Ski Resort Opening Dates, Rabbit Ears Pass 1954
In this week's newsletter: Colorado ski resort opening dates, updates from the Coloradotopia Archives Collection.
A Kodachrome slide from Rabbit Ears Pass in 1954 was cataloged into the archives this week.
Highway 40, including this pass, was almost entirely paved by 1940. However, most of the mountain highways in Colorado still used an oil + stone combination that was a far cry from the modern paved surfaces that we’re used to today. That is the surface that you see in the foreground here, near the photographer’s feet.
The image below shows the slide while being backlit on a light table.
See also: Rabbit Ears Pass Continental Divide Sign Collection
All dates are weather-dependent. Some resorts have not announced any target dates yet. Arapahoe Basin, Loveland, and Wolf Creek are usually among the first to open.
Arapahoe Basin - ASAP
Aspen Mountain & Snowmass - Nov. 27
Aspen Highlands - Dec. 13
Beaver Creek - Nov. 26
Breckenridge - Nov. 7
Buttermilk - Dec. 13
Copper Mountain - Nov. 7
Crested Butte - Nov. 26
Echo Mtn. - ASAP
Eldora - Nov. 15
Granby Ranch - Nov 26
Keystone - ASAP
Loveland - ASAP
Monarch - ASAP
Powderhorn - ASAP
Purgatory - Nov. 22
Silverton - Dec. 27
Ski Cooper - Dec. 10
Steamboat - Nov. 22
Sunlight - Dec. 12
Telluride - Nov. 27
Vail - Nov. 14
Winter Park - ASAP
Wolf Creek - ASAP
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