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Lower Elephant's Trunk at Arapahoe Basin

Freeride · 1120 m long with 249 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 26° at its steepest, facing SW.

26°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
1120 mlength
249 mvertical
3647 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

Lower 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 Lower Elephant's Trunk

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

From the base area (about 15 minutes, freeride skiing needed):

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

Where it ends

Joins Lightning Trees, Hike.

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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.