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Oregon · lift-served terrain

Mt. Hood Skibowl

1,363 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 3,652 ft to a summit of 5,015 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into 4 five-hundred-foot bands.

1,363
ft vertical
3,652
ft base
5,015
ft summit
5
uphill lifts
695
footprint acres

The column

4 bands · base to summit
3,500–4,000467 ac · 7.3° · WSW1,432 mm
4,000–4,500207 ac · 16.1° · S1,419 mm
4,500–5,00021 ac · 28.1° · SSE1,421 mm
5,000–5,5000 ac · 18.2° · ESE1,435 mm
under 15° easier 15–25° more difficult 25–33° most difficult over 33° expert bar length = acres · fill = elevation
NESW
Bands
4
All lifts
9
Lift length
3.3 km
Steepest band
28.1°
Operator
—
Coordinates
45.2944, -121.7678

Band by band

slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)AcresSlope° RatingAspectDeg NDJFM mm
3,500–4,0004677.3easierWSW2461,432
4,000–4,50020716.1more difficultS1851,419
4,500–5,0002128.1most difficultSSE1601,421
5,000–5,500018.2more difficultESE1171,435

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 5.0 km away at 5,380 ft — -365 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 6 km Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort 9 km The Homestead 18 km Hoodoo Ski Area 99 km

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