Arapahoe Basin opens ‘legendary’ East Wall terrain — a month earlier than last season
Arapahoe Basin Ski Area credited good snow so far this season and hard work by their ski patrol team with East Wall opening earlier than last year
Lucas Herbert/Arapahoe Basin Ski Area
Arapahoe Basin Ski Area has announced that its legendary East Wall terrain opened Thursday, Feb. 13.
With rocky chutes and cliffs, East Wall is some of the most extreme terrain at A-Basin and in Colorado. The terrain requires a ton of avalanche mitigation by the A-Basin patrol team to open, the ski resort said in a news release.
Thanks to higher-than-average snowfall so far this season, the East Wall opened nearly a month earlier than it did last year, according to the news release. A-Basin said East Wall opened on March 9 last year.
Because it is such extreme terrain, A-Basin said in the news release that it wants to remind customers that access to the East Wall can close at any time as weather and conditions change. As of Thursday, the A-Basin website showed that North Pole, Snorkel Nose and Willy’s Wide were open on the East Wall.
The East Wall opened as Summit County is expected to receive continued snowfall through the weekend.
“With 9 inches in the forecast for the weekend ahead, it’s going to be a great kick-off Wall Season here at the Basin,” the ski area said in the news release.
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