877 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 8,437 ft to a summit of
9,314 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.
877
ft vertical
8,437
ft base
9,314
ft summit
2
uphill lifts
2
footprint acres
The column
3 bands · base to summit
8,000–8,5000 ac · 6.8° · SSW256 mm
8,500–9,0001 ac · 11.5° · SW256 mm
9,000–9,5000 ac · 17.7° · S260 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
3
All lifts
2
Lift length
1.7 km
Steepest band
17.7°
Operator
—
Coordinates
42.9744, -109.7549
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
8,000–8,500
0
6.8
easier
SSW
212
256
8,500–9,000
1
11.5
easier
SW
218
256
9,000–9,500
0
17.7
more difficult
S
183
260
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
Elkhart Park G.S. SNOTEL (468:WY:SNTL) is
3.6 km away at 9,410 ft —
-96 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.