867 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 8,789 ft to a summit of
9,656 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.
867
ft vertical
8,789
ft base
9,656
ft summit
4
uphill lifts
170
footprint acres
The column
3 bands · base to summit
8,500–9,0006 ac · 15.5° · ESE240 mm
9,000–9,500149 ac · 11.0° · SSE291 mm
9,500–10,00015 ac · 11.2° · SE310 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
3
All lifts
4
Lift length
2.6 km
Steepest band
15.5°
Operator
—
Coordinates
41.3382, -106.1811
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
8,500–9,000
6
15.5
more difficult
ESE
122
240
9,000–9,500
149
11.0
easier
SSE
156
291
9,500–10,000
15
11.2
easier
SE
128
310
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
Brooklyn Lake SNOTEL (367:WY:SNTL) is
4.8 km away at 10,250 ft —
-594 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.