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West Vertical at Arapahoe Basin

Extreme · 199 m long with 157 m of vertical, averaging 38° and 43° at its steepest, facing N.

43°steepest 50 m
38°average pitch
199 mlength
157 mvertical
3850 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

West Vertical 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 West Vertical

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 33 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 West Vertical (extreme)

Where it ends

Joins Hidden Chute, East Wall Traverse, Land of the Giants, East Vertical. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lenawee Express (4 min), Wrangler Express (6 min), Pika Place (8 min).

See West Vertical 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.