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East Wall Traverse at Arapahoe Basin

Expert · 1892 m long with 210 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 25° at its steepest, facing N.

25°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
1892 mlength
210 mvertical
3715 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

East Wall Traverse 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 Wall Traverse

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 9 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Wrangler Express
  2. Ski Wrangler (easy)
  3. Ride Lenawee Express
  4. Ski Humbug (intermediate)
  5. Ski East Wall Traverse (expert)
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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.