This cache is on one of the two "blue" runs into the new A-Basin expansion, "The Beavers".
The "Beavers" opened for the 2017-2018 ski season with no lift, requiring a 20 minute hike out. A lift was installed during the summer of 2018, making the area somewhat more accessible.
While this run is rated Blue by Arapahoe Basin, you need to be a solid intermediate skier at minimum to safely approach and exit the cache area. If it is mogulled, hard frozen, or sun baked, it is more of a black diamond. The cache itself is about 15 yards off the trail into the "Dog Woods". Hiking in the summer would be a significant hike up and down the mountain.
The top of the container is permanently attached. Please carefully unscrew the main part to access the log.