Opening dates announced for Colorado ski areas winter 2024-25

Colorado Ski Country USA, the trade organization representing most of the state's ski areas, has announced opening dates for the 2024-25 season.

The dates — subject to change based on conditions — follow those announced by Vail Resorts, including Keystone Resort, which in recent years with enhanced snowmaking has tried to compete with Arapahoe Basin for first-to-open bragging rights. A-Basin kicked off the season last year on Oct. 29.

Here's a full look at tentative opening dates:

A-Basin: As soon as possible in October

Keystone: As soon as possible, mid-October the hope

Loveland, Winter Park As soon as possible, typically late October/early November

Monarch: As soon as possible in November

Breckenridge, Copper Mountain Nov. 8

Vail, Eldora: Nov. 15

Purgatory: Nov. 16

Steamboat: Nov. 23

Beaver Creek, Crested Butte: Nov. 27

Snowmass, Aspen Mountain, Telluride, Granby Ranch: Nov. 28

Powderhorn: Nov. 29

Howelsen Hill: Nov. 30

Ski Cooper: Dec. 11

Buttermilk: Dec. 14

Aspen Highlands: Dec. 16

Echo Mountain, Sunlight: As soon as possible in December