Where Ski Trail Mountain’s numbers come from
9 observations from 2 publishers behind 4 figures. Each row gives the figure we publish, how many sources gave one and how many agree; open it for what each said.
Figures
Summit elevation9,150 ft1 source1 of 1 agreefrom Colorado Ski History
Lost Areas #8 (The Colorado Skier newsletter, January 14, 1993)PublishedOct 2026“Vertical drop: 450 ft Top: 9150 Base: 8700 Lifts: 2 rope tows”
Base elevation8,400 ft2 sources1 of 2 agree · differfrom Colorado Ski History
Ski Trail Mountain — Colorado Ski HistoryPublishedOct 2026“* Elevations: Base: 8,400 feet, Vertical Drop 450 feet”
Lost Areas #8 (The Colorado Skier newsletter, January 14, 1993)Oct 2026Differs: 8,700 ft “Vertical drop: 450 ft Top: 9150 Base: 8700 Lifts: 2 rope tows”
Advertised vertical drop450 ft3 sources3 of 3 agreefrom Colorado Ski History
Ski Trail Mountain — Colorado Ski HistoryPublishedOct 2026“* Elevations: Base: 8,400 feet, Vertical Drop 450 feet”
Lost Areas #8 (The Colorado Skier newsletter, January 14, 1993)Oct 2026“Vertical drop: 450 ft Top: 9150 Base: 8700 Lifts: 2 rope tows”
LEFT BEHIND: Exploring Grand County's skiing past through abandoned hills — Sky-Hi News (December 4, 2018)Oct 2026“Trail Mountain ski area was small, offering just 450 feet of vertical drop for anyone taking turns.”
Total lifts23 sources3 of 3 agreefrom Colorado Ski History
Lost Areas #8 (The Colorado Skier newsletter, January 14, 1993)PublishedOct 2026“Vertical drop: 450 ft Top: 9150 Base: 8700 Lifts: 2 rope tows”
Ski Trail Mountain — Colorado Ski HistoryOct 2026“* Lifts: 2 Platter Lifts (stats: Built by Poma in 1968 with a length of 600; vertical of 80', with a capacity of 300 pph each)”
LEFT BEHIND: Exploring Grand County's skiing past through abandoned hills — Sky-Hi News (December 4, 2018)Oct 2026“But it did have both a tow rope and a T-bar that were used to ferry riders to the top of the hill.”
Pages cited
Every source behind the figures, passes and facts, the resort’s own pages first.
- Lost Areas #8 (The Colorado Skier newsletter, January 14, 1993)Ski history · Colorado Ski History · coloradoskihistory.com
- Ski Trail Mountain — Colorado Ski HistorySki history · Colorado Ski History · coloradoskihistory.com
- GMBA Mountain Inventory v2.0 (standard): mountain range outlines, with each ski area placed where its runs and lifts areWorked out by aurora.ski · GMBA Mountain Inventory (placed by aurora.ski) · earthenv.org
- OpenSkiMap — Ski Trail Mountain (King Ranch)Community map · OpenSkiMap.org (OpenStreetMap contributors, Skimap.org) · skimap.org
- LEFT BEHIND: Exploring Grand County's skiing past through abandoned hills — Sky-Hi News (December 4, 2018)Other site · Sky-Hi News · skyhinews.com
Other facts
Where the page's other facts come from: its location, website, owner and the like.
- Coordinates
- OpenSkiMap — Ski Trail Mountain (King Ranch)
- Year opened
- Ski Trail Mountain — Colorado Ski History
Operating status
The sources that list this area, and what each says about whether it operates.
- abandonedOpenSkiMap.org (OpenStreetMap contributors, Skimap.org) · Community map · 2026-09-28Ski Trail Mountain (King Ranch) — status: abandoned; activities: downhill; lifts mapped: 0; downhill runs mapped: 0;