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Lower Thunderbird Glade at Powderhorn Resort

Advanced · 736 m long with 221 m of vertical, averaging 17° and 25° at its steepest, facing N.

25°steepest 50 m
17°average pitch
736 mlength
221 mvertical
2763 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Tree skiing (gladed). Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Lower Thunderbird Glade

Lifts that reach the top: West End (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 5 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride West End
  2. Ski Tenderfoot (intermediate)
  3. Ski Sweet Misery (advanced)
  4. Ski Diversion (advanced)
  5. Ski Middle Snowcloud (intermediate)
  6. Ski Lower Thunderbird Glade (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Red Eye. Nearest lifts from the bottom: West End (1 min).

See Lower Thunderbird Glade on the 3D mapAll runs at Powderhorn 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.