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Lower Happy Thought at Telluride Ski Area

Intermediate · 639 m long with 113 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 19° at its steepest, facing N.

19°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
639 mlength
113 mvertical
3410 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Lower Happy Thought

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

From the base area (about 12 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Chondola
  2. Ski Meadows (easy)
  3. Ski Lower Boomerang (easy)
  4. Ride Village Express
  5. Ski Boomerang (intermediate)
  6. Ski Sheridan Headwall (intermediate)
  7. Ski Cake Walk (intermediate)
  8. Ride Polar Queen Express
  9. Ski Lower Happy Thought (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Ophir Loop, Apex. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Apex Lift (1 min).

See Lower 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.