Snow Lightning at Kirkwood Mountain Resort
Advanced · 757 m long with 286 m of vertical, averaging 21° and 32° at its steepest, facing NE.
32°steepest 50 m
21°average pitch
757 mlength
286 mvertical
2751 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Lightning is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Lightning
No lift-served path appears in the map data: it may be hike-to, gated, or mapped separately.
Where it ends
Joins Squirrel Ridge. Nearest lifts from the bottom: TC Express (2 min), Bunny (3 min), 12 (3 min).
See Lightning on the 3D mapAll runs at Kirkwood Mountain ResortMeasured 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.