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North Pole at Arapahoe Basin

Extreme · 262 m long with 178 m of vertical, averaging 34° and 40° at its steepest, facing N.

40°steepest 50 m
34°average pitch
262 mlength
178 mvertical
3865 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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 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 36 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 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.