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The new Montezuma Bowl expansion at Arapahoe Basin opens Friday, nearly doubling the size of A-Basin with another 400 acres of bowl skiing.
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A-Basin opens Montezuma Bowl Friday

Expansion nearly doubles the size of the Legend

By realvail.com

January 9, 2008 — Colorado’s latest ski area expansion, Arapahoe Basin’s Montezuma Bowl, opens to the public Friday at 11 a.m., increasing the ski area’s terrain by 80 percent. The 400-acre bowl located on the backside of Arapahoe Basin is the nation’s largest terrain expansion for the 2007-08 ski season.

The new terrain includes blue, black and double black slopes totalling an additional 36 runs. Snow riders will find cornices, chutes, glades and wide-open bowls. Several runs will be groomed nightly, giving intermediate riders some good cruising terrain, and hike-back terrain below the lower lift terminal is also available for the adventurous skier or rider.

Installation of the new fixed-grip quad Zuma Lift was finished on schedule in late October. It spans 4,100 feet in length and rises 1,100 vertical feet. The ride time is 9 minutes from top to bottom and the lift has a capacity of 1,900 skiers per hour.

“Montezuma Bowl is more of what people really love about A-Basin,” said Alan Henceroth, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Arapahoe Basin. “The new terrain provides extraordinary blue, groomed cruisers and vintage Arapahoe expert terrain. By spreading people around a bigger mountain, we can preserve that special vibe that skiers and riders cherish at the Basin.”

For more information on Arapahoe Basin or Montezuma Bowl call 1-888-ARAPAHOE or log in to www.arapahoebasin.com or www.montezumabowl.com.

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