With Labor Day behind us, the start of the Colorado ski season could also be solely seven or eight weeks away. In line with JS’s recordkeeping, in 5 of the previous 10 years, the primary ski space opening has come in the course of the third week of October or earlier than.
Colorado has had a minimum of one ski space open in October yearly since 1992. That yr, each Keystone and Loveland didn’t open till Nov. 3.
As for this yr, Arapahoe Basin, Keystone, Loveland and Winter Park officers say their resorts will begin spinning charilifts as quickly as they’ve adequate snow. Final yr, Wolf Creek in southern Colorado opened on Oct. 22. It was adopted by A-Basin and Keystone, which each opened on Nov. 2. Winter Park opened on Nov. 8, and Loveland on Nov. 9.
Projected 2025 opening dates for Colorado ski resorts (topic to vary as a result of climate)
Nov. 7: Breckenridge, Copper Mountain
Nov. 14: Eldora, Vail
Nov. 21: Powderhorn
Nov. 22: Purgatory, Steamboat
Nov. 26: Beaver Creek, Crested Butte, Granby Ranch
Nov. 27: Aspen Mountain, Snowmass, Telluride
Dec. 10: Ski Cooper
Dec. 12: Daylight
Dec. 13: Aspen Highlands, Buttermilk
Dec. 27: Silverton
TBD: Echo Mountain, Howelsen Hill, Monarch, Wolf Creek
First ski space openings in Colorado over the previous 10 years
- 2015: Arapahoe Basin and Loveland, Oct. 29
- 2016: Arapahoe Basin, Oct. 21
- 2017: Arapahoe Basin, Oct. 13
- 2018: Arapahoe Basin, Oct. 19
- 2019: Arapahoe Basin, Oct. 11
- 2020: Wolf Creek, Oct. 28
- 2021: Wolf Creek, Oct. 16 (weekends solely); Arapahoe Basin, Oct. 17
- 2022: Arapahoe Basin, Oct. 23
- 2023: Arapahoe Basin, Oct. 29
- 2024: Wolf Creek, Oct. 22
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