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Thunder

Black diamond Park City, UT

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical343 ft
Length882 ft
Average pitch23°
FacesSE
Top8,390 ft

Thunder drops 343 vertical feet over 882 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 680 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 106th steepest of 334 named runs at Park City. It faces southeast.

How well Thunder holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 23°, Thunder gets about 119% of the winter sun that flat ground at Park City does, December through March. That's sunnier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 34th sunniest named run at Park City. Its top sits at 8,390 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.

Thunder profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Thunder elsewhere

Nearby at Park City

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.