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King Cornice at Arapahoe Basin

Intermediate · 350 m long with 128 m of vertical, averaging 20° and 30° at its steepest, facing NE.

30°steepest 50 m
20°average pitch
350 mlength
128 mvertical
3760 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to King Cornice

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

From the base area (about 12 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Beavers
  2. Ski Cornice Run (intermediate)
  3. Ski King Cornice (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Dercum's Gulch. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Pika Place (5 min), Black Mountain Express (6 min), Sawmill Flats Gondola (6 min).

See King Cornice 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.