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Nose at Arapahoe Basin

Advanced · 256 m long with 101 m of vertical, averaging 22° and 26° at its steepest, facing E.

26°steepest 50 m
22°average pitch
256 mlength
101 mvertical
3683 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

Nose is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

How to get to Nose

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

From the base area (about 13 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Beavers
  2. Ski Cornice Run (intermediate)
  3. Ski Nose (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins South Chute, Dercum's Gulch. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Pika Place (5 min), Black Mountain Express (5 min), Sawmill Flats Gondola (5 min).

See Nose 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.