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Narrow North Pole at Arapahoe Basin

Extreme · 214 m long with 148 m of vertical, averaging 35° and 39° at its steepest, facing N.

39°steepest 50 m
35°average pitch
214 mlength
148 mvertical
3838 mtop elevation
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Snow and sun

Narrow North Pole 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 Narrow North Pole

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 34 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 Narrow North Pole (extreme)

Where it ends

Joins East Wall Traverse. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lenawee Express (5 min), Wrangler Express (7 min), Pika Place (9 min).

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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.