After a recording-breaking low snowfall season in winter 2025/26, Colorado’s ski areas and resorts are hopeful winter 2026/27 will be better.
With a promising strong El Niño still gathering strength in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, the possibility of a wetter and snowier winter could help skiers and riders enjoy winter 2026/27 more than last season.
Colorado ski resort projected opening dates for winter 2026/27:
- Arapahoe Basin: ASAP in October
- Keystone: ASAP in October
- Winter Park: ASAP
- Wolf Creek: ASAP, weather dependent
- Loveland: ASAP or early November
- Breckenridge: Nov. 6
- Copper Mountain: Nov. 6
- Vail: Nov. 13
- Powderhorn: Nov. 20
- Purgatory Resort: Nov. 20
- Steamboat: Nov. 21
- Beaver Creek: Nov. 25
- Crested Butte: Nov. 25
- Granby Ranch: Nov. 25
- Aspen Mountain: Nov. 26
- Snowmass: Nov. 26
- Telluride: targeting Nov. 26
- Howelsen Hill: targeting Nov. 28
- Echo Mountain: Early- to mid-December
- Kendall Mountain: Early- to mid-December
- Monarch: Early- to mid-December
- Ski Cooper: Dec. 9
- Sunlight Mountain Resort: Dec. 11
- Aspen Highlands: Dec. 12
- Buttermilk: Dec. 12
- Silverton Mountain: Dec. 31
Opening dates are always weather- and conditions-dependent, and a few resorts are still waiting to set their first day of the season.
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