Tag: Ski Season
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Arapahoe Basin and Keystone announce opening date for winter 2024-25
Keystone announced opening within minutes of The Basin’s announcement.
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3 ski resorts open for the season with 4 to follow this week
Hit the slopes this coming week across Colorado! Three resorts, Purgatory, Aspen and Snowmass, opened Saturday and four more, Crested Butte, Steamboat, Beaver Creek and Telluride, are all opening this week. Purgatory Resort, in the San Juan Mountains, opened Saturday at 9 a.m. The resort’s new season comes with improvements to snowmaking, operations and infrastructure,…
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Breckenridge opening ski season early; other opening dates ahead
Breckenridge Resort has announced an early launch to the 2022-23 ski season. Opening day is set for Wednesday, two days ahead of schedule. Skiers and riders will have 54 acres to roam on Peak 8, according to a news release. Starting at 8:30 a.m., festivities will include a DJ and waffles, ahead of a Friday…
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Trick-or-treat, wax your skis: Keystone, Winter Park open for winter season
Wax your skis and lace your boots! Keystone and Winter Park Resorts are opening for the 2022-23 winter season this week. The Denver area saw its first snowfall of the season today, marking the beginning of ski season at many of Colorado’s popular resorts. Keystone Resort opens Friday and Winter Park Resort opens Monday. Winter…
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Colorado slipping back into drought, ski resorts getting off to slow start
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Drought conditions have nearly enveloped Colorado this fall, as forecasters call for a dry winter across the West and a late-season fire blazes near Estes Park. The U.S. Drought Monitor maps released Thursday showed most of the state is now classified as in drought conditions,…
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Colorado ski resorts outline COVID plans for 21-22 season
As Colorado ski resorts finalize pandemic operating plans for the upcoming season, one policy seems consistent across the state – no masks or vaccinations required for outdoor areas. “To my knowledge, not a single case was contracted last season at any ski area through outdoors contact. There’s nothing there,” said Bob Nicolls, owner of Monarch…
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Winter Park Resort extends ski and snowboard season one more week
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Thanks to some late snowfall and slow melting, Winter Park Resort is extending its 2020-21 ski and snowboard season again, now set to end on May 16. This comes after the resort extended its season…
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Pass holders no longer need reservations at Winter Park Resort
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Winter Park Resort no longer requires pass holders to have reservations in order to access the mountain for the 2020/21 season, the resort announced Monday. This new policy was implemented because the resort no…
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Jackson County avalanche kills snowmobiler, bringing season deaths to 11 in state
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3 Eagle County men ID’d in deadly Colorado avalanche
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After days of search and rescue efforts, officials have determined that three men from Eagle County were killed in Monday’s avalanche between Silverton and Ophir. Eagle County officials identified the victims Wednesday as 52-year-old Seth Bossung, 40-year-old Andy Jessen and 49-year-old Adam Palmer. “(We) are…