Canadian & US Resorts Announce 24-25 Season Opening Dates
Canadian & US Resorts Announce 24-25 Season Opening Dates
Published : 18-Aug-2024 07:00
As the last centre still operating in North America ends its 23-24 season, more and more Canadian and US resorts have been announcing their anticipated 24-25 season opening dates …with some possibly less than two months away.
Although no ski area has as yet named an October opening date, a number of centres are hoping to open then, if conditions permit it. Those conditions are typically plenty of low temperatures to allow snowmaking with a big early snowfall a bonus.
In past years resorts opening in October have included high altitude ski areas like Arapahoe Basin, Loveland, Wolf Creek and Silverton in Colorado as well as sometimes East coast and Midwest ski areas is early autumn temperatures are unusually cold. Colorado's Keystone have confirmed they do plan to open as soon as possible from mid-October on.
In terms of set target season opening dates though we're into November
Canada's Marmot Basin is looking to open November 8th, all being well with Lake Louise to the south going for the same date. Nearby Banff's Sunshine setting a "tentative" November 9th. Syun Peaks will be the first in BC to open a week later on the 16th and North America's biggest area Whistler Blackcomb will open a fortnight later on the 22nd.
In the US Colorado's high-altitude Breckenridge is scheduled to open November 8th, Vail Mountain on the 15th, the same as Mammoth Mountain in California.
Heavenly and Northstar in California and Park City Mountain in Utah, biggest in the US, on the 22nd.
November 27 will see more Colorado areas Beaver Creek and Crested Butte as well as The Palisades in California opening just in time for the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend, with Aspen Snowmass also opening just in time on 28th November.
Timberline on Mt Hood in Oregon is the last ski area open in North America, as usuakl, but winds up its 9-month plus 23-24 ski season later today, Sunday 18th, August.
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