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Rolling Thunder

Blue Grand Targhee, WY

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical1,836 ft
Length7,185 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesSW
Top9,689 ft

Rolling Thunder drops 1,836 vertical feet over 7,185 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 2,920 feet below the top. That's steeper than 83% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 53rd steepest of 83 named runs at Grand Targhee. It faces southwest.

How well Rolling Thunder holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 15°, Rolling Thunder gets about 121% of the winter sun that flat ground at Grand Targhee does, December through March. That's sunnier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th sunniest named run at Grand Targhee. Its top sits at 9,690 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Rolling Thunder profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Rolling Thunder elsewhere

Nearby at Grand Targhee

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.