Tag: ski season colorado
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Arapahoe Basin first Colorado ski resort to open
Arapahoe Basin Ski Area workers cranked up its base lift Black Mountain Express Sunday, and welcomed a throng of excited skiers and snow boarders to become the coveted “first-to-open” ski area in the state. With an 18-inch base of manufactured snow, and a little fresh powder sprinkled on top Sunday morning, The Basin officially started…
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Ski season arrives in Colorado: Wolf Creek Ski Area celebrates opening day
WOLF CREEK • The start of Colorado’s unusual ski season was unusually quiet. Davey Pitcher and his wife, Rosanne, carefully talked earlier this week about opening their family-run Wolf Creek Ski Area after 24 inches of snow fell on the mountain near Pagosa Springs. The snow, Pitcher says, “was just what the doctor ordered.” But…