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Thumb at Angel Fire Resort

Intermediate · 369 m long with 54 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 10° at its steepest, facing NW.

10°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
369 mlength
54 mvertical
2995 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Thumb

Lifts that reach the top: Chile Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Liberation Park (#3) (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Southwest Flyer (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 17 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Chile Express
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Headin' Home (easy)
  4. Ski I-25 (intermediate)
  5. Ski Middle (intermediate)
  6. Ski Thumb (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Prospector, Lower Prospector, Lower Domingo. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Upper Magic Carpet #2 (5 min), Lower Magic Carpet #1 (5 min), Dream Catcher (5 min).

See Thumb on the 3D mapAll runs at Angel Fire Resort
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.