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Second Thought at Showdown Ski Area

Intermediate · 421 m long with 153 m of vertical, averaging 20° and 26° at its steepest, facing E.

26°steepest 50 m
20°average pitch
421 mlength
153 mvertical
2367 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

Second Thought is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

How to get to Second Thought

Lifts that reach the top: Payload (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Prospector (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Payload
  2. Ski King's Ridge (intermediate)
  3. Ski Second Thought (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Ruby Gulch. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Prospector (2 min).

See Second Thought on the 3D mapAll runs at Showdown Ski Area
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.