{"id":1315642,"date":"2019-10-14T14:09:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T20:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=989291"},"modified":"2019-10-14T14:09:57","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T20:09:57","slug":"here-is-a-list-of-anticipated-opening-dates-for-most-colorado-ski-resorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/here-is-a-list-of-anticipated-opening-dates-for-most-colorado-ski-resorts\/","title":{"rendered":"Here is a list of anticipated opening dates for most Colorado ski resorts"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Sunlightopening-GPI-112418-2-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Sunlightopening-GPI-112418-2-2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Sunlightopening-GPI-112418-2-2-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/11\/Sunlightopening-GPI-112418-2-2-325x209.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption><strong>Sunlight Mountain Resort thrives with activity as a trio of riders take to the slopes.<\/strong><br \/><em>Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The 2019-20 ski season has begun in Colorado with skiers and the recent openings of Arapahoe Basin and Keystone Resort.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Ski Country USA says recent cold temperatures have allowed four ski areas to make snow in advance of the season, while all ski areas in the state received between a dusting and 10 inches of snow on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOctober snowfall is not only exciting for our ski areas, but a reminder to both experienced skiers and riders and those that may be new to the sport that the 2019-20 winter season is here,\u201d said CSCUSA President and CEO Melanie Mills in a statement. \u201cThe recent snowfall has been helpful, but we can\u2019t forget the countless hours of labor and logistics that our snowmakers, groomers and operations crews have undertaken over the past weeks. We are looking forward to welcoming guests from locations worldwide and of all ability levels after a summer and fall of significant investment across Colorado at ski areas of all sizes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Below is a current list of scheduled opening and tentative closing dates for CSCUSA member resorts. Dates are subject to change.<\/p>\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Resort<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Open<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Close<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Arapahoe Basin<\/td>\n<td>Oct. 11<\/td>\n<td>June 7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Aspen Highlands<\/td>\n<td>Dec. 7<\/td>\n<td>April 12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Buttermilk<\/td>\n<td>Dec. 7<\/td>\n<td>April 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ski Cooper<\/td>\n<td>Dec. 7<\/td>\n<td>April 12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Echo Mountain<\/td>\n<td>Nov. 29<\/td>\n<td>April 12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Eldora<\/td>\n<td>Nov. 15<\/td>\n<td>April 12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Granby Ranch<\/td>\n<td>Dec. 13<\/td>\n<td>March 29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hesperus<\/td>\n<td>Dec. 21<\/td>\n<td>TBD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Howelsen Hill<\/td>\n<td>Nov. 30<\/td>\n<td>March 15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kendall Mountain<\/td>\n<td>Dec. 14<\/td>\n<td>March 29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Loveland<\/td>\n<td>Mid-October<\/td>\n<td>May 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Monarch<\/td>\n<td>Nov. 22<\/td>\n<td>April 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powderhorn<\/td>\n<td>Dec. 13<\/td>\n<td>March 29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Purgatory<\/td>\n<td>Nov. 23<\/td>\n<td>TBD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Silverton<\/td>\n<td>Dec. 26<\/td>\n<td>April 19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Snowmass<\/td>\n<td>Nov. 28<\/td>\n<td>April 19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Steamboat<\/td>\n<td>Nov. 26<\/td>\n<td>April 12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sunlight<\/td>\n<td>Dec. 13<\/td>\n<td>April 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Telluride<\/td>\n<td>Nov. 28<\/td>\n<td>April 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Winter Park<\/td>\n<td>Nov. 13<\/td>\n<td>April 19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wolf Creek<\/td>\n<td>Nov. 1<\/td>\n<td>April 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>Source: Colorado Ski Country USA<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/here-is-a-list-of-anticipated-opening-dates-for-most-colorado-ski-resorts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunlight Mountain Resort thrives with activity as a trio of riders take to the slopes.Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent The 2019-20 ski season has begun in Colorado with skiers and the recent openings of Arapahoe Basin and Keystone Resort. Colorado Ski Country USA says recent cold temperatures have allowed four ski areas to make snow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1315642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-06 18:46:46","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1315642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315642\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1315642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1315642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1315642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}