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East Vertical at Arapahoe Basin

Extreme · 199 m long with 156 m of vertical, averaging 38° and 44° at its steepest, facing N.

44°steepest 50 m
38°average pitch
199 mlength
156 mvertical
3847 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

East Vertical 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 East Vertical

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 33 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 East Vertical (extreme)

Where it ends

Joins Hidden Chute, East Wall Traverse, West Vertical. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lenawee Express (4 min), Wrangler Express (6 min), Pika Place (9 min).

See East Vertical 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.