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Rocking Thunder

Black diamond Lookout Pass, ID

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical246 ft
Length1,095 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesS
Top5,472 ft

Rocking Thunder drops 246 vertical feet over 1,095 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 1,000 feet below the top. That's steeper than 5% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 38th steepest of 49 named runs at Lookout Pass. It faces south.

How well Rocking Thunder holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 13°, Rocking Thunder gets about 138% of the winter sun that flat ground at Lookout Pass does, December through March. That's sunnier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th sunniest named run at Lookout Pass. Its top sits at 5,470 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.

Rocking Thunder profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Rocking Thunder elsewhere

Nearby at Lookout Pass

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.