LIST: Opening Dates To Colorado's 25 Largest Ski Resorts

With Wolf Creek opening tomorrow the Colorado ski scene is buzzing with anticipation of other opening day announcements. Here is a list compiled byThe Denver Business Journal, but full disclosure these dates are completely snow-dependent and subject to change. DBJ reports these are the opening dates to Colorado’s 25 largest ski resorts according to their official websites unless otherwise noted:

Arapahoe Basin Ski Area: Mid-October
Aspen Highlands: Nov. 22
Aspen Mountain: Dec. 8 (according to Colorado Ski Country USA)
Beaver Creek Resort: Nov. 21
Breckenridge Ski Resort: Nov. 9
Buttermilk: Dec. 8 (according to Colorado Ski Country USA)
Cooper: Dec. 8
Copper Mountain Resort: Nov. 16
Crested Butte Mountain Resort: Nov. 22
Echo Mountain: Nov. 23
Eldora Mountain Resort: Nov. 22 (according to Colorado Ski Country USA)
Granby Ranch: Dec. 14 (according to Colorado Ski Country USA)
Keystone Resort: Nov. 9
Loveland Ski Area: Targeting mid-October
Monarch Mountain: Nov. 21 (according to Colorado Ski Country USA)
Powderhorn Resort: Dec. 13
Purgatory Resort: Nov. 17 (according to Colorado Ski Country USA)
Silverton Mountain: Nov. 24
Snowmass: Nov. 22
Steamboat Resort: Nov. 21
Sunlight Mountain Resort: Dec. 8 (according to Colorado Ski Country USA)
Telluride Ski Resort: Nov. 22 (according to Colorado Ski Country USA), but the previous two opening days were delayed until Dec. 7, 2017 and Nov. 28, 2016.
Vail Mountain: Nov. 16
Winter Park Resort: Nov. 14
Wolf Creek Ski Area: Oct. 13 (starting with weekends only)