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A-Basin
THE MOUNTAIN AT THE LEGENDARY ARAPAHOE BASIN
An immortal winter giant, the mountain stands tall with a summit elevation of 13,050 feet, blanketed in fresh snow. From the base it invites you, calm and silent. Over sixty trails expertly carved through its depths and six chairlifts raising excited patrons to the sky, you stand in awe, captivated by its brilliance as the sun peaks curiously through the snow-filled clouds. It is the Legendary Arapahoe Basin.
Since 1946 the Arapahoe Basin has been serving up a fantastic ride for skiers from the Colorado area as well as the world. For the 06-07 season the clouds arrived in early September, which allowed Arapahoe Basin to start snow blowing right away! Arapahoe Basin opened on October 13, 2006 - the earliest opening in its 60 years of operation. Arapahoe Basin has already received over 200 inches of snow fall so far this season. Hopefully this wonderful snowfall will continue for the remainder of the season.
More about the mountain and trails at the Basin.
Our amazing mountain has been rocking the wintertime adventurers for 60 years now. We work hard to preserve the mountain's natural beauty and take steps to see that our patrons do so as well.
Find out more about keeping our mountain beautiful.
From a total of 1200 skiers during it's first season aided by nothing but a tow-rope and a military transport truck to haul them to the base, the Arapahoe Basin now sports 69 trails and multiple chairlifts, stunning over 250,000 people per season!
Learn more about the Basin's history and why Arapahoe Basin is the first and only choice for you this season.
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Information provided by www.araphahoebasin.com
- Arapahoe Basin Ski Area opened to the public in 1946 with one, mid-mountain rope tow that skiers reached in an Army weapons carrier pulled by a four-wheel drive vehicle. A-Basin reported 1,200 skier visits. They paid $3 a day to access the mountain.
- It wasn't until the 1947-1948 season that chairlifts were installed. Arapahoe Basin's first chairlifts were the 1st post-war chairlifts ordered in Colorado.
- Those chairlifts must have made quite the difference. Skier visits jumped over 1,000% from the 1st to 2nd season to 13,000.
- With a base of close to 11,000, and a summit elevation more than 13,000! Arapahoe Basin Ski Area has the highest skiable terrain in North America and a vertical drop of 2,270'.
- Opening in late October and not closing until June, Arapahoe Basin also boasts one of the longest seasons in North America.
- Our 900 exhilarating acres does not include the legendary East Wall, which has 90-110 acres that we don't even count. How's that for a terrain bonus!
- Arapahoe Basin's Treeline terrain park is the highest terrain park in North America and stays open until June of each year. The Treeline use to be called the Mutha' Hucker.
- The Pallavicini run and lift are named after a similarly shaped nose called the Pallavicini Couloir on Grossglockner, the highest peak in Austria (12,457 ft.), first climbed (in winter, no less) by the Austrian mountaineer, Count Pallavicini.
- In 1974 the ski area sold a lift ticket for $7.50. A three day pass was $18 and a season pass was $125.
- The current A-Frame lodge in the base area was once a missile testing facility.
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