{"id":800725,"date":"2019-10-25T17:54:31","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T23:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=373606"},"modified":"2019-10-25T17:54:31","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T23:54:31","slug":"skiers-and-riders-share-new-season-resolutions-at-loveland-ski-areas-opening-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/skiers-and-riders-share-new-season-resolutions-at-loveland-ski-areas-opening-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Skiers and riders share new season resolutions at Loveland Ski Area\u2019s opening day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A celebratory fist pump in the air conveys the excitement of many on opening day at Loveland Ski Area on Friday, Oct. 25.<\/strong>
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LOVELAND \u2014 Loveland Ski Area wasn\u2019t the first to open in Colorado, but boy were the opening day conditions prime on Friday.<\/p>\n

Dozens of skiers and snowboarders from Summit County and the Front Range braved Friday morning\u2019s frigid temperatures to ski and ride a pristine, groomed run off the Chet\u2019s Dream high-speed quad. Once the sunrise crested the snow-filled mountains to the east of Loveland, hundreds more joined the first-chair chasers.<\/p>\n

Some had skied opening days at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area on Oct. 11 and Keystone Resort on Oct. 12. Two weeks after those two Continental Divide neighbors battled to win the race to open, Loveland starting spinning its lifts with a tally of more than 30 inches of snowfall this month.<\/p>\n

One of the snowboarders first in line at Loveland was Never Summer pro snowboarder Dylan Alito, of Evergreen, who said the conditions were the best of an early opening day at any of the Continental Divide ski areas in at least five years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe conditions were firing,\u201d Alito said. \u201cIt was perfect. Loveland is just a fun environment where I go to get that old school feeling of being a kid again, to not focus as much on performance snowboarding. It brings you back to your roots.\u201d<\/p>\n

How did Loveland\u2019s opening days compare to A-Basin and Keystone\u2019s openers earlier this month?<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was by far the best one,\u201d Alito said.<\/p>\n

For many other skiers and snowboarders at Loveland on Friday, this was their first day of the season. As they began a new ski and shred year, many of them shared their season\u2019s resolutions.<\/p>\n

For some, like beginner Ryan Julian, of Roxboro Park, the goal for a new year is simple: go toe-side on his snowboard. Friday being his 10th time riding, he thinks he\u2019s almost there.<\/p>\n

For others, like longtime skier Phil Kopp, of Frisco, he\u2019s ready to ski a minimum of 130 days this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year, I got 160,\u201d Kopp said.<\/p>\n

How did the opening day skiing rank, on a scale of 0 to 10, for the longtime Summit County skier Kopp?<\/p>\n

\u201cRealizing there\u2019d be limited terrain: 10,\u201d Kopp said.<\/p>\n

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Take a ride on Chet\u2019s Dream and down Loveland Ski Area\u2019s awesome coverage from Catwalk through Mambo to Home Run high up at the Continental Divide on this opening day, Oct. 25, 2019!<\/p>\n

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Then there were the out-of-state skiers and snowboarders who descended on Loveland while visiting Denver, like Daniel Naylor, of Roanoke, Virginia, originally from England. Naylor said his resolution is to do something simple, like ride a rail in the terrain park.<\/p>\n

Others have more grand resolutions, like Steve Magana, of Westminster.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo go heli-boarding in Silverton,\u201d Magana. \u201cI\u2019d like to go to Alaska. Last year was my first time leaving the United States to travel for skiing. I just want to go more places. I think traveling is the main mission \u2014 new places, new terrain on the brain.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jake Williams, of Denver, echoed the most popular resolution on the day.<\/p>\n

\u201cShred more pow, more pillows,\u201d Williams said. \u201cThrash harder than anyone out, brah!\u201d<\/p>\n

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