Arapahoe Basin won the race to be the first ski and snowboard resort in Colorado to open their lifts for the 2013-14 season. They opened up this past Sunday (Oct. 13th), but
Loveland Ski Area will not be far behind as they plan to open up this Thursday (Oct. 17th).


The race to open first is usually between Loveland and A. Basin, this makes two years in a row A. Basin has opened first.
Wolf Creek took the earliest opening crown in 2011, and Loveland did in 2010.

Here ate the rest of this season's opening day predictions from ColoradoSki.com (As of 10/14/2013):

  • November 1: Copper Mountain
  • November 8: Wolf Creek
  • November 13: Winter Park
  • November 22: Eldora
  • November 27: Crested Butte, Steamboat
  • November 28: Aspen Mountain, Snowmass, Telluride
  • November 29: Purgatory
  • November 30: Howelsen Hill
  • December 6: Sunlight
  • December 11: Ski Granby Ranch
  • December 12: Powderhorn
  • December 14: Aspen Highlands, Buttermilk, Ski Cooper
  • December 21: Silverton

 

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