Yes, it may only be September but it’s already time to start thinking about strapping on the boards – the ski resorts are opening! Snowmaking will be starting soon at Colorado’s ski areas, and ski and snowboard season will be upon us before you know it. Check out the estimated opening dates of your favorite resorts, compliments of Colorado Ski Country and Vail Resorts,  and make plans now to enjoy the upcoming winter months.

These dates are estimated and subject to change, depending upon snow conditions:

Arapahoe Basin → November 9

Aspen Snowmass → Nov. 25

• Beaver Creek → Nov. 24Breckenridge → Nov. 12

  Buttermilk → Dec. 12

  Cooper → Dec. 9

  Copper Mountain → Nov. 30

  Crested Butte → Nov. 24

  Echo Mountain → Nov. 27

  Eldora → Nov. 19

  Granby Ranch → Dec. 11

  Howelson Hill → Nov. 28

  Kendall Mountain → Dec. 14

  Keystone → Oct. 23

  Loveland → Late October

  Monarch → Nov. 27

  Powderhorn → Dec. 4

  Purgatory → Nov. 21

  Silverton → Dec. 26

  Snowmass → Nov. 25

  Steamboat → Nov. 20

  Sunlight → Dec. 12

  Telluride → Nov. 25

  Vail → Nov. 12

• Winter Park → Nov. 12Wolf Creek → Oct. 28