Ski season is creeping closer and closer. Temperatures finally feel like there starting to cool down here in Colorado, some potential snow is in the forecast for parts of the Intermountain West again, and ski movies are debuting left and right. So while we might not have an official opening day for many ski resorts, we can hope that it’ll be within a month.
Loveland Ski Area joined a rapidly growing list of ski mountains that have kicked on their snowmaking guns for the first time this season, giving their guns a water test on Wednesday.
“Our snowmaking team is completing final maintenance on the snowguns and has conducted water tests. The team is closely monitoring the forecast and is ready to fire up the snowguns as soon as Mother Nature gives the go-ahead.” – Loveland Ski Area
Loveland does not have an opening day set in stone quite yet, though they hope to open at some point in late-October or early-November. Last year, Loveland began welcoming skiers and snowboarders onto their lifts on November 10.
For now, seeing a few snow gun tests is okay with us. Ski areas need to see a certain wet-bulb temperature before they can really start making snow. The wet-bulb considers both the air temperature and the humidity, with a lower humidity corresponding with a lower wet-bulb. That temperature typically needs to be at least below 28°F wet-bulb.
