478 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 4,406 ft to a summit of
4,884 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this
mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into
2 five-hundred-foot bands.
478
ft vertical
4,406
ft base
4,884
ft summit
1
uphill lifts
323
footprint acres
The column
2 bands · base to summit
4,000–4,500164 ac · 7.5° · SE237 mm
4,500–5,000160 ac · 17.3° · WSW235 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
2
All lifts
2
Lift length
0.6 km
Steepest band
17.3°
Operator
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Coordinates
48.8622, -119.1618
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
4,000–4,500
164
7.5
easier
SE
143
237
4,500–5,000
160
17.3
more difficult
WSW
254
235
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
Gold Axe Camp SNOTEL (1159:WA:SNTL) is
16.2 km away at 5,380 ft —
-496 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.