With leaves starting to change and daylight hours getting perceptively shorter, it time us skiers and snowboarders start thinking about when our favorite ski resorts plan to start spinning lifts. Thanks to FOX31 for compiling this pretty comprehensive list of ski resort projected opening dates. Keep your fingers crossed for snow!
Projected opening dates
Arapahoe Basin: To be announced. It was the first resort to open last year on Oct. 23.
Keystone: As early as mid-October. It opened on Oct. 28, 2022.
Winter Park: As soon as possible. It opened on Oct. 31 last year.
Loveland Ski Area: To be announced. Last year it opened on Nov. 3.
Breckenridge Ski Resort: Nov. 10
Vail Mountain: Nov. 10
Copper Mountain: To be announced. It opened on Nov. 14 last year.
Eldora Mountain: Nov. 17
Purgatory Resort: Nov. 18
Beaver Creek Resort: Nov. 22
Crested Butte Mountain Resort: Nov. 22
Steamboat: Nov. 22
Aspen Mountain: Nov. 23
Snowmass: Nov. 23
Telluride Ski Resort: Nov. 23
Silverton Mountain: Nov. 25
Powderhorn: To be announced. Last year it opened on Nov. 25.
Howelsen Hill: To be announced. Last year it opened on Nov. 26.
Monarch Mountain: To be announced. Opened on Dec. 1, 2022.
Granby Ranch: Dec. 8
Sunlight: To be announced. Last year it opened on Dec. 9.
Aspen Highlands: Dec. 9
Buttermilk Mountain: Dec. 9
Echo Mountain: To be announced. It opened on Dec. 15, 2022.
Hesperus Ski Area: To be announced. It opened on Dec. 17 last year.
Heads up, these are the projected dates and are subject to change to due weather conditions and other factors.