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LP over resorts
LP over resorts. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- LP over resorts
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Arapahoe Basin
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Arapahoe Basin.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Arapahoe Basin is an alpine ski area in the Rocky Mountains of the United States, in the Arapaho National Forest of Colorado.
Sources for this chapter
BEFORE TOURISM
Before the resort map
The linked local overview does not preserve a clear account of Arapahoe Basin before modern tourism.
This edition leaves that part of the timeline open rather than mistaking the first surviving sporting reference for the beginning of the place.
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2018
A route reaches Arapahoe Basin
A fixed-grip quad chair lift was built in the summer of 2018.
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Independence Mountain as seen from Arapahoe Basin
Independence Mountain in Summit County, Colorado, as seen from Arapahoe Basin Ski Area. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Independence Mountain in Summit County, Colorado, as seen from Arapahoe Basin Ski Area
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
1946
Winter becomes organised
The first year it was open for skiing was 1946.
THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Arapahoe Basin is recorded at 39.642° N, 105.872° W. Its catalogue reference reaches 4,020 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
Sources for this chapter
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LP over resorts
LP over resorts. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- LP over resorts
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
TODAY
Arapahoe Basin now
It continues to run lifts until June, sometimes lasting well into the summer, and since snowmaking was installed in 2002 it often begins its ski operations in mid-October.
THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
Sources for this chapter
Artefacts in order of appearance
LP over resorts
AOD.US.ARAPAHOE-BASIN.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Independence Mountain as seen from Arapahoe Basin
AOD.US.ARAPAHOE-BASIN.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Editorial record
Full US Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Arapahoe Basin overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.