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Lightning Traverse at Arapahoe Basin

Advanced · 1169 m long with 153 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 21° at its steepest, facing W.

21°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
1169 mlength
153 mvertical
3614 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Lightning Traverse is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

How to get to Lightning Traverse

Lifts that reach the top: Zuma Lift (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 23 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Wrangler Express
  2. Ski Wrangler (easy)
  3. Ride Lenawee Express
  4. Ski Black Bear (advanced)
  5. Ski Long Chute (advanced)
  6. Ski Gentling (intermediate)
  7. Ski Cooper (intermediate)
  8. Ride Zuma Lift
  9. Ski Mountain Goat Traverse (advanced)
  10. Ski Lightning Traverse (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Cooper, Gentling, Torreys, Bierstadt. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Zuma Lift (1 min).

See Lightning Traverse 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.