Just FYI--Arapahoe Basin Ski Area opened for the season today (10/10/07)--the earliest opening in its 61 year history. More info can be found on their web site at http://www.arapahoebasin.com/. They have an 18 inch base of man-made snow.
While we have only had a couple of dustings of light natural snow up to this point and our daytime highs have still been in the 60s, at night our temperatures have been dropping into the 10s and 20s. With very low humidities, these are IDEAL conditions to make man-made snow.
I have not been up there to take any new pictures recently (will do so as soon as I get a chance), but below is a picture of Breckenridge Ski Area that I took last week. Notice there is not really any snow on the slopes yet, but you can see the remnants of our recent dustings at the top of the mountain.
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This was the entrance to my neighborhood about a week ago--right after one of our little storms:
As soon as I can get up to A-basin to take a few shots, I will post them here. In the meantime, I will keep you posted as other areas start to open (Loveland and Copper Mountain are also making snow right now, and Breckenridge and Keystone should be starting up pretty soon). I would expect Loveland to open within another week or so, Copper is supposed to open in early November, and Keystone and Breck will be opening by the middle of November.
In the meantime--KEEP THINKING SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!
Steve
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