History
Max and Edna Dercum started the Arapahoe Basin ski area along with the "Ski Tip Lodge" in the 1940s. Since then it has expanded to include 105 trails served by 7 lifts.
A-Basin became the first ski resort in the U.S. to open for the 2006-2007 season on October 13th, when it opened one lift and one run. It was the first time in seven seasons that A-Basin beat Loveland ski area in the race to be the first ski area open in the nation. It repeated for the 2007-2008 ski area by opening at 9:00 am on October 10. This was the area's earliest opening in 61 years and the earliest opening in North America for the season.
During the 2007-2008 season, Arapahoe Basin expanded into Montezuma Bowl, with the largest terrain expansion in the nation for that season. Facing southwest towards Keystone, the terrain offers blue, black, and double black trails with all kinds of terrain, including: groomed runs, chutes, glades, and cornice runs, all accessible from the Zuma fixed grip quad. The terrain will be open each season between late December and early January through late April, conditions warranted.
Arapahoe Basin opened for the 2009-2010 season on Friday, October 9, the earliest start in its history.
In 2010, Leitner-Poma replaced the Exhibition lift on the lower mountain with a high speed quad, the Black Mountain Express lift, A-Basin's first detachable lift.
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