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Thunder at Sunrise Park Resort

Expert · 524 m long with 165 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 31° at its steepest, facing NE.

31°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
524 mlength
165 mvertical
3170 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Thunder

Lifts that reach the top: Cord (skiing advanced terrain to get there); unnamed chair lift (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 6 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride unnamed chair lift
  2. Ski Lonestar (easy)
  3. Ski Chubasco (easy)
  4. Ski Phoencian (intermediate)
  5. Ski Typhoon (intermediate)
  6. Ski Hurricane Ridge (advanced)
  7. Ski Thunder (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Tempest, Lower Tempest. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Fort Apache Triple (3 min), unnamed chair lift (4 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.