Skiing now?

I'm flying in to denver tomorrow and driving wherever you guys tell me to on wednesday, so where is open and has a least a little snow? any advice is appreciated. thanks.

 

You have some options. As long as your expectations aren't super high you should have a decent-good time.

Loveland
About 1 hour from Denver.
Loveland usually gets the most snow of the top front range ski areas.
A few runs open, some greens and blues. Never crowded.
Check out the conditions at:
http://www.skiloveland.com/themountain/reports/snowreport.aspx

Keystone
About 1- 1 1/2 hours from Denver.
A few runs open, two greens and one blue. They are all pretty fun when they are not crowded, which they won't be on Wednesday. Keystone usually gets a little less snow than Breckenridge even though the mountains are basically next to each other.
Check out the conditions at:
http://keystone.snow.com/mtninfo.report.asp

Breckenridge
About 1-1 1/2 hours from Denver
It has two runs open. They are both green runs but can be fun when they are not crowded, which they won't be on Wednesday. Check out the ski conditions here:
http://breckenridge.snow.com/mtn.conditions.asp

Arapahoe Basin
About 1 hour from Denver.
They seen to have a few blue runs open.
Check out the ski conditions here:
http://www.arapahoebasin.com/ABasin/snow-conditions/runs.aspx

These are your best bests for a day trip from Denver. I would recommend Loveland as it's the closest, has the best chance for fresh powder, is the cheapest and probably has the most challenging runs available at this time. As I mentioned before, Loveland is bare bones, no fru-fru lattes here. But to get the most bang for your buck at this time of the season, it's probably your best bet.

Good luck and have fun!

-F

 

awesome, thanks!

 

Great news you are getting some skiing in! To tweek an old line...the worst day of skiing....is still better than not skiing at all! I can't use the "better than work" version since i actually do enjoy working.

 

If you have 'em, pack your clear lenses. The light will likely be flat.

-F

 

they're in my bag.


i still can't decide loveland or breck/copper?

 

http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_10945505

 

had to make a decision and booked a flight into denver, could've just as easily picked SLC, took a gamble.

 

Have fun dude - the NE guys pretty much all said, "go west young man", and here you are doing exactly that Let us know how the early skiing works out! I'm off to buy new Ski-boots this weekend after sitting out 2 seasons first with the aftermath of a big crash, and second with surgery required to fix that. Going to be taking it easy to start with this winter.

 

So, what did you decide?

Your "on snow" report is invaluable as you've gotten' more days in than us natives.

-F

 

Hey guys, so i just got back from Breck/Abasin/Keystone...so here is the deal: they all have only one run open, and they are roughly all the same. the snow at abasin is the best but the lifts are old school and therefore slow, keystone has their terrain park open and is also sorta icy, breck is probably the best overall by a little. they all need much more snow before they open for real. if you're dying to go then it might be worth it, but it also makes sense to wait till more stuff opens, they all need more snow.

 

I hear Loveland was pretty good today considering it is early season. Most areas do not really have much of base this time of year so it is pretty much a crap shoot. But you have skiied this year....unlike the rest of us....