ARAPAHOE TRAVERSE | Colorado Class 4 Ridge Runventure & Route Beta w/

Sitting 20 miles west of Boulder, Colorado sits the pristine Indian Peaks Wilderness, encompassing 73,000 acres of pristine forests, lakes, and peaks, and home to North and South Arapaho Peaks and the engaging Class 4 ridge scramble that connects them both!
Follow along as our crew embarks on a little RUNventure across the Arapahoe Traverse outside Nederland, Coloroado. The Arapaho Traverse is a great Class 4 ridge scramble that is perfect for adventurers looking to dabble in Class 4 terrain! Along with the adventure is a little bit of a route overview and beta!

[@jacob-magnuson]

I’ve been looking at this route for a few weeks now, in my search for high-alpine summit scrambles near Boulder. This video dropped at the perfect time! It’s nice to have a fresh route description and some insight on current conditions. Gonna bag this soon, much appreciated 🙌 see you out there

[@tbromedia]

Awesome man enjoy!! Glad that this could give a little beta and insight!!

[@ClintYur]

Just did the traverse less than 2 weeks ago. Trail ran most of it and it was so much fun. Got a sub 4 hour for the whole trip out and back. It was so beautiful! Great hike/trail run!

[@tbromedia]

Awesome man! Ya it’s a great spot and awesome even if you want you add some miles, which we actually did. After coming off we ran up to the pass and then back! A lot of options for more mileage!

[@lucassteiner_]

probably my all time favorite hike

[@tbromedia]

Absolutely! It is such a fun one!!

[@SeeChadRun]

YES!!! Great edit! Love the Google flyovers and the engaging narration. Great views and shots! Oh man, and that ankle roll!!! Get's me every time (hard to watch). LOL

[@tbromedia]

Thanks Chad! Came together well without an idea going in! When drones aren’t allowed, Google Earth it is!! Thanks for joining us. That was a blast! And every time I watch that clip, I feel like I re-injured my ankle lol

[@kenbrown2606]

Awe inspiring video of an area that holds so many memories for me! Great footage of a classic! But ouch!

[@tbromedia]

Hah it’s funny that anytime in that basin I look down to where we camped that last night! I remember looking at Neva and saying I want to snowboard that! Yet to do that but it’s on my list!!

[@CatsMatter]

Inspiring hiking ❤....I need to get back out there!

[@tbromedia]

It’s a beautiful area for sure!!!

[@GrimJokes]

Great video, those views are crazy! I was wondering what kind of knee brace you're using?

[@tbromedia]

So it’s a patellar knee strap. I’ve been dealing with runners knee, so it helps a bit. That particular one I’m not a fan of, I got a different one that stays put a lot better.

[@TheJordanSed]

Just did south Arapahoe from rainbow lakes TH on the Fourth of July. Beautiful route. Kicking myself I didn’t commit to the full traverse

[@tbromedia]

Awesome!! Hey the mountains aren’t going anywhere!! Definitely get back there!!!

[@kennysmith5990]

Very cool.

[@tbromedia]

Thank Kenny!

[@jonnyrocksoff]

I felt it was mainly class 3 with a few class 4 moves. Looks like it was a great day for climbing

[@tbromedia]

I would completely agree, pretty chill, but cool you can make it what you want!

[@anthonyd9984]

Great video!!🎉 Makes me wanna get out there asap! Curious, what camera did you use for this?

[@tbromedia]

Most of the shots are GoPro Hero 11. Couple of the obvious not GoPro shots are on my Sony A7IV! And thank you very much!! Absolutely go get it!!

[@anthonyd9984]

@@tbromedia Sweet! Keep up the great work!

[@Quicksand9326]

Great video! The best I found so far for reference of the route. Planning to hike the traverse the end of this month. It will be my first class 4. I’m comfortable with scrambling but do have a fear of heights. For the section with high exposure, do you think I could by pass it, just in case?

[@tbromedia]

Glad you enjoyed the video! Being that we stayed ridge proper a lot of the time, I can’t really recall which of the high exposure spots can be bypassed. The crux isn’t very exposed so you should be fine there! The few spots of exposure I always felt there were plenty of foot and hand options so if you are comfortable with scrambling just check your holds and you’ll do great! Just remember the true class 4 sections are short so focus and compose and you’ll crush!

[@bwolfe8516]

hopefully somebody removed those painted arrows

[@tbromedia]

Ya definitely not a fan of that. I’d imagine those have been around since the 80s?? Maybe? I would be interested to hear the story on it. Longs Peak has a very similar thing with paint bullseye