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Happy Thought at Telluride Ski Area

Expert · 566 m long with 271 m of vertical, averaging 26° and 37° at its steepest, facing NW.

37°steepest 50 m
26°average pitch
566 mlength
271 mvertical
3640 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: mogul. Moguls.

How to get to Happy Thought

Lifts that reach the top: Gold Hill Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Revelation Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 31 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Oak Street Lift
  2. Ski Lookout (intermediate)
  3. Ride Plunge Lift
  4. Ski Woozley's Way (intermediate)
  5. Ski Lower Woozley's Way (intermediate)
  6. Ride Gold Hill Express
  7. Ski See Forever (intermediate)
  8. Ski Happy Thought (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Happy Thought. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Apex Lift (1 min), Polar Queen Express (4 min), Comp Hill (8 min).

See Happy Thought on the 3D mapAll runs at Telluride 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.