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Lower East Wall at Arapahoe Basin

Expert · 1865 m long with 175 m of vertical, averaging 5° and — at its steepest, facing N.

—steepest 50 m
5°average pitch
1865 mlength
175 mvertical
3625 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Lower East Wall 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 Lower East Wall

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 12 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Wrangler Express
  2. Ski Wrangler (easy)
  3. Ride Lenawee Express
  4. Ski Humbug (intermediate)
  5. Ski Dercum's Gulch (intermediate)
  6. Ski Dragon (intermediate)
  7. Ski Lower East Wall (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Dragon. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lenawee Express (1 min), Wrangler Express (3 min), Pika Place (5 min).

See Lower East Wall 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.