2014/15 Colorado Ski Resort Opening Dates:

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Arapahoe Basin, CO.  Yesterday...
Arapahoe Basin, CO. Yesterday…

Colorado always has the earliest ski resort openings in the USA.  This year will not be an exception.  It’ll be either Loveland or Arapahoe Basin within the next week or two.

Central Colorado just got 10″ of new snow up high and temperatures have been cool enough for snow making for the past week or so.

Colorado ski resorts regularly reach over 12,000-feet and this high elevation and the cold that comes with it is key in creating early season skiing and sometimes great early season skiing.

Colorado ski resorts generally average around 300″ of snow.  Last year, they had a spectacular winter with a few resorts receiving over 400″ of snow (Loveland & Breckenridge).  We’ve got our fingers crossed for another year like last.

Aspen, CO.
Aspen, CO.

2014/15 COLORADO SKI RESORT OPENING DATES:

Any Day Now… :  Arapahoe Basin,

Any Day Now… :  Loveland

October 31: Copper Mountain

October 31:  Keystone

November 7: Wolf Creek

Sangro de Cristo Range, CO from a weather ballon.
Sangro de Cristo Range, CO from a weather ballon.

November 7:  Breckenridge

November 12: Winter Park

Mid-November: Eldora

November 21: Vail

November 26: Crested Butte

Wolf Creek, CO.
Wolf Creek, CO.

November 26th:  Monarch

November 26th:  Beaver Creek

November 27th: Aspen Mountain

November 27th:  Snowmass

November 27th:  Steamboat

Colorado ski resort map.
Colorado ski resort map.

November 27th:  Telluride

Late November:  Purgatory

December 5th: Sunlight

December 11th: Powderhorn

December 13th: Buttermilk

Aspen, CO deep snow.
Aspen, CO deep snow.

December 13th:  Ski Cooper

December 14: Aspen Highlands

Mid-December: Ski Granby Ranch

December 20th: Silverton


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