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Big Thunder at Grand Targhee Resort

Intermediate · 478 m long with 201 m of vertical, averaging 23° and 27° at its steepest, facing W.

27°steepest 50 m
23°average pitch
478 mlength
201 mvertical
2730 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Big Thunder is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

How to get to Big Thunder

Lifts that reach the top: Dreamcatcher (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 13 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Dreamcatcher
  2. Ski Headwall Traverse (intermediate)
  3. Ski Sitting Bull (intermediate)
  4. Ski Rock Garden (intermediate)
  5. Ski Big Thunder (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Palmer's Raceway, unnamed intermediate trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Dreamcatcher (2 min), Shoshone (2 min), Huckleberry Conveyor (3 min).

See Big Thunder on the 3D mapAll runs at Grand Targhee 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.