584 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 7,323 ft to a summit of
7,907 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.
584
ft vertical
7,323
ft base
7,907
ft summit
1
uphill lifts
394
footprint acres
The column
2 bands · base to summit
7,000–7,50074 ac · 25.0° · SW230 mm
7,500–8,000320 ac · 15.3° · SSW230 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
2
All lifts
2
Lift length
0.7 km
Steepest band
25.0°
Operator
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Coordinates
42.7471, -106.3407
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
7,000–7,500
74
25.0
most difficult
SW
224
230
7,500–8,000
320
15.3
more difficult
SSW
198
230
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
Casper Mtn. SNOTEL (389:WY:SNTL) is
2.4 km away at 7,940 ft —
-33 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.