Photo from Arapahoe Basin Ski Area
Fred Koetteritz, assistant manager at the Arapahoe Basin Ski Area rental shop, says he has lived out several dreams since moving to Summit County more than 40 years ago.
Skiing in Pennsylvania since the age of 5, he dreamed about venturing to the Colorado mountains he saw in Ski Magazine. He grew up traveling with his family of seven in a loaded-up station wagon to ski hills in the Poconos in his home state.
All these years later, Koetteritz is following in his mother’s footsteps of retiring to work at a ski shop at a ski area. In his case, it’s at A-Basin. In his mother’s case, it was Camelback Resort in the Poconos.
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What It’s Like to Climb North America’s Highest Via Ferrata
One writer details her experience on the extreme “iron path,” which opened at Arapahoe Basin on June 25.Shauna Farnell •
July 5, 2021
I figured a via ferrata at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area would be no walk in the park nothing is at the resort, which is famous for its steep ski runs and extreme winter sports competitions. Still, it turned out that A-Basin’s new climbing experience the highest via ferrata in North America is far more rugged and thrilling than I imagined.
The adventure involves a guided, 800-foot vertical (I mean, truly vertical) climb up the granite cliffs of the Basin’s East Wall. After summiting above 13,000 feet, you get to enjoy a gourmet picnic at the top, before turning around to down climb a similar route to the starting point below.
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DENVER (AP) — Ski areas across the United States experienced a strong rebound this winter despite public health restrictions put in place amid the coronavirus pandemic.