{"id":2449778,"date":"2019-10-11T12:09:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T18:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=314245"},"modified":"2019-10-11T12:09:15","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T18:09:15","slug":"update-ski-season-kicks-off-today-with-a-basin-opening-at-330-p-m-keystone-to-open-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/update-ski-season-kicks-off-today-with-a-basin-opening-at-330-p-m-keystone-to-open-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Ski season kicks off today with A-Basin opening at 3:30 p.m. Keystone to open Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"

FRISCO \u2014 Just as skiers and riders were getting excited for ski season to kick off Saturday at Keystone Resort, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area announced at 1:45 p.m. Friday that it would start spinning the Black Mountain Express lift at 3:30 p.m. today.<\/p>\n

The lift will run until 5:30 p.m., providing access to the High Noon intermediate trail. Tickets will cost $15.<\/p>\n

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The lift will reopen at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. After closing for the 2018-19 season July 4, A-Basin was closed for only 99 days, the shortest off-season in its history, according to a news release.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did this because the snow is really good, our people are anxious and we are ready to go,\u201d A-Basin Chief Operating Officer Alan Henceroth wrote in his blog<\/a>. \u201cWe thought it would be fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lift tickets Saturday will be priced at $95 for adults, $80 for youths ages 15-18 and $51 for children ages 6-14.<\/p>\n

Keystone Resort will open at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, its earliest opening day in more than 20 years.<\/p>\n

Keystone will operate the River Run Gondola and Montezuma Express lift with access to Schoolmarm, Silver Spoon and Last Chance runs. Skiing and riding will be open from the top of Dercum Mountain to the bottom of the Montezuma lift. At the end of the day, skiers and riders will download on the River Run Gondola to return to the base area.<\/p>\n

In a press release, Keystone credited the early opening to significant investments in its snowmaking infrastructure, including an automated system that allows the resort to operate more efficiently during the early season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Keystone\u2019s early opening, and Breckenridge\u2019s plan to operate through Memorial Day, the two resorts will offer one of the longest ski seasons in the country \u2026 ,\u201d Keystone\u2019s new vice president and general manager Jody Churich was quoted as saying in the release.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur mountain operations team put in a tremendous amount of hard work to get our new snowmaking system ready for Keystone\u2019s early opening,\u201d Churich said.<\/p>\n

As part of its opening day festivities, Keystone will offer donut holes, hot chocolate and coffee at the base of the River Run Gondola. The first 100 guests in line will receive a free pancake breakfast at the Summit House atop Dercum Mountain.<\/p>\n

This is a developing story that will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Keystone will open Sat, Oct 12 for our earliest opening in 20+ years! We’re positioned to be the first ski resort in North America to open for the 19-20 season. Lifts will start turning as early as possible, so stay tuned for details. We\u2019ll see you tomorrow for #KeystoneKickoff<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/EuvJwaqHBY<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Keystone Resort (@KeystoneMtn) October 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FRISCO \u2014 Just as skiers and riders were getting excited for ski season to kick off Saturday at Keystone Resort, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area announced at 1:45 p.m. Friday that it would start spinning the Black Mountain Express lift at 3:30 p.m. today. The lift will run until 5:30 p.m., providing access to the High […]<\/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":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2449778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-19 17:08:53","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":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2449778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2449778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2449778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2449778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}