The Thunderer el. 10495 feet (3,198.9 m) is a mountain peak in the northest section of Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park, established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872, is a national park located primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, although it also extends into Montana and Idaho...

 in the Absaroka Range

Absaroka Range

The Absaroka Range is a sub-range of the Rocky Mountains in the United States. The range stretches about 150 mi across the Montana-Wyoming border, forming the eastern boundary of Yellowstone National Park and the western side of the Bighorn Basin. The range borders the Beartooth Mountains...

. The Thunderer, named by members of the Arnold Hague

Arnold Hague

Arnold Hague was a United States geologist who did many geological surveys in the U.S., of which the best known was that for Yellowstone National Park. He also had assignments in China and Guatemala. He became a member of the U. S...

 Geological Survey of 1885 for it propensity to attract thunderstorms is a long high ridge just north of Mount Norris

Mount Norris

Mount Norris el. is a mountain peak in the northeast section of Yellowstone National Park in the Absaroka Range. In 1875 the peak was named for and named by Philetus Norris, the second park superintendent . Norris was on a visit to the park with several mountain guides, including Collins Jack...

. Prior to 1885, the peak was considered just a high ridge extending north from Mount Norris. The Thunderer is easily visible from the northest entrance road as it passes up the Soda Butte Creek

Soda Butte Creek

Soda Butte Creek is an approximately long major tributary of the Lamar River in Yellowstone National Park. It is named for an unusual geologic feature near its mouth. Soda Butte and the creek were named by A. Bart Henderson, a Cooke City miner, in 1870...

 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 thru Chaw Pass to connect with the Cache Creek trail which parallels the southeast face of The Thunderer ridge.