Alta Ski Area in Winter, Utah, USA, 1:50000

Alta Ski Area is one of the oldest and most desirable ski areas in the USA. Opened in 1939 at the end of a steep valley just East of Sandy, Utah, the resort's microclimate produces great amounts of low-moisture snowfall. The data for this model comes from laser-scans of the valley recently performed by the USGS, so large prints will have bumps for every tree, building, and lift tower. This map includes the whole valley, from ridge to ridge: Flagstaff Mountain in the Northwest, past Honeycomb Cliffs and Twin Lakes Reservoir, down over Mt. Wolverine and the Snowshoe Hill trail, South across Devil's Castle and Sugarloaf Mountain, finishing up at Mt. Baldy in the Southwest corner. This new Winter version uses satellite imagery from the Sentinel-2 platform taken on Feb 27, 2020.

Model scale is 1:50000
Model measures 4.7" x 4.7" x 0.98" (12 x 12 x 2.5 cm)
Original area is approximately 3.7 by 3.7 miles
Altitudes covered: 8356' to 11073'
There is no vertical exaggeration applied to this model. This is a true-to-life scale model of a real place.

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Model created using GDAL, NetPBM, Gmsh, Carve, MeshLab, and other custom software
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data
Copernicus Open Access Hub is https://scihub.copernicus.eu/dhus
Source of digital elevation and aerial orthoimagery data: U.S. Geological Survey
The USGS home page is https://www.usgs.gov/