Well, I said I wasn’t going to do it this year but I did. Frankly, I’m annoyed with 1) resort websites that don’t have their opening day listed front and center (not even CSCUSA) and 2) other websites claiming dates that are flat out incorrect. So, I have hand-verified each of the dates listed below on each resort’s official website. If it’s not listed, they didn’t list it (email me if one is missing).
UPDATE: awesome! CSCUSA has posted the 2009 season dates to their resort pages. Note that the cosnow listing includes non-member resorts (Vail, Keystone, Breckenridge, Beaver Creek).
Here you have it, the comprehensive list of scheduled opening days for ski and snowboard resorts in Colorado by date.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
- Loveland
Friday, October 9, 2009
- Arapahoe Basin
Saturday, October 31, 2009
- Wolf Creek
Thursday, November 5, 2009
- Keystone
Friday, November 6, 2009
- Copper
Thursday, November 12, 2009
- Breckenridge
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
- Winter Park
Friday, November 20, 2009
- Eldora
- Vail
Saturday, November 21, 2009
- Echo Mountain
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
- Monarch
- Beaver Creek
- Crested Butte
- Steamboat
Thursday, November 26, 2009
- Telluride
- Aspen Snowmass
- Ski Cooper
Friday, November 27, 2009
- Purgatory
Friday, December 4, 2009
- Sunlight
Saturday, December 5, 2009
- Silverton
Saturday, December 12, 2009
- Aspen Highlands
- Buttermilk
Thursday, December 17, 2009
- Powderhorn
As always, you can find these dates listed on the CoSnow events calendar. Just search for “opening day”.