Top 5 Ski Areas in Colorado by Category Known for its high elevation and cold, light snow, Colorado is a winter sports mecca for skiers and snowboarders around the globe. With 32 resorts in the state, skiers and riders have a tough decision when it comes to choosing the best out of so many great options. Here is a comprehensive list of the best Colorado ski resorts by […] Industry News Spencer Cox | September 21, 2020 0 Comments
Colorado Resorts Wolf Creek and Eldora Will OPEN THIS WEEK A further two Colorado ski resorts have announced they will open by the end of this week, bringing the number of openings in the state to five. Wolf Creek Ski Area, who was the first North American resort to open in 2018, said it will open on Halloween, Thursday 31st October. It will stay open until dusk and feature a […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 28, 2019 0 Comments
Developer Receives Approval for Road on Public Land at Wolf Creek It’s the classic story of Quaint Ski Area Community Battles Out-of-Town, Billionaire Developer. In an effort to maintain identity, character and protect the natural surroundings, concerned environmentalists have been going to great lengths to maintain what makes Wolf Creek Ski Area special in the first place. For years there has been a looming threat that a rich Texan will move in […] Industry News Jon Roubik | March 8, 2019 1 Comment
PHOTO TOUR: Wolf Creek, CO Opens Winter 2018/19 with Powder Conditions All eyes were on Wolf Creek, CO this weekend as they were the first resort in North America to open for the upcoming season. A 30″ mid-October storm set them up nicely for their second earliest opening day ever. The opening day treated eager skiers and riders to a 22″ base with powder conditions across 3 lifts, 60% of available […] 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
UPDATE: Wolf Creek Ski Area, CO WILL Open this Weekend for the 2018/19 Season #RaceToOpen Wolf Creek Ski Area, Colorado will be open for the season with weekends only, beginning Saturday, October 13th and Sunday, October 14th! Wolf Creek received 12 inches Monday, October 8th with another 8 inches today, October 10th. The settled midway base is 14 inches with 20 inches year-to-date this season. Treasure Stoke, Bonanza, and Nova lifts will be operating with very early […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | October 11, 2018 0 Comments
Wolf Creek Ski Area, CO Will OPEN This Weekend! The Durango Herald reports that Wolf Creek Ski Area in Pagosa Springs, Colorado will open this weekend. As of this morning, they had received 12″ of snow at the summit and 8″ at mid-mountain. Along with that, they received 5″ of snow on Monday. If Loveland and/or Arapahoe Basin don’t also open this week or this weekend, Wolf Creek will be the […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 10, 2018 0 Comments
Colorado Ski Area Opening Dates For The 2018/2019 Season The snow guns are primed and ready to start turning Colorado slopes white once again. After kind of a lousy snow year last winter, I bet most Colorado skiers are hungrier than ever to get back out there. The good news is your ski season may start as soon as next month. Projected Opening Dates Loveland: Mid October Arapahoe Basin: Mid October […] Industry News Mike Lavery | September 21, 2018 0 Comments
The First Fully Solar-Powered Ski Area: Wolf Creek, CO Wolf Creek Ski Area, located in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, has recently become the first ski area in the US (and potentially the world) to run purely on solar energy. The resort has been a leader in sustainable business practices for the past 11 years. Wolf Creek hails as one of the snowiest resorts in Colorado, and draws this solar energy […] Jenah MacGrain | July 11, 2018 11 Comments
Record Low Snowfall Closes San Juan Resorts Early | Taos Ski Valley in Sangre de Cristo Mountains Received Just 78″ Snow ALL SEASON It’s definitely been a weird winter for most of us. Some areas got dumped on all season (we’re looking at you Washington state and Jackson), some places like California had record dry starts but then got really lucky (#MiracleMarch), and the East Coast saw unseen snowfall from nor’easter Quinn, delivering a few lucky resorts up to three feet in one […] Conditions Report Steven Agar | April 11, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: The First Turns of The Season At Wolf Creek Ski Area, CO Wolf Creek Ski Area, CO got enough snow this weekend for some lucky guys to take their first turns of the season. Zach Maun sent this video into Colorado Ski Country of the turns he took. It wasn’t deep, but it doesn’t get much better than snowboarding in early October. Chris Wallner | October 2, 2017 0 Comments
Wolf Creek Pass, CO Claims Another Victim: 42,100-Pounds-Of-BEER… “It was an absolute fountain of beer…” “The beer was just absolutely everywhere. It was pretty hilarious.” – said Rachel Smith, witness to the truck crash and resident of Durango, Colorado in an interview with the Durango Herald Highway 160 – A semi-truck drivers brakes went out just over the top of Wolf Creek Pass Colorado on June 12, 2017, […] Crash CrashBrains | July 19, 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
*Update*: 3 Ski Resorts OPEN in North America This Weekend This weekend was a bit of a wild one for figuring out who will be open on Saturday and Sunday… Last weekend, Killington VT, Sunday River ME, and Mont Saint-Sauveur Quebec were the only ski resorts open in North America. This weekend, none of them are open. Sunday River announced on Friday morning that they would let us know on […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 31, 2015 1 Comment
BREAKING: Wolf Creek, CO Will OPEN Tomorrow Hm…. This is kinda weird… We just noticed that Wolf Creek ski area in Colorado has announced that they will be open on their website today, but not anywhere else… We guess they want to keep it a small opening? Smart. Wolf Creek will join Loveland CO & Arapahoe Basin CO as the only ski resorts open in North America […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 30, 2015 1 Comment
Wolf Creek, CO Fined $14,000 for Avalanche Death of Ski Patroller & 5 Criminal Charges Filed Against Owner Wolf Creek Ski Area, CO has been fined $14,000 by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for the death of on-duty ski patroller, Colin Sutton. That on-duty ski patroller died in an avalanche in March 2014 while studying snowpack outside the ski area’s boundary. OSHA claims […] Avalanche SnowBrains | September 21, 2014 0 Comments
Wolf Creek, CO Ski Patroller Dies in Avalanche on Tuesday At approximately 1:30 PM on the 4th of March 2014, a member of the Wolf Creek Ski Patrol perished in an avalanche while conducting research outside of the ski area boundary in Conejos County, Colorado. He was immediately extricated by his partner and a second team of two patrollers working in the same area. Resuscitative efforts were maintained as he was flown to Mercy Regional Medical Center. He was pronounced deceased at approximately 4:45 PM by attending physicians.We extend our sincere condolences to family and friends. – Colorado Avalanche Information Center […] Avalanche SnowBrains | March 6, 2014 0 Comments
48 Hours in Wolf Creek, CO with 42 Inches of New Snow The pre-Thanksgiving storm that teased parts of the SW and hammered others has come and gone. In the end Wolf Creek Ski Area, Colorado received a storm total of 42″ of snow bringing the season total up to 105″. Wolf Creek is nestled in the perfect corner on Wolf Creek Pass allowing it to suck the moisture out of every passing storm cloud and lot’s of clouds pass this family owned gem! Well manicured tree lines await the powder chaser. The only problem; no lift lines. This means the only rest you get is on the chair or the short but worth […] Conditions Report Kristofer Noel | November 27, 2013 0 Comments
How To: Smoke Marijuana @ Colorado Ski Resorts | A-Basin Pulls Passes, Wolf Creek Doesn’t Care… Marijuana is now legal in the snowy state of Colorado. Thanks to Colorado’s amendment 64, any person over 21 years of age and older can legally posses up to one ounce of marijuana and use said marijuana in private. This law does not make it legal to smoke marijuana at ski resorts nor on chairlifts. Colorado ski resorts are split on how to regulate this new legal marijuana use. “Already I have kicked several people out of here and taken their ski passes for smoking [marijuana] in […] SnowBrains | November 6, 2013 7 Comments
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