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Thunderbolt at Alpental

Advanced · 524 m long with 175 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 31° at its steepest, facing NE.

31°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
524 mlength
175 mvertical
1149 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Thunderbolt

Lifts that reach the top: Wildside (skiing novice terrain to get there); Dodge Ridge (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Pacific Crest (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Triple 60 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Julie's (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); West Lower Carpet (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 7 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Wildside
  2. Ski Thunderbolt (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Little Thunder, Central to West Upper Crossover, Inter-Summit 90, Wildside Cat Track. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Wildside (1 min), Little Thunder (2 min), West Upper Carpet (2 min).

See Thunderbolt 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.