Colorado ski season launches

Saturday, 18 Oct, 2012 0

Colorado Ski Country USA member resort Arapahoe Basin launched Colorado’s ski season on October 17.

The resort opened with lift served skiing and snowboarding, making it the first ski resort in the United States and Colorado to officially open for the 2012/13 season.

"The combination of cooperative weather, diligent work from Arapahoe Basin’s snowmakers and pent up excitement from loyal skiers and riders has culminated in today’s spectacle: hundreds queuing to ski their first runs of the season," said Colorado Ski Country USA president and CEO, Melanie Mills.

Arapahoe Basin opened Black Mountain Express lift servicing the intermediate High Noon trail, which is 1,000 feet long, and has an 18-inch base that was complete after 12 days of snowmaking.

It is anticipated that Loveland Ski Area will be close on the heels of Arapahoe Basin in its Opening Day quest.

With other Colorado resorts also making snow, CSCUSA projects that more resorts will open in the next several weeks.

Below is a current list of scheduled opening dates for CSCUSA member resorts.

Aspen Highlands December 8
Aspen Mountain November 22
Buttermilk December 15
Copper Mountain November 2
Crested Butte November 21
Eldora November 16
Howelsen Hill December 1
Loveland Mid October
Monarch Mountain November 21
Powderhorn December 13
Purgatory at DMR November 23
Silverton Mountain December 1
Ski Cooper November 22 – weekends only until December 14
Ski Granby Ranch December 12
Snowmass November 22
Steamboat November 21
Sunlight December 7
Telluride November 22
Winter Park November 14
Wolf Creek November 2

All dates are based on snow conditions and are subject to change.

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