The Thunderer (Wyoming)

The Thunderer

From Soda Butte
Highest point
Elevation 10,495 ft (3,199 m) [1]
Coordinates 44°54′12″N 110°03′24″W / 44.90333°N 110.05667°W / 44.90333; -110.05667Coordinates: 44°54′12″N 110°03′24″W / 44.90333°N 110.05667°W / 44.90333; -110.05667 [1]
Geography
Location Yellowstone National Park,
Park County, Wyoming, US
Parent range Absaroka Range
Topo map Abiathar Peak

The Thunderer el. 10,495 feet (3,199 m) is a mountain peak in the northeast section of Yellowstone National Park in the Absaroka Range. The Thunderer, named by members of the Arnold Hague Geological Survey of 1885 for it propensity to attract thunderstorms is a long high ridge just north of Mount Norris. Prior to 1885, the peak was considered just a high ridge extending north from Mount Norris.[2] The Thunderer is easily visible from the northeast entrance road as it passes up the Soda Butte Creek canyon.

The north end of the ridge can be reached via the 7.4 miles (11.9 km) Thunderer Cutoff Trail. The trailhead is located just opposite the Pebble Creek Campground on the northeast entrance road. This trail passes through Chaw Pass to connect with the Cache Creek trail which parallels the southeast face of The Thunderer ridge.[3]

Images of The Thunderer
January 2010, Mount Norris at right 

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 "The Thunderer". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
  2. ↑ Whittlesey, Lee (1996). Yellowstone Place Names. Gardiner, MT: Wonderland Publishing Company. p. 250. ISBN 1-59971-716-6.
  3. ↑ Schneider, Bill (2003). Hiking Yellowstone National Park. Guilford, CT: Falcon Press. pp. 161–163. ISBN 0-7627-2539-7.
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