“We started making snow, boy, just over a week ago Oct. 21 and with the cold temperatures and the natural snowfall we’ve been able to get a great base layer down on our run,” he said.
First chair getting ready to shred here!! Good lookin' crew up here having fun! #Colorado #winterishere pic.twitter.com/jqHO8WXwLG
Hierholzer acknowledges they won’t be beating out their rival, Loveland Ski Area, on the other side of the Continental Divide, since both are opening today, unlike 2014, when A-Basin opened first.
“We usually open between mid and late October. So we are pretty much on track,” he said.
And here's when other ski areas are scheduled to open according to Vail Resorts and Colorado Ski Country USA (subject to change, of course):
November 6: | Wolf Creek, Keystone |
November 13: | Copper Mountain, Breckenridge |
November 18: | Winter Park |
November 20: | Eldora, Vail |
November 25: | Crested Butte, Steamboat, Beaver Creek |
November 26: | Aspen Mountain, Snowmass, Telluride |
Late November: | Monarch, Howelsen, Purgatory |
December 11: | Sunlight |
December 12: | Aspen Highlands, Buttermilk, Ski Cooper |
December 17: | Ski Granby Ranch, Powderhorn |
December 19: | Silverton |
