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Tornado at Pats Peak

Expert · 476 m long with 129 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 23° at its steepest, facing N.

23°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
476 mlength
129 mvertical
358 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Tornado

Lifts that reach the top: Hurricane (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Peak (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Vortex (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 4 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Peak
  2. Ski Cyclone (advanced)
  3. Ski Tornado (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Tree Skiing, Squall Line, Lower Tornado. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Vortex (1 min), Bluster Carpet (2 min), Beginner Carpet (2 min).

See Tornado on the 3D mapAll runs at Pats Peak
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.