500–6,000
7
22.7
more difficult
S
182
1,389
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
Hogg Pass SNOTEL (526:OR:SNTL) is
2.3 km away at 4,800 ft —
873 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.