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Thunder Junction

Green Snowbird, UT

Steepest pitch17°
Vertical94 ft
Length579 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesNW
Top7,949 ft

Thunder Junction drops 94 vertical feet over 579 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 550 feet below the top. That's steeper than 70% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 142nd steepest of 151 named runs at Snowbird. It faces northwest.

How well Thunder Junction holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northwest at an average 9°, Thunder Junction gets about 75% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbird does, December through March. That's shadier than 63% of the runs we've measured, and the 88th shadiest named run at Snowbird. Its top sits at 7,950 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Thunder Junction profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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Nearby at Snowbird

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.