video of snowmaking at Loveland Pass, CO on October 3rd, 2016.

“We fired up the snowguns at 11:00 p.m. last night and are still going strong nearly 14 hours later! The temps and humidity are still working in our favor; if the sun stays hidden and the temps stay cold, we’re prepared to go 24-hours a day. When’s opening day? Time will tell…” – Arapahoe Basin, CO today

Loveland Pass, Arapahoe Basin, and Copper Mountain ski resorts in Colorado are already making snow.

Loveland Pass & Arapahoe Basin are hoping to open this month (they could even be open by next week…).  Copper Mountain is scheduled to open on November 11th.

Loveland Pass & Arapahoe Basin were the first ski resorts to open in North America last season on October 29th, 2015.  Copper Mountain opened shortly thereafter on November 11th, 2015.

The forecast for this week looks great for snowmaking with lows in the 20s in Summit County, CO.

NOAA has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for Colorado that is forecasting “accumulating snow” down to 6,500-feet Wednesday/Thursday.

A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO THE HIGH COUNTRY STARTING ON
WEDNESDAY, THEN SPREADING RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES IN. A STRONGER COLD FRONT
WILL PUSH IN THURSDAY FOR SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO NEAR 6500 FEET
POTENTIALLY. THE MOUNTAINS WILL SEE ACCUMULATING SNOW, AND THERE
IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SOME SNOW MIXING IN OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE
AND OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. - NOAA Denver, CO today

COLORADO SNOWMAKING PHOTO TOUR:

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COPPER MOUNTAIN

LOVELAND PASS

ARAPAHOE BASIN