Colorado Ski Area Claims They Recently Took A "Big Step" Towards Opening Day
Arapahoe Basin, Colorado, announced today, October 25th, that they took "another big step in the right direction" last night.
The cryptic-sounding caption was followed by a photo of A-Basin's snowmaking apparatus hard at work. By "big step," they were apparently referring to making significant progress toward fully coating their opening-day runs with man-made snow.
A-Basin shared additional photos of its snowmaking efforts via a link to Al's Blog -- a blog run by the resort's COO, Al Henceroth.
The Coloradan resort also shared a video of sun guns firing today.
Unsurprisingly, both posts sent the rumor mills spinning, with skiers speculating -- in some cases begging -- that A-Basin would open for skiing and riding this weekend.
While A-Basin didn't shut the excitement down, they wrote a comment below the Instagram post to temper expectations:
"Just gonna get ahead of the comments here: we will open ASAP! No opening date yet. Hopefully soon."
At this point, all A-Basin needs is a consistent stretch of cold temperatures -- once that arrives, they should be good to fire up the lifts.
So, for now, you know the drill: keep the snow dances coming, think snow, and, perhaps most importantly, be patient. The ski season is on the way.
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