Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, CO Opened New Terrain and Quad Chairlift Yesterday Arapahoe Basin Ski Area (A-Basin) in Colorado is thrilled to announce the successful opening of its newest terrain expansion, The Beavers, yesterday, November 26, 2018. The 468-acre terrain expansion is served by a new four-person chairlift running from 9:00 am to 3:15 pm daily. The 34 new runs of the expansion include two new intermediate groomed runs, open bowls and […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 27, 2018 0 Comments
A-Basin and Loveland, Colorado Will Open New Terrain Today | Wolf Creek, CO Received 16″ Yesterday Tuesday’s winter weather has resulted in some new ski trail openings for skiers today. Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, Colorado will open its lower-mountain, intermediate “Ramrod” trail for the season, and neighbor Loveland, CO is opening the intermediate Spillway off the top of the new Chet’s Dream chairlift, reports Summit Daily. You might also like: NOAA: The Mountains Of Colorado Could See […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | November 1, 2018 0 Comments
Arapahoe Basin, CO Submits Plans for Summer Via Ferrata Zones and Increased Hiking/MTB Trails Winter has barely begun, yet Arapahoe Basin Ski Area’s plans to expand its summer on-mountain recreational activities just took a giant leap forward, reports Summit Daily. You might also like: BREAKING NEWS: Arapahoe Basin, CO Will Open For The Season On Friday The White River National Forest announced on Tuesday that its Dillon Ranger District is now accepting comments on A-Basin’s […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 19, 2018 0 Comments
‘The Place Looks Good!!!’ – COO of A-Basin, CO Posts Snow and Conditions Update Teaser The place looks good!!! That’s what Alan Henceroth, COO of Arapahoe Basin, CO had to say in a blog post over the weekend. Plenty of natural snow and perfect weather conditions for full-time snowmaking have put A-Basin in the enviable position of likely being the next North American resort to open, and the first to open full time (first to […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | October 15, 2018 0 Comments
Wolf Creek, CO Wins the #RaceToOpen | A-Basin and Loveland, CO Announce they WON’T Open this Weekend After a storm this week dumped almost 2-feet of snow at Wolf Creek, CO the ski area announced they will open for business at 9 am on Saturday, Oct. 13, making it the first area in North America to open to the public for the season. The resort will open the rental shop, ski school, main lodge, and three lifts. […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 12, 2018 0 Comments
#RaceToOpen UPDATE: Arapahoe Basin, CO Will NOT Open Before Wolf Creek, CO This Weekend For most of the last 20-years, the first resort to open in North America has been one of either Loveland or Arapahoe Basin, CO. Yesterday Wolf Creek, also Colorado, threw a curveball and announced that due to all the recent snow, they would start their lifts turning on Saturday, and will open weekends going forward. Wolf Creek Ski Area, CO Will […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | October 11, 2018 0 Comments
67-Year Old Completes 10-Year Streak by Skiing Man-Made Snow at Arapahoe Basin, CO Last Week When Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, Colorado tested out its snow guns last Thursday night and started making snow on the trails, it took just a few hours for the first skier to make the hike up and lay down some turns. It wasn’t just impatience or a media stunt. Or even just for that #selfie. 67-year-old Steve Plummer had a […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 28, 2018 0 Comments
Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, Colorado Began Snowmaking Friday | The Earliest in 10-Seasons Snowmaking began in Summit County, Colorado when Arapahoe Basin Ski Area fired up eight snowmaking guns early Friday morning. This is the earliest in 10-seasons. A-Basin’s snowmaking team covered a mid-mountain area at the top of the High Noon trail with the beautiful, beautiful white stuff. On average snowmaking begins in the first few days of October, so the team has a […] Weather WeatherBrains | September 25, 2018 0 Comments
On Your Marks, Set, SNOW! Annual ‘Race to Open’ Begins in Colorado On your marks, set, SNOW! The annual ‘Race to Open’ has begun, with neighboring Colorado resorts Loveland and Arapahoe Basin battling as usual to be the first resort to open ski season in North America. The long-range forecast is for temperatures to drop with moisture potentially in the air, perfect conditions for snowmaking. In fact, Loveland bragged yesterday they would […] Industry News Steven Agar | September 21, 2018 0 Comments
Ikon Pass + Epic Pass = 90+ Mountains of Fun The Ikon Pass and Epic Pass are both killer values that can get you on the hill just about anywhere in the country. So which one should you get? It’s a tough choice. Why not just get both! For $1898 you could have access to over 90 mountains around the world. That’s incredible considering you can pay upwards of $1500 […] Mike Lavery | September 5, 2018 0 Comments
Colorado Resorts Announce they’re Targeting November 9th Opening Days We’re into August now, days are getting shorter, nights are closing in and hopefully, the worst of the extreme summer temperatures we’ve seen are now behind us. All of which can only mean one thing; winter’s coming! There are now fewer than 100 days until you’ll be able to carve turns at two of Colorado’s most well-known ski areas. Both […] Industry News Steven Agar | August 2, 2018 0 Comments
It’s a Wrap! The Longest Season in Colorado Ends as Arapahoe Basin Closes Out Winter 2017/18 in Style Arapahoe Basin closed down the Colorado ski season this weekend after 234 days of turning the lifts and nearly 300” of snow. First to open, October 13, 2017, and the last to close, A-Basin can lay claim to the #LongestSeasonInCO. A-Basin will close the slopes for a few weeks before reopening for summer operations on Friday, June 29. Plans for the summer include […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 4, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Harlem Globetrotter Takes First Ever Ski Lesson and Combines with Some Basketball Skills You’ve seen him on the basketball court, but never a ski slope. Until now. Buckets Blakes of the Harlem Globetrotters took a ski lesson for the first time in his life at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, CO. He manages to pick up a few skills on the slopes while incorporating some ball handling… and managing to stay upright occasionally. The Harlem Globetrotters will be […] Steven Agar | March 16, 2018 0 Comments
Anticipating Snowfall on the East Coast Snow has fallen and resorts are already opening. If you’re like me, you’re wondering what this year will bring to your local resort – will it be good or should you lose all hope of powder days and instead focus on the other aspects of your ordinarily ridged and pathetic existence. As it turns out, no one truly knows what […] Weather Helena Guglielmino | October 17, 2017 0 Comments
Copper Mountain, CO: New Weapon Against Avalanches Copper Mountain in Colorado is enjoying one of the snowiest December’s on record. But along with all that sought after powder comes the inherent risk of avalanches. In effort to remedy the danger, Copper Mountain has unveiled a new machine called the Avy Roller. Historically, ski patrol members would have to arduously stamp down the snowpack wearing their ski boots. The Avy […] Industry News Robin Azer | January 4, 2017 0 Comments
2016-17 Ski Season Progress Report: Whistler and Sunshine, BC Likely Best Early Skiing 2016-17 Ski Season Progress Report as of November 13, 2016 October 2016 was exceptionally stormy over the northwestern quarter of North America. However, most of the moisture was subtropical so snowfall was confined to the highest elevations. So far in November storms have been confined mainly to the Northwest and Western Canada. Most of the western US has been dry […] Robin Azer | November 15, 2016 1 Comment
Video + Photo Tour: Big Turn Out for A-Basin’s Bikini Ski Day Saturday, May 21st- Arapahoe Basin, Colorado. At the crack of 10 in the morning, all the local, lazy skiers and riders made their way to A-basin for some quality spring skiing. This wasn’t just your average Saturday. It was America’s attempt to beat the Russians world record for number of skiers in bikinis and bathing suits. Unfortunately, the […] Keenan Grady | May 23, 2016 0 Comments
NOAA: Up to 4″ of Snow for Colorado Tomorrow Up to 4″ of snow is forecast for Colorado by Monday night. This will be a big help getting A-Basin and Loveland open in Colorado. Colorado is a bit later than normal on their opening day this year. This year will be latest CO has opened to skiing and riding 2003 when Loveland opened on Oct. 28th. “A fast moving […] Weather WeatherBrains | October 25, 2015 0 Comments
Arapahoe Basin, CO Says “Won’t Be Long” Today | Photo Tour: In a 16-second, pre-dawn video by A-Basin this morning, COO Alan Henceroth says: “We’re one major step closer. Won’t be long.” And he meant it. He still isn’t confident to announce an opening date, but it it appears that it will be early next week. We’re hoping for Monday or Tuesday. “So this was a terrific snowmaking session for us. […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 24, 2015 0 Comments
A-Basin Conditions Report – Busy May Powder!! With big snowfall totals in the forecast all of the die-hards in the front range made plans to go skiing. And with A-Basin being the only mountain still providing lift-serve turns it made for what was likely the most crowded day of the season. Those that arrived early were rewarded with great creamy untracked turns. Around 9:30 ropes dropped on the low traverse under the east wall making for some more great turns and even […] Conditions Report Aaron Rice | May 10, 2015 1 Comment