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Hidden Chute at Arapahoe Basin

Extreme · 213 m long with 174 m of vertical, averaging 39° and 46° at its steepest, facing NE.

46°steepest 50 m
39°average pitch
213 mlength
174 mvertical
3868 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Hidden Chute 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 Hidden Chute

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 31 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 Hidden Chute (extreme)

Where it ends

Joins East Wall Traverse, Land of the Giants, West Vertical, 2nd Notch, East Vertical. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lenawee Express (4 min), Wrangler Express (6 min), Pika Place (8 min).

See Hidden Chute 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.