Colorado ski resort opening dates for 2025-26 season

In five of the past ten years at least one resort has opened by the third week of October. In fact, Colorado has seen at least one ski area open every October since 1992.

Last season, Wolf Creek kicked things off on October 22, followed by Arapahoe Basin and Keystone on November 2. Winter Park opened on November 8, and Loveland on November 9. This year, Arapahoe Basin, Keystone, Loveland, and Winter Park have all signaled they will begin spinning lifts as soon as conditions allow.

Projected 2025 Opening Dates (subject to snow):

• Nov. 7: Breckenridge, Copper Mountain

• Nov. 14: Eldora, Vail

• Nov. 21: Powderhorn

• Nov. 22: Purgatory, Steamboat

• Nov. 26: Beaver Creek, Crested Butte, Granby Ranch

• Nov. 27: Aspen Mountain, Snowmass, Telluride

• Dec. 10: Ski Cooper

• Dec. 12: Sunlight

• Dec. 13: Aspen Highlands, Buttermilk

• Dec. 27: Silverton

• TBD: Echo Mountain, Howelsen Hill, Monarch, Wolf Creek

Recent First Openings in Colorado:

• 2015: Arapahoe Basin & Loveland, Oct. 29

• 2016: Arapahoe Basin, Oct. 21

• 2017: Arapahoe Basin, Oct. 13

• 2018: Arapahoe Basin, Oct. 19

• 2019: Arapahoe Basin, Oct. 11

• 2020: Wolf Creek, Oct. 28

• 2021: Wolf Creek, Oct. 16 (weekends only); Arapahoe Basin, Oct. 17

• 2022: Arapahoe Basin, Oct. 23

• 2023: Arapahoe Basin, Oct. 29

• 2024: Wolf Creek, Oct. 22

Whether you are planning a weekend escape or the first chair of the season, the countdown is on. With Colorado’s long-standing tradition of October openings, it won’t be long before skiers and riders are carving their first turns of winter.