Opening dates announced for Colorado ski areas winter 2024-25
Colorado Ski Country USA, the trade organization representing most of the state’s ski areas, has announced opening dates for the 2024-25 season.
The dates — subject to change based on conditions — follow those announced by Vail Resorts, including Keystone Resort, which in recent years with enhanced snowmaking has tried to compete with Arapahoe Basin for first-to-open bragging rights. A-Basin kicked off the season last year on Oct. 29.
Tentative opening dates
A-Basin: As soon as possible in October.
Keystone: As soon as possible, mid-October the hope.
Loveland, Winter Park: As soon as possible, typically late October/early November.
Monarch: As soon as possible in November.
Breckenridge, Copper Mountain: Nov. 8.
Vail, Eldora: Nov. 15.
Purgatory: Nov. 16.
Steamboat: Nov. 23.
Beaver Creek, Crested Butte: Nov. 27.
Snowmass, Aspen Mountain, Telluride, Granby Ranch: Nov. 28.
Powderhorn: Nov. 29.
Howelsen Hill: Nov. 30.
Ski Cooper: Dec. 11.
Buttermilk: Dec. 14.
Aspen Highlands: Dec. 16.
Echo Mountain, Sunlight: As soon as possible in December.
Opening dates announced for Colorado ski areas winter 2024-25
Colorado Ski Country USA, the trade organization representing most of the state’s ski areas, has announced opening dates for the 2024-25 season.
The dates — subject to change based on conditions — follow those announced by Vail Resorts, including Keystone Resort, which in recent years with enhanced snowmaking has tried to compete with Arapahoe Basin for first-to-open bragging rights. A-Basin kicked off the season last year on Oct. 29.
Tentative opening dates:
A-Basin: As soon as possible in October.
Keystone: As soon as possible, mid-October the hope.
Loveland, Winter Park: As soon as possible, typically late October/early November.
Monarch: As soon as possible in November.
Breckenridge, Copper Mountain: Nov. 8.
Vail, Eldora: Nov. 15.
Purgatory: Nov. 16.
Steamboat: Nov. 23.
Beaver Creek, Crested Butte: Nov. 27.
Snowmass, Aspen Mountain, Telluride, Granby Ranch: Nov. 28.
Powderhorn: Nov. 29.
Howelsen Hill: Nov. 30.
Ski Cooper: Dec. 11.
Buttermilk: Dec. 14.
Aspen Highlands: Dec. 16.
Echo Mountain, Sunlight: As soon as possible in December.