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Crystal Mountain

2,572 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 4,381 ft to a summit of 6,953 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.

2,572
ft vertical
4,381
ft base
6,953
ft summit
10
uphill lifts
1,546
footprint acres

The column

6 bands · base to summit
4,000–4,50090 ac · 12.8° · SE1,412 mm
4,500–5,000290 ac · 22.5° · ESE1,412 mm
5,000–5,500387 ac · 21.9° · E1,442 mm
5,500–6,000363 ac · 26.3° · E1,490 mm
6,000–6,500324 ac · 27.0° · ENE1,490 mm
6,500–7,00092 ac · 31.1° · ENE1,496 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
11
Lift length
10.7 km
Steepest band
31.1°
Operator
—
Coordinates
46.9332, -121.4871

Band by band

slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)AcresSlope° RatingAspectDeg NDJFM mm
4,000–4,5009012.8easierSE1391,412
4,500–5,00029022.5more difficultESE1241,412
5,000–5,50038721.9more difficultE971,442
5,500–6,00036326.3most difficultE861,490
6,000–6,50032427.0most difficultENE761,490
6,500–7,0009231.1most difficultENE771,496

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
Morse Lake SNOTEL (642:WA:SNTL) is 3.1 km away at 5,400 ft — 1,553 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

White Pass Ski Area 35 km Three Summits 53 km Alpental 57 km 2 - Wenatchee 90 km Skyline 94 km

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