Another Major US Resort Opens

27th October 2023

Last modified on November 2nd, 2023

Keystone in Colorado is the latest resort to open. Nearby Arapahoe Basin opened a top to bottom run on Sunday with fresh snow falling. UPDATED

Keystone in Colorado opened on Wednesday 1st November:

Happy Opening Day! The 2023-24 season is officially underway and we celebrated in style under bluebird skies with donuts, coffee and cocoa, DJ music, low temps and high spirits! Drop an emoji in the comments ❄️ 🤩 that shows how you feel about the return of ski season! pic.twitter.com/9eMjwCmnmC
— Keystone Resort (@KeystoneMtn) November 1, 2023

“Winter is here, and we couldn’t be more excited,” said Chris Sorensen, Vice President and General Manager at Keystone Resort.

“Our teams have worked so hard to make this day possible, and it is such a privilege to kick off what will be a really special year for us at Keystone.

“Later this season skiers will have lift access to Keystone’s high alpine terrain for the very first time, thanks to the debut of our high-speed, six-passenger Bergman Express chairlift.

“This new lift will be a gamechanger for our resort and is just one of the many exciting things we have to look forward to this season.”

Image c/o Keystone resort.

Arapahoe Basin and Loveland in Colorado battle it out each season to try to be the first to open.

This year A-Basin took the spoils as it opened a main run last Sunday, October 29th.

It was looking like being on artificial snow mainly, but then Mother Nature delivered some fresh snow:

100s of skiers and snowboarders turned out for their first turns of the winter.

Minutes away from the start of the ski season in Colorado with a Arapahoe Basin getting ready to open! #9News @Arapahoe_Basin pic.twitter.com/R0k5dzhyMx
— Matt Renoux (@MattRenoux) October 29, 2023

Here’s a report on proceedings from the resort as it opened on Sunday:

It made its announcement on Friday:

It was congratulated by Loveland, that hopes to open in the first half of November.

For a report on the Opening Day see this article in the Denver Post.

It’s looking good in Loveland too after the fresh snow.

Just took a cat ride up and hiked down. It’s starting to look good! We hope to have some opening day news this week or next. 🎥 @DustinSchaefer pic.twitter.com/lJA2CFOAvs
— Loveland Ski Area (@LovelandSkiArea) October 30, 2023

A little-known resort in the east of the country opened a small slope the previous weekend to claim to be the first ski area in the USA to offer skiing and snowboarding.

It was Ski Ward in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.

We reported on it at the time: