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1st Notch at Arapahoe Basin

Extreme · 133 m long with 100 m of vertical, averaging 37° and 39° at its steepest, facing N.

39°steepest 50 m
37°average pitch
133 mlength
100 mvertical
3846 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

1st Notch is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to 1st Notch

Lifts that reach the top: Lenawee Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Beavers (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Lazy J Tow (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Zuma Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 34 minutes, freeride skiing needed):

  1. Ride Wrangler Express
  2. Ski Wrangler (easy)
  3. Ride Lenawee Express
  4. Ski Humbug (intermediate)
  5. Hike North Pole Hike (extreme)
  6. Ski 1st Notch (extreme)

Where it ends

Joins Hidden Chute, 2nd Notch. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lenawee Express (4 min), Wrangler Express (6 min), Pika Place (9 min).

See 1st Notch on the 3D mapAll runs at Arapahoe Basin
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.