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Elephant's Trunk at Arapahoe Basin

Expert · 324 m long with 83 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 29° at its steepest, facing SW.

29°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
324 mlength
83 mvertical
3730 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

Elephant's Trunk is south-west-facing: warm afternoon sun, softens and refreezes the most after the sunniest aspect.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Elephant's Trunk

Lifts that reach the top: Beavers (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 14 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Beavers
  2. Ski Cornice Run (intermediate)
  3. Ski Zuma Cornice (expert)
  4. Ski Elephant's Trunk (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Montezuma's Revenge, Lower Elephant's Trunk. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Zuma Lift (2 min).

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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.