Image From Opening Day 2015 @ Mont Saint-Sauveur, Que. | Photo By: Alain Denis
Images From Opening Day 2015 @ Mont Saint-Sauveur, Que. | Photos By: Alain Denis
Images From Opening Day 2015 @ Mont Saint-Sauveur, Que. | Photos By: Alain Denis

We are just days away from the official kickoff to the 2016 – 2017 ski season. The first shots of the battle for who will be the first ski area to open have already been fired with ski resorts in both the East and the West already blowing snow. Official opening dates will be largely determined by which ski areas get the most help from Mother Nature over the next one to two weeks, but with that being said, here are the most likely candidates based on historical data.

Photo from today at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area.
Photo from this morning at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area.

The Most Likely To Open First This Season

(Projected opening dates based on previous openings)

Loveland, CO – October 27

Arapohoe Basin, CO – October 27

Boreal, CA – October 28

Killington, VT – October 28

Mont Saint-Sauveur, QUE – October 28

Sunday River, ME – November 4

Keystone, CO – November 4

Mammouth, CA – November 10

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