Arapahoe Basin vs. Loveland: The Call-Out was Heard!

Get ready neighbor 🙂 Cold weather is coming our way!

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I just read this Facebook post and thought okay, here we go!!!  The race is on to see who will open first, a competition long in the running. Dan Moroz who has been forecasting weather and avalanche conditions for a long time in Colorado said “Today’s water vapor satellite picture shows the influence of the first large winter like storm of the season. The weather will make a turn towards winter over the next few days. The South West wind flow will start targeting the southern mountains. This is a classic SW storm. However the storm center will end up over Wyoming by Saturday/Sunday bringing NW winds to the Central and Northern Mtns. It will get cold and the snow will blow.”

So the snow is coming and folks are chomping at the bit (although there are many who are quite satisfied with the lovely weather and autumn colors).   Both ski areas have historically opened in mid-to-late October. The earliest dates for both were in 2009, Loveland opened Oct. 7 th,  two days before Arapahoe Basin. In 2010 Loveland Opened October 24 beating out Arapahoe Basin for a second year.

So with Loveland’s “Call Out” to Arapahoe Basin we say the race is on!

~Summit Sojourner