Eldora and Cooper to Open Early for Eager Skiers and Riders
Photo Credit Top Row (L-R): Telluride Ski Resort; Dustin Schaefer, Loveland Ski Area; Sam Bass, Eldora
Bottom Row: Rosanne Pitcher, Wolf Creek Ski Area; Cooper; Dan Bayer, Aspen Snowmass
Click here for High Res and Additional Photos: bit.ly/SnowPhotos11-05.
With three Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) member ski areas open for skiing and riding and 11 more scheduled to open by the end of the month, up to three feet of snow has fallen on Colorado’s ski areas in a 72-hour period. This impressive early November snowfall has prompted two ski areas to move up their opening days; Eldora will open nine days earlier than scheduled this Wednesday, November 7, while Cooper will open 10 days early on Friday, November 23.
While the most recent storm favored the northern and central mountains, all ski areas in Colorado received snow including the three ski areas open over the weekend. Loveland Ski Area received 37 inches of snowfall in 72 hours, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area saw 21 inches of fresh snow in the same period and Wolf Creek, which will open for the season this Friday, November 9, received four inches.
October 13 Wolf Creek (Weekends only – Opening for the season November 9)
October 19 Arapahoe Basin
October 20 Loveland
November 7 Eldora
November 14 Winter Park
November 16 Copper Mountain
November 17 Purgatory
November 21 Monarch
November 21 Steamboat
November 22 Aspen Mountain
November 22 Snowmass
November 22 Telluride
November 23 Cooper
November 23 Echo Mountain
November 24 Howelsen Hill
November 24 Silverton
December 7 Kendall Mountain
December 8 Aspen Highlands
December 8 Buttermilk
December 8 Sunlight
December 14 Granby Ranch
December 14 Powderhorn
December 21 Hesperus
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