803 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 8,478 ft to a summit of
9,281 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.
803
ft vertical
8,478
ft base
9,281
ft summit
2
uphill lifts
16
footprint acres
The column
3 bands · base to summit
8,000–8,5001 ac · 6.0° · S186 mm
8,500–9,00014 ac · 15.7° · SSE195 mm
9,000–9,5001 ac · 33.0° · SSE184 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
3
All lifts
2
Lift length
1.0 km
Steepest band
33.0°
Operator
—
Coordinates
44.1620, -107.2188
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
8,000–8,500
1
6.0
easier
S
183
186
8,500–9,000
14
15.7
more difficult
SSE
160
195
9,000–9,500
1
33.0
expert
SSE
162
184
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
Powder River Pass SNOTEL (703:WY:SNTL) is
7.4 km away at 9,480 ft —
-199 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.