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Old Thunder

Black diamond Beaver Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical395 ft
Length1,181 ft
Average pitch20°
FacesNE
Top7,694 ft

Old Thunder drops 395 vertical feet over 1,181 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 540 feet below the top. That's steeper than 49% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 15th steepest of 48 named runs at Beaver Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Old Thunder holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 20°, Old Thunder gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Beaver Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd shadiest named run at Beaver Mountain. Its top sits at 7,690 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Old Thunder profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Old Thunder elsewhere

Nearby at Beaver Mountain

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.