Message #19095

[Svend]

What was the altitude, since so much appears to be above tree line.

Jim -- the upper one-third to two-thirds of Sunshine is above tree line, depending on which mountain you're on.  Lookout Mountain (the big one) has a summit elevation of about 9000 ft, and two-thirds of its terrain is above tree line.  Not sure about Goat's Eye Mountain elevation, but it is slightly lower than Lookout, and I would guess that one-third to half of its terrain is above the trees. 

As for Lake Louise, I would guess that only one-quarter of the skiable terrain on the front side is above tree line, but the entire area of the backside bowls of the main mountain are bare.  All of the Larch area terrain is below tree line.  Summit elevation of Whitehorn mountain is about 8600 ft at top of lift.

Base elevation for both Sunshine and Louise is about 5400 ft.