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Lightning Ridge at Powder Mountain

Intermediate · 1070 m long with 153 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 14° at its steepest, facing S.

14°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
1070 mlength
153 mvertical
2746 mtop elevation
Sfaces

Snow and sun

Lightning Ridge is equator-facing: the sunniest aspect, softens earliest and suffers most in warm spells.

How to get to Lightning Ridge

Lifts that reach the top: Lightning Ridge (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 21 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Paradise Express
  2. Ski Gateway (easy)
  3. Ski Sun Catcher (easy)
  4. Ride Lightning Ridge

Where it ends

Joins Slow Poke, unnamed trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Sundown (2 min), Tiger (3 min), DMI (5 min).

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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.