{"id":801845,"date":"2019-11-29T13:27:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T20:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=375280"},"modified":"2019-11-29T13:27:25","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T20:27:25","slug":"arapahoe-basin-ski-area-chief-operating-officer-expounds-on-status-of-possible-terrain-openings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/arapahoe-basin-ski-area-chief-operating-officer-expounds-on-status-of-possible-terrain-openings\/","title":{"rendered":"Arapahoe Basin Ski Area chief operating officer expounds on status of possible terrain openings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A skier carves turns on upper-mountain terrain accessed off the Lenawee Mountain lift on Tuesday at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area.<\/strong>
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DILLON \u2014 On Thanksgiving morning, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area Chief Operating Officer Al Henceroth expounded on what it will take for the Continental Divide ski area to open more of its upper-mountain terrain.<\/p>\n

In a post on his blog<\/a>, Henceroth said the ski area is trying some new things this year in terms of the placement of A-Basin\u2019s snow guns on the upper mountain. Henceroth said the ski area\u2019s snowmakers are pleased. No matter the wind direction, the snow is ending up \u201csomewhere useful.\u201d<\/p>\n

As of Thursday, Henceroth said the ski area has been making snow for three days on the upper-mountain, front-side Powerline trail off the Lenawee Mountain lift, which Henceroth said was \u201clooking very good.\u201d In terms of snowmaking this weekend, Henceroth said the ski area doesn\u2019t anticipate snowmaking Friday through Sunday in order to let A-Basin\u2019s snowmaking reservoir refill.<\/p>\n

He said A-Basin\u2019s ski patrol and members of Team Summit helped to sidestep Powerline and Norway last week in an attempt to compact the snow on the yet-to-open trails. <\/p>\n

Henceroth also said A-Basin\u2019s snowcat operators this week began work in The Beavers terrain zone at the ski area\u2019s front-side western boundary. He said the snowcat team made it halfway down the Beavers\u2019 two intermediate runs, Loafer and Davis, as of Thursday morning. Henceroth said he expected that project in The Beavers to conclude by the end of the day Friday.<\/p>\n

As for A-Basin\u2019s back-side terrain, Henceroth said the ski area\u2019s snowcats also are undertaking work to track-pack the main corridors of Montezuma Bowl.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis work helps set up the snowpack, ensuring big wind events won\u2019t carry our most precious resource eastward,\u201d Henceroth wrote on his blog. \u201cIt\u2019s also important to establish a consistent base so that we are ready to go once we get a real storm with good snow.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne big storm and we\u2019ll be able to open a lot more,\u201d Henceroth continued. \u201cWest Wall, Grizzly Road, so much terrain is so close.\u201d<\/p>\n

As of Friday afternoon, before the evening storm rolled into Summit County, A-Basin reported a 19-inch base with one inch of new snow over the previous 24 hours and machine-groomed conditions<\/a>. A-Basin listed 10 runs as open, including Dercum\u2019s Gulch, Humbug and Lenawee Face off the upper-mountain, front-side terrain.<\/p>\n

Also Friday, A-Basin announced skiers and snowboarders will be able to purchase the ski area\u2019s Black Friday deal through Dec. 2. The deal is a four-pack of ski days for $199 with no blackout dates.<\/p>\n

Copper superpipe opens Saturday<\/strong><\/p>\n

Woodward Copper will open the first superpipe in North America on Saturday with the opening of the Woodward Superpipe at Copper Mountain Resort\u2019s Center Village.<\/p>\n

The internationally acclaimed halfpipe, which is a quick hike from the base of the American Eagle lift, is free to the public to ride though its primarily for elite-level park skiers and snowboarders with extensive halfpipe experience. To put the superpipe into context, it will host the mid-December season-opening International Ski & Snowboard Federation World Cup halfpipe event: the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

In the social media post announcing the superpipe opening, Woodward Copper officials also said crews are blowing snow on Woodward Copper\u2019s Central Park terrain zone between Center and West Villages to be able to open it as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

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A skier carves turns on upper-mountain terrain accessed off the Lenawee Mountain lift on Tuesday at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area.Courtesy Arapahoe Basin Ski Area DILLON \u2014 On Thanksgiving morning, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area Chief Operating Officer Al Henceroth expounded on what it will take for the Continental Divide ski area to open more of its […]<\/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":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-801845","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 02:33:47","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":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801845\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}