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Northern Spy at Arapahoe Basin

Advanced · 307 m long with 111 m of vertical, averaging 20° and 27° at its steepest, facing SW.

27°steepest 50 m
20°average pitch
307 mlength
111 mvertical
3774 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

Northern Spy is south-west-facing: warm afternoon sun, softens and refreezes the most after the sunniest aspect.

How to get to Northern Spy

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

From the base area (about 21 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 Northern Spy (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Cooper. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Zuma Lift (2 min).

See Northern Spy 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.