Rolling Thunder at Banff Sunshine
Advanced · 831 m long with 207 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 27° at its steepest, facing SW.
27°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
831 mlength
207 mvertical
2306 mtop elevation
SWfaces
Snow and sun
Rolling Thunder is south-west-facing: warm afternoon sun, softens and refreezes the most after the sunniest aspect.
How to get to Rolling Thunder
Lifts that reach the top: Goat's Eye Express Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 57 minutes, advanced skiing needed):
- Ride Sunshine Village Gondola I
- Ride Sunshine Village Gondola II
- Ski Banff Avenue (easy)
- Ride Jackrabbit Quad
- Ski Banff Avenue (easy)
- Ski Roller Coaster (intermediate)
- Ride Goat's Eye Express Quad
- Ski Sunshine Coast (intermediate)
- Ski Raptor (intermediate)
- Ski Sunshine Coast (intermediate)
- Ski Scapegoat (intermediate)
- Ski Rolling Thunder (advanced)
Where it ends
Joins Sergie's Shortcut, Sunshine Coast. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Goat's Eye Express Quad (2 min), Sunshine Village Gondola II (3 min), Wolverine Express Quad (3 min).
See Rolling Thunder on the 3D mapAll runs at Banff SunshineMeasured 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.