Double-Digit Snow Totals Blanket Colorado Ski Areas, Prompt Early Openings

With three Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) member ski areas open for skiing and riding and 11 more scheduled to open by the end of the month, up to three feet of snow has fallen on Colorado’s ski areas in a 72-hour period. This impressive early November snowfall has prompted two ski areas to move up their opening days; Eldora will open nine days earlier than scheduled this Wednesday, November 7, while Cooper will open 10 days early on Friday, November 23.

While the most recent storm favored the northern and central mountains, all ski areas in Colorado received snow including the three ski areas open over the weekend. Loveland Ski Area received 37 inches of snowfall in 72 hours, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area saw 21 inches of fresh snow in the same period and Wolf Creek, which will open for the season this Friday, November 9, received four inches.

Listed by Opening Date:                     

• October 13                                Wolf Creek (Weekends only – Opening for the season November 9)
• October 19                                Arapahoe Basin
• October 20                                Loveland
• November 7                              Eldora
• November 14                            Winter Park
• November 16                            Copper Mountain
• November 17                            Purgatory
• November 21                            Monarch
• November 21                            Steamboat
• November 22                            Aspen Mountain
• November 22                            Snowmass
• November 22                            Telluride
• November 23                            Cooper
• November 23                            Echo Mountain
• November 24                            Howelsen Hill
• November 24                            Silverton
• December 7                              Kendall Mountain
• December 8                              Aspen Highlands
• December 8                              Buttermilk
• December 8                              Sunlight
• December 14                            Granby Ranch
• December 14                            Powderhorn
• December 21                            Hesperus

Links to Resort Webcams:

• Arapahoe Basin http://bit.ly/1GNjD7l
• Aspen Highlands http://bit.ly/2fMbDYj
• Aspen Mountain http://bit.ly/1GiRPHE
• Buttermilk http://bit.ly/2fol9R2
• Cooper http://bit.ly/2RE5JLX
• Copper Mountain http://bit.ly/2fD7iZX
• Eldora Mountain Resort http://bit.ly/2zlpt09
• Granby Ranch http://bit.ly/2EWCTCR
• Loveland Ski Area http://bit.ly/2g3WF0E
• Monarch Mountain http://bit.ly/2g5iGwn
• Powderhorn http://bit.ly/1LMoa5T
• Purgatory Resort http://bit.ly/2fMfsg6
• Snowmass http://bit.ly/1P4XOSK
• Steamboat http://bit.ly/2g3IY3Z
• Sunlight Mountain Resort http://bit.ly/2fMemkP
• Telluride Ski Resort http://bit.ly/2eNN5RX
• Winter Park Resort http://bit.ly/2g3DTsF
• Wolf Creek Ski Area http://bit.ly/2zo5xd2