Ski Resort Opening Updates, Beaver Creek Alpine Racing Biz — Current and Prior
This newsletter includes updates from the Coloradotopia Archives Collection and Beaver Creek World Cup, ski resort openings, and the travel deals section.
The Birds of Prey World Cup event began yesterday at Beaver Creek, a day early due to weather concerns. The Super G event is today, and the slalom event is still on Sunday Dec. 7th.
As a timely ode to the event, a 1989 Alpine World Championship celebratory medal was added to the archives this week.
The Birds of Prey downhill course at Beaver Creek was not built until 1997. The 1989 championship downhill event was instead held at Vail. You can read more about the 1989 event in this wonderful article from John Meyer at the Denver Post.
1951 & 1952 Berthoud Pass Continental Divide Sign Slides
This pair of Kodachrome slides from 1951 and 1952 was photographed on the light table this week for the archives. The images show the Continental Divide sign, the old shelter house, Berthoud Pass Lodge, and a rope tow for the Berthoud Pass Ski Area in the background.
See them in the Berthoud Pass collection here.
Colorado Ski Resort Opening Updates
Telluride will be opening this weekend on Saturday Dec. 6th.
Monarch Mountain had delayed its opening, but was finally able to open on Tuesday.
The photo above shows No Name Basin, a new 377-acre expansion at Monarch Mountain with 1,000 vertical feet of skiing that stretches onto the other side of the Continental Divide.
View the updated list below of all Colorado’s open ski resorts:
Snowmass
Colorado Travel Deals
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