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Placer Junction at Arapahoe Basin

Advanced · 224 m long with 50 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 24° at its steepest, facing S.

24°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
224 mlength
50 mvertical
3606 mtop elevation
Sfaces

Snow and sun

Placer Junction is equator-facing: the sunniest aspect, softens earliest and suffers most in warm spells.

How to get to Placer Junction

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

From the base area (about 23 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Wrangler Express
  2. Ski Wrangler (easy)
  3. Ride Lenawee Express
  4. Hike Hike (expert)
  5. Ski Gentling (intermediate)
  6. Ski Cooper (intermediate)
  7. Ride Zuma Lift
  8. Ski Cooper (intermediate)
  9. Ski Shining Light (intermediate)
  10. Ski Placer Junction (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Cooper, Elk Meadows. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Zuma Lift (1 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.