Arapahoe Basin
Colorado · USA
Arapahoe Basin is a ski resort in Colorado, USA. It averages around 890 cm of snow a season on a Continental, high-alpine snowpack. The season typically runs Oct-Jun.
Often first to open and last to close in Colorado
10-day forecast
12 cm total · best window Wednesday, Oct 14 (2d, 12cm)
⚠ Freezing-level warning: on the marked days the freezing level sits well above the 3,286 m base — expect rain low down even while it snows at summit.
Each bar is a day's fresh snowfall; the pill is that day's powder score (fresh snow × cold-dry quality × wind-hold). Peak day: Thursday, Oct 15 — OK (29). Forecast refreshed every 6 hours from Open-Meteo; last built Oct 12.
Mountain profile
- Summit
- 3,978 m
- Base
- 3,286 m
- Vertical
- 693 m
- Terrain
- 1,428 ac / 147 trails
- Avg annual snow
- 890 cm
- Typical season
- Oct-Jun
- Snow climate
- Continental, high-alpine
- Type
- Lift-served
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