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Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort

2,787 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 4,527 ft to a summit of 7,314 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into 6 five-hundred-foot bands.

2,787
ft vertical
4,527
ft base
7,314
ft summit
11
uphill lifts
1,257
footprint acres

The column

6 bands · base to summit
4,500–5,00031 ac · 20.4° · ENE1,614 mm
5,000–5,500341 ac · 15.6° · NE1,789 mm
5,500–6,000451 ac · 16.9° · NE1,842 mm
6,000–6,500266 ac · 20.0° · NE1,893 mm
6,500–7,000149 ac · 19.2° · NE1,992 mm
7,000–7,50020 ac · 18.8° · NE2,088 mm
under 15° easier 15–25° more difficult 25–33° most difficult over 33° expert bar length = acres · fill = elevation
NESW
Bands
6
All lifts
12
Lift length
12.6 km
Steepest band
20.4°
Operator
—
Coordinates
45.3364, -121.6662

Band by band

slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)AcresSlope° RatingAspectDeg NDJFM mm
4,500–5,0003120.4more difficultENE581,614
5,000–5,50034115.6more difficultNE431,789
5,500–6,00045116.9more difficultNE431,842
6,000–6,50026620.0more difficultNE411,893
6,500–7,00014919.2more difficultNE351,992
7,000–7,5002018.8more difficultNE402,088

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 Hood Test Site SNOTEL (651:OR:SNTL) is 4.2 km away at 5,380 ft — 1,934 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

Timberline Lodge Ski Area 4 km Mt. Hood Skibowl 9 km The Homestead 9 km Hoodoo Ski Area 105 km

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