average resort opening date? - Snowboarding Forum

East§ide · 11-04-2011, 08:54 AM

no matter how many resort websites i check, not one of them ever says what theyre planned opening day is ...so im asking you guys , whats the general opening day for mountains like big boulder, blue mountain, hunter, mountain creek, etc?

im dying to ride again

Willbilly · 11-04-2011, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by East§ide

no matter how many resort websites i check, not one of them ever says what theyre planned opening day is ...so im asking you guys , whats the general opening day for mountains like big boulder, blue mountain, hunter, mountain creek, etc?

im dying to ride again

big boulder typically starts running their lifts before everyone else. A few years ago it was Nov 11thish, last year it was December 3rd. The rest of the guys are normally a few weeks after that.

The average opening for all the bigger pa mountains is late november early december.

We're all amped for it dude. But for now we're stuck to bed mattress and trampoline boarding.

East§ide · 11-04-2011, 09:17 AM

ugh i cant stand the not knowing. i just want a date to mark on my calendar. so what happens? they just randomly announce that theyre open?

Otto Maddox · 11-04-2011, 01:39 PM

super stoked for liberty and roundtop to open in central PA

LuckyRVA · 11-04-2011, 01:45 PM

On average I would say to count on most resorts opening the first week of December

Willbilly · 11-04-2011, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by East§ide

ugh i cant stand the not knowing. i just want a date to mark on my calendar. so what happens? they just randomly announce that theyre open?

I think its determined by temperatures...
I just checked. The average PA temp in Allentown, PA (near a lot of hills) is 47 degrees by Nov 30.

Speaking of that... looks like Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado are getting DUMPED on right now.

david_z · 11-04-2011, 03:59 PM

east coast yeah I'd say first week of december. here in Michigan many of the resorts target a Thanksgiving weekend opener. They can usually do that with a few runs open. The smaller hills often beat the larger resorts by a few days.

I think the earliest I've ridden is November 17 but I recall a few years when we didn't have open slopes until mid-December.

c0r3y.af · 11-05-2011, 10:26 AM

You'll get a few that open in November but for the most part it seems like the beginning of December is when the majority of the resorts open. Obviously it depends on snowfall and temperature but that seems to be a reliable date to look forward to.

ThunderChunky · 11-05-2011, 11:01 AM

Mid November west, early December east.

RoxyHoney · 11-05-2011, 11:27 AM

Killington and Mt. Snow vt are open right now if you wanna drive that far!

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david_z Official SBF Blogger Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Detroit suburbs Posts: 3,028 Blog Entries: 5	east coast yeah I'd say first week of december. here in Michigan many of the resorts target a Thanksgiving weekend opener. They can usually do that with a few runs open. The smaller hills often beat the larger resorts by a few days. I think the earliest I've ridden is November 17 but I recall a few years when we didn't have open slopes until mid-December. __________________ Repping the world's smallest mountains... Mt. Holly - 12 Pine Knob - 9 Alpine Valley - 2 Vail - 4 Breckenridge - 3 Crystal Mountain (MI) - 3 Hawk Island Snow Park - 5 Caberfae Peaks - 1 Boyne Mountain - 1 aGNARchy: no rules, just gnar!

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c0r3y.af Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Warwick, RI Posts: 90	You'll get a few that open in November but for the most part it seems like the beginning of December is when the majority of the resorts open. Obviously it depends on snowfall and temperature but that seems to be a reliable date to look forward to. __________________ Pray for an early start to the season!

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LuckyRVA Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 1,099	On average I would say to count on most resorts opening the first week of December

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RoxyHoney Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 11	Killington and Mt. Snow vt are open right now if you wanna drive that far!

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