570 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 10,366 ft to a summit of
10,936 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.
570
ft vertical
10,366
ft base
10,936
ft summit
2
uphill lifts
4
footprint acres
The column
2 bands · base to summit
10,000–10,5001 ac · 16.8° · SSW514 mm
10,500–11,0003 ac · 29.9° · SSW514 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
2
All lifts
2
Lift length
0.5 km
Steepest band
29.9°
Operator
—
Coordinates
44.9770, -109.4343
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
10,000–10,500
1
16.8
more difficult
SSW
206
514
10,500–11,000
3
29.9
most difficult
SSW
197
514
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
Beartooth Lake SNOTEL (326:WY:SNTL) is
11.1 km away at 9,360 ft —
1,576 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.