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White Pass Ski Area

2,020 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 4,483 ft to a summit of 6,503 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.

2,020
ft vertical
4,483
ft base
6,503
ft summit
6
uphill lifts
668
footprint acres

The column

5 bands · base to summit
4,000–4,5002 ac · 7.3° · SW988 mm
4,500–5,00067 ac · 20.0° · SSW1,096 mm
5,000–5,500168 ac · 20.8° · SW1,290 mm
5,500–6,000365 ac · 12.4° · SSW1,434 mm
6,000–6,50066 ac · 12.1° · SSW1,436 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
8
Lift length
5.5 km
Steepest band
20.8°
Operator
—
Coordinates
46.6256, -121.3945

Band by band

slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)AcresSlope° RatingAspectDeg NDJFM mm
4,000–4,50027.3easierSW218988
4,500–5,0006720.0more difficultSSW2081,096
5,000–5,50016820.8more difficultSW2241,290
5,500–6,00036512.4easierSSW2061,434
6,000–6,5006612.1easierSSW1961,436

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
Pigtail Peak SNOTEL (692:WA:SNTL) is 0.8 km away at 5,800 ft — 703 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

Crystal Mountain 35 km Three Summits 87 km Alpental 91 km 2 - Wenatchee 105 km

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