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Thunderbird at Alpental

Advanced · 361 m long with 111 m of vertical, averaging 17° and 22° at its steepest, facing NE.

22°steepest 50 m
17°average pitch
361 mlength
111 mvertical
1105 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Thunderbird is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Thunderbird

Lifts that reach the top: Wildside (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Dodge Ridge (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Pacific Crest (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Julie's (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); West Lower Carpet (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); West Middle Carpet (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 3 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Dodge Ridge
  2. Ski Inter-Summit 90 (intermediate)
  3. Ski Thunderbird (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Little Thunder, Inter-Summit 90. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Wildside (2 min), Little Thunder (2 min), West Upper Carpet (3 min).

See Thunderbird on the 3D mapAll runs at Alpental
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.