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Alpental

1,758 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 3,211 ft to a summit of 4,969 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into 5 five-hundred-foot bands.

1,758
ft vertical
3,211
ft base
4,969
ft summit
3
uphill lifts
230
footprint acres

The column

5 bands · base to summit
3,000–3,50024 ac · 18.3° · ESE1,887 mm
3,500–4,00063 ac · 21.9° · ESE1,925 mm
4,000–4,50072 ac · 28.8° · ESE1,925 mm
4,500–5,00045 ac · 37.9° · ESE2,091 mm
5,000–5,50026 ac · 36.7° · ESE2,091 mm
under 15° easier 15–25° more difficult 25–33° most difficult over 33° expert bar length = acres · fill = elevation
NESW
Bands
5
All lifts
3
Lift length
1.8 km
Steepest band
37.9°
Operator
—
Coordinates
47.4440, -121.4327

Band by band

slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)AcresSlope° RatingAspectDeg NDJFM mm
3,000–3,5002418.3more difficultESE1231,887
3,500–4,0006321.9more difficultESE1181,925
4,000–4,5007228.8most difficultESE1061,925
4,500–5,0004537.9expertESE1052,091
5,000–5,5002636.7expertESE1152,091

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
Olallie Meadows SNOTEL (672:WA:SNTL) is 7.8 km away at 4,010 ft — 959 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

Three Summits 4 km Skyline 42 km Crystal Mountain 57 km 2 - Wenatchee 79 km White Pass Ski Area 91 km Echo Valley Ski Area 117 km

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