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Looking to dine at North America's highest-elevation restaurant? Il Rifugio is back open at A Basin

Looking to dine at North America's highest-elevation restaurant? Il Rifugio back open at A Basin
Looking to dine at North America's highest-elevation restaurant? Il Rifugio back open at A Basin 00:55

A restaurant that boasts that it's located at the highest point in the continent is back open. Il Rifugio at the summit of Arapahoe Basin ski area first opened at the end of 2019 but a few months later it shut down due to the pandemic.

This week you'll find the restaurant back open. It sits at an elevation of 12,400 feet.

 

The restaurant serves up charcuterie boards with meats and cheeses from Colorado as well as soups, salads, flatbreads. It also has wine and beer pairings.

The resort warns that anyone who treks up to the Il Rifugio needs to be an advanced enough skier or snowboarder to ride down blue (intermediate) runs to get back to the base area.

Il Rifugio translates in Italian as "The shelter."

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