Mt. Bachelor

3,233 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 5,706 ft to a summit of 8,939 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into 7 five-hundred-foot bands.

3,233

ft vertical

5,706

ft base

8,939

ft summit

uphill lifts

2,242

footprint acres

3D terrain render of Mt. Bachelor with the
current HRRR snowfall forecast painted on the mountain — The mountain as measured: USGS 3DEP terrain under USGS orthoimagery, rendered from the slope's own mean aspect, with the HRRR forecast painted by elevation band and the snow line drawn on the terrain. Updated each forecast cycle.

The column

7 bands · base to summit

5,500–6,00061 ac · 10.4° · SW1,570 mm

6,000–6,500489 ac · 11.1° · S1,445 mm

6,500–7,000677 ac · 17.2° · SSE1,379 mm

7,000–7,500486 ac · 18.4° · SSE1,445 mm

7,500–8,000308 ac · 20.8° · SSE1,454 mm

8,000–8,500156 ac · 23.5° · SSE1,454 mm

8,500–9,00065 ac · 26.5° · SSE1,454 mm

under 15° easier 15–25° more difficult 25–33° most difficult over 33° expert bar length = acres · fill = elevation

Bands: 7
All lifts: 15
Lift length: 15.7 km
Steepest band: 26.5°
Operator: —
Coordinates: 43.9914, -121.6761

Band by band

slope, aspect and winter normal

Band (ft)	Acres	Slope°	Rating	Aspect	Deg	NDJFM mm
5,500–6,000	61	10.4	easier	SW	230	1,570
6,000–6,500	489	11.1	easier	S	178	1,445
6,500–7,000	677	17.2	more difficult	SSE	155	1,379
7,000–7,500	486	18.4	more difficult	SSE	159	1,445
7,500–8,000	308	20.8	more difficult	SSE	158	1,454
8,000–8,500	156	23.5	more difficult	SSE	154	1,454
8,500–9,000	65	26.5	most difficult	SSE	154	1,454

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

Three Creeks Meadow SNOTEL (815:OR:SNTL) is 17.2 km away at 5,680 ft — 3,259 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.

Nearby

Hoodoo Ski Area 49 km Willamette Pass 51 km

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Mt. Bachelor

The column

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