965 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 8,413 ft to a summit of
9,378 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this
mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into
3 five-hundred-foot bands.
965
ft vertical
8,413
ft base
9,378
ft summit
2
uphill lifts
16
footprint acres
The column
3 bands · base to summit
8,000–8,5004 ac · 9.8° · SSW233 mm
8,500–9,00010 ac · 17.8° · S233 mm
9,000–9,5003 ac · 15.5° · SSE233 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
3
All lifts
3
Lift length
1.4 km
Steepest band
17.8°
Operator
—
Coordinates
44.6085, -107.5140
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
8,000–8,500
4
9.8
easier
SSW
195
233
8,500–9,000
10
17.8
more difficult
S
172
233
9,000–9,500
3
15.5
more difficult
SSE
163
233
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
Bone Springs Div SNOTEL (358:WY:SNTL) is
9.4 km away at 9,340 ft —
38 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.