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Challenger at Arapahoe Basin

Advanced · 190 m long with 63 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 30° at its steepest, facing NE.

30°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
190 mlength
63 mvertical
3570 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Challenger

Lifts that reach the top: Pallavicini Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Beavers (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 8 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Pallavicini Lift
  2. Ski Cornice Run (intermediate)
  3. Ski Grizzly Road (intermediate)
  4. Ski Challenger (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Exhibition, Ramrod. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Pika Place (2 min), Black Mountain Express (3 min), Sawmill Flats Gondola (3 min).

See Challenger 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.