With snow back east, storms starting to trickle in off the west coast and plenty of snowmaking capacity on tap, ski areas are starting to fire up the lifts and get things rolling for the season. I’ve compiled a list of opening dates across North America. If your local mountain isn’t here, feel free to add to the list by posting the mountain and opening day in the comment box below. THINK SNOW!
NORTHEAST
Connecticut
Mohawk Mountain — Plan to Open 11/24
Mt Southington — Plan to Open 12/08
Ski Sundown — Plan to Open 12/01
Woodbury — Mon 7:23p c variable machine groomed 10 – 20 base 2 of 15 trails, 13% open, 2 of 6 lifts, sm Thu: 4p-10p; Fri: 12p-10p; Sat/Sun: 9a-10p;
Maine
Black Mountain — Plan to Open 12/26
Lost Valley — Plan to Open 12/20
Saddleback — Plan to Open 12/15
Sugarloaf — Mon 7:27a variable machine groomed 3 – 12 base 2 of 134 trails, 2% open, 1 miles, 2 of 15 lifts, sm Mon-Fri: 8:30a-3:45p; Sat/Sun: 8:30a-3:45p;
Sunday River — Mon 7:12a packed powder machine groomed 4 – 24 base 8 of 131 trails, 6% open, 3 miles, 35 acres, 2 of 18 lifts, sm Mon-Fri: 9a-3:30p; Sat/Sun: 8a-3:30p;
Titcomb Mountain — Plan to Open 12/22
Bethel Inn XC — Plan to Open 12/15
Black Mountain XC — Plan to Open 12/26
Sunday River XC — Plan to Open 12/01
Titcomb Mountain XC — Plan to Open 12/22
Massachusetts
Blandford — Plan to Open 12/28
Blue Hills — Plan to Open 12/15
Jiminy Peak — Plan to Open 11/17
Nashoba Valley — Plan to Open 12/01
Ski Butternut — Plan to Open 11/23
Wachusett — Plan to Open 11/23
Stump Sprouts XC — Plan to Open 12/15
New Hampshire
Arrowhead — Plan to Open 12/15
Black Mountain — Plan to Open 12/14
Bretton Woods — Mon 3:17p packed powder machine groomed 18 – 36 base 6 of 101 trails, 9% open, 2 miles, 41 acres, 2 of 9 lifts, sm Mon-Fri: 9a-4p; Sat/Sun: 8a-4p;
Cannon Mountain — Plan to Open 11/23
Cranmore — Plan to Open 12/08
Granite Gorge — Plan to Open 11/24
Gunstock — Plan to Open 12/07
King Pine — Plan to Open 12/14
Loon Mountain — Plan to Open 11/21
Pats Peak — Plan to Open 12/01
Tenney Mountain — Plan to Open 12/15
Waterville Valley — Plan to Open 11/17
Wildcat — Plan to Open 11/24
New Jersey
Campgaw Mtn — Plan to Open 12/15
Mountain Creek — Plan to Open 12/08
New York
Belleayre — Plan to Open TBA
Bristol Mountain — Plan to Open 11/22
Four Seasons — Plan to Open 12/15
Gore Mountain — Plan to Open 11/23
Greek Peak — Plan to Open 12/01
Holiday Valley — Plan to Open 12/23
Hunter Mountain — Plan to Open 11/23
Labrador Mountain — Plan to Open 12/01
Plattekill — Plan to Open 12/08
Swain — Plan to Open 11/23
Titus Mountain — Plan to Open 11/23
Toggenburg — Plan to Open 12/07
Tuxedo Ridge — Plan to Open 12/15
Mohonk Mt House XC — Plan to Open 12/15
Salmon Hills XC — Plan to Open 11/27
Pennsylvania
Alpine Mountain — Plan to Open 11/24
Big Boulder — Plan to Open 11/24
Blue Knob — Plan to Open 12/07
Blue Mountain — Plan to Open 12/01
Shawnee Mountain — Plan to Open 12/01
Ski Denton — Plan to Open 12/01
Ski Sawmill — Plan to Open 12/01
Spring Mountain — Plan to Open 12/15
Whitetail — Plan to Open 12/08
Crystal Lake XC — Plan to Open 12/15
Rhode Island
Yawgoo Valley — Plan to Open 12/01
Vermont
Burke Mountain — Plan to Open 12/08
Jay Peak — Plan to Open 11/23
Killington — Plan to Open 11/16
Magic Mountain — Plan to Open 12/15
Mount Snow — Mon 6:30a hard packed machine groomed 8 – 12 base 11 of 106 trails, 10% open, 5 miles, 83 acres, 5 of 19 lifts, Mon-Fri: 9a-3:30p; Sat/Sun: 8a-4p;
Okemo Mountain — Plan to Open 11/17
Pico — Plan to Open 12/15
Quechee Lakes — Plan to Open 12/15
Smugglers’ Notch — Plan to Open 11/23
Stowe — Plan to Open 11/21
Sugarbush — Plan to Open 11/22
Craftsbury Outdoor Center XC — Plan to Open 12/15
Grafton Ponds XC — Plan to Open 12/08
SOUTHEAST
Maryland
Wisp — Plan to Open 11/25
North Carolina
Appalachian — Plan to Open 11/16
Cataloochee — Reopen 11/17
Hawksnest — Plan to Open 11/23
Sapphire Valley — Plan to Open 12/16
Sugar Mountain — Mon 4:36p frozen granular 6 – 20 base 2 of 20 trails, 10% open, 1 of 8 lifts, Mon-Fri: 9a-4:30p; Sat/Sun: 9a-4:30p;
Wolf Ridge — Plan to Open 12/01
Virginia
Bryce Resort — Plan to Open 12/08
Wintergreen — Plan to Open 11/24
West Virginia
Canaan Valley — Plan to Open 11/22
Snowshoe Mountain — Plan to Open 11/21
Timberline Four Seasons — Plan to Open 12/06
MIDWEST
Illinois
Chestnut Mountain — Plan to Open 11/23
Ski Snowstar — Plan to Open 12/08
Michigan
Big Powderhorn — Plan to Open 12/08
Caberfae Peaks — Plan to Open 11/23
Cannonsburg — Plan to Open 11/23
Crystal Mountain — Plan to Open 11/22
Hanson Hills — Plan to Open 12/26
Hickory Hills — Plan to Open 12/22
Indianhead — Plan to Open 11/24
Marquette — Plan to Open 11/17
Mont Ripley — Plan to Open 12/01
Mt Holly — Plan to Open 11/24
Norway Mountain — Plan to Open 11/23
Nub’s Nob — Plan to Open 11/22
Shanty Creek — Plan to Open 11/22
Ski Brule — Open Fri-Sun
Treetops — Plan to Open 12/22
Minnesota
Andes Tower Hills — Plan to Open 11/23
Buck Hill — Plan to Open 11/17
Buena Vista — Plan to Open 11/23
Powder Ridge — Plan to Open 11/23
Spirit Mountain — Plan to Open 11/22
Wild Mountain — Mon 8:00a w variable 4 – 36 base 3 of 25 trails, 12% open, 2 of 7 lifts, Mon-Fri: 10a-9p; Sat/Sun: 9:30a-9p;
Missouri
Snow Creek — Plan to Open 12/15
South Dakota
Great Bear Park — Plan to Open 12/07
Wisconsin
Cascade Mountain — Plan to Open 11/17
Christie Mountain — Plan to Open 11/23
Devil’s Head — Plan to Open 11/23
Granite Peak — Plan to Open 11/17
Mountain Top at Grand Geneva — Plan to Open 12/07
Trollhaugen — Mon 4:51p variable machine groomed 6 – 35 base 3 of 22 trails, 14% open, 1 of 10 lifts, sm Thu: 4p-9p; Fri: 12p-10p; Sat: 9:30a-10p; Sun: 9:30a-9p;
Tyrol Basin — Plan to Open 11/23
Michigan
Cross Country Ski HQ — Plan to Open 12/01
Minnesota
Lutsen Tofte XC — Plan to Open 12/01
Wisconsin
Minocqua Winter Park XC — Plan to Open 12/01
ROCKIES
Colorado
Arapahoe Basin — Mon 5:35a packed powder machine groomed 18 – 18 base 6 of 105 trails, 11% open, 100 acres, 2 of 7 lifts, Mon-Fri: 9a-4p; Sat/Sun: 8:30a-4p;
Aspen Highlands — Plan to Open 12/08
Aspen Mountain — Plan to Open 11/22
Beaver Creek — Plan to Open 11/21
Breckenridge — Mon 6:00a packed powder machine groomed 18 – 18 base 1 of 155 trails, 3% open,
60 acres, 2 of 29 lifts, Mon-Fri: 8:30a-4p; Sat/Sun: 8:30a-4p;
Buttermilk — Plan to Open 12/08
Copper Mountain — Mon 7:36a packed powder machine groomed 18 – 18 base 6 of 131 trails, 4% open, 93 acres, 4 of 22 lifts, Mon-Fri: 9a-4p; Sat/Sun: 8:30a-4p;
Crested Butte — Plan to Open 11/17
Echo Mountain — Plan to Open 11/21
Eldora — Plan to Open 11/16
Keystone — Mon 6:00a packed powder machine groomed 18 – 18 base 2 of 121 trails, 2% open, 77 acres, 3 of 20 lifts, Mon-Fri: 9a-3:30p; Sat/Sun: 9a-3:30p;
Loveland — Mon 5a csr packed powder machine groomed 18 – 18 base 6 of 77 trails, 8% open, 2 of 9 lifts, Mon-Fri: 9a-4p; Sat/Sun: 8:30a-4p;
Monarch — Plan to Open 11/21
Powderhorn — Plan to Open 12/06
Purgatory at Durango — Plan to Open 12/01
Silverton Mountain — Plan to Open TBA
Ski Cooper — Plan to Open 11/22
Snowmass — Plan to Open 11/22
SolVista Basin — Plan to Open 12/19
Steamboat — Plan to Open 11/21
Sunlight — Plan to Open 11/30
Telluride — Plan to Open 11/22
Vail — Plan to Open 11/16
Winter Park — Plan to Open 11/14
Wolf Creek — Mon 10:40a packed powder machine groomed 1 – 4 base 1 of 77 trails, 1% open, 1 of 7 lifts, Mon-Fri: 8:30a-4p; Sat/Sun: 8:30a-4p;
Ashcroft XC — Plan to Open 11/22
Crested Butte XC — Plan to Open 11/17
Devil’s Thumb XC — Plan to Open 11/17
Grand Lake XC — Plan to Open 11/23
Steamboat XC — Plan to Open 11/21
Montana
Big Sky — Plan to Open 11/22
Bridger Bowl — Plan to Open 12/08
Great Divide — Plan to Open 11/21
Maverick — Plan to Open 12/08
Montana Snowbowl — Plan to Open 11/30
Moonlight Basin — Plan to Open 11/22
Red Lodge — Plan to Open 11/23
Showdown — Plan to Open 12/14
Teton Pass — Plan to Open 12/08
Whitefish Mtn — Plan to Open 12/08
Bohart Ranch XC — Plan to Open 11/30
Lone Mountain Ranch XC — Plan to Open 12/15
New Mexico
Angel Fire — Plan to Open 12/15
Red River — Plan to Open 11/21
Sandia Peak — Plan to Open 12/15
Sipapu — Plan to Open 11/17 w/ trail: Practice Slope; Lift: 2
Ski Apache — Plan to Open 11/22
Taos — Plan to Open 12/14
Enchanted Forest XC — Plan to Open 11/17
Utah
Alta — Plan to Open 11/15
Beaver Mountain — Plan to Open TBA
Brian Head — Plan to Open 11/17
Brighton — Plan to Open TBA
Deer Valley — Plan to Open 12/08
Park City — Plan to Open 11/16
Powder Mountain — Plan to Open TBA
Snowbasin — Plan to Open 11/22
Snowbird — Plan to Open 11/17
Solitude — Plan to Open 11/16
Sundance — Plan to Open 12/07
The Canyons — Plan to Open 11/17
Wolf Mountain — Plan to Open 11/30
Soldier Hollow XC — Plan to Open 12/08
Wyoming
Grand Targhee — Plan to Open 11/16
Hogadon — Plan to Open 11/23
Jackson Hole — Plan to Open 12/01; Nov 12: 10 inches new snow
Snow King — Plan to Open 11/22
White Pine — Plan to Open 11/22
Grand Targhee XC — Plan to Open 11/16
PACIFIC SOUTH
Arizona
Arizona Snowbowl — Plan to Open 12/16
Sunrise Park — Plan to Open 11/30
California
Alpine Meadows — Plan to Open 11/16
Badger Pass — Plan to Open 12/14
Boreal — Mon 6:41a w 6 new powder 1 – 6 base 2 of 42 trails, 5% open,
2 of 9 lifts, sm
Dodge Ridge — Plan to Open 12/22
Heavenly — Plan to Open 11/16
June — Plan to Open 12/15
Kirkwood — Plan to Open 11/24
Mammoth — Mon 12:34p 3 – 5 new hard packed 8 – 10 base 1 of 150 trails, 5% open, 1 of 29 lifts, sm Mon-Fri: 8:30a-4p; Sat/Sun: 8:30a-4p;
Mountain High — Plan to Open 11/20
Northstar at Tahoe — Plan to Open 11/17
Royal Gorge — Plan to Open 11/17
Squaw Valley USA — Plan to Open 11/17
Tahoe Donner — Plan to Open 11/14
Bear Valley XC — Plan to Open 11/23
Yosemite XC — Plan to Open 12/14
Nevada
Diamond Peak — Plan to Open 12/13
Las Vegas Ski — Plan to Open 11/22
PACIFIC NORTH
Idaho
Lookout Pass — Plan to Open 11/22
Silver Mountain — Plan to Open 11/23
Soldier Mountain — Plan to Open 12/15
Tamarack — Plan to Open 11/22
Galena Lodge XC — Plan to Open 11/17
Oregon
Hoodoo — Plan to Open 11/23
Mt Bachelor — Plan to Open 11/17
Mt Hood Meadows — Plan to Open 11/24
Ski Anthony Lakes — Plan to Open 11/17
Timberline — Open Fri-Sun
Willamette Pass — Plan to Open 11/22
Washington
Bluewood — Plan to Open 11/16
Loup Loup Ski Bowl — Plan to Open 12/23
Mission Ridge — Plan to Open 11/23
Mt Spokane — Plan to Open 12/01
Summit at Snoqualmie-Alpental — Plan to Open 12/15
CANADA
British Columbia
Apex Mountain — Plan to Open 11/23
Big White — Plan to Open 11/22
Fernie Alpine — Plan to Open 12/08
Kicking Horse — Plan to Open 12/14
Kimberley — Plan to Open 12/15
Mt Baldy — Plan to Open 12/01
Mt Washington Alpine Resort — Plan to Open 12/06
Panorama Mountain — Plan to Open 12/07
Powder King — Plan to Open 11/22
Red Resort — Plan to Open 12/07
Silver Star — Plan to Open 11/22
Sun Peaks — Plan to Open 11/17
Whistler/Blackcomb — Plan to Open 11/22
Whitewater — Plan to Open 12/01
Manitoba
Asessippi Ski Area — Plan to Open 12/07
Falcon Ridge — Plan to Open 12/23
Quebec
Gray Rocks — Plan to Open 12/15
Mont Blanc — Plan to Open 12/01-02
Mont Habitant — Plan to Open 11/17
Mont Sainte-Anne — Plan to Open 11/17
Mont Saint-Sauveur — Mon 7:31a w variable 1 – 10 base 1 of 38 trails, 3% open, 1 of 8 lifts Mon-Thu: 9a-4p, Fri: 9a-10p; Sat: 9a-10p; Sun: 8a-4p;
Mont Ste-Marie — Plan to Open 12/08
Stoneham — Plan to Open 12/01
Tremblant — Plan to Open 11/21
Val D’Irene — Plan to Open 12/15
Ontario
Blue Mountain — Plan to Open 12/09
Calabogie Peaks — Plan to Open 12/01
Chicopee — Plan to Open 12/15
Hidden Valley — Plan to Open 12/15
Lakeridge Ski Resort — Plan to Open 12/01
Oshawa Ski Club — Plan to Open 12/26
Searchmont Resort — Plan to Open 12/14
Sir Sam’s — Plan to Open 12/08
Nova Scotia
Ski Martock — Plan to Open 12/15
New Brunswick
Poley Mountain — Plan to Open 12/14
Alberta
Canada Olympic Park — Plan to Open 11/09
Castle Mountain — Plan to Open 12/15
Lake Louise — Mon 5:38a variable 13 – 18 base 1 of 139 trails, 1% open, 1 of 10 lifts, smMon-Fri: 9a-4p; Sat/Sun: 9a-4p;
Marmot Basin — Plan to Open 11/16
Nakiska Ski Area — Plan to Open 12/08
Ski Banff Norquay — Plan to Open 12/07
Sunshine Village — Plan to Open 11/15; Nov 07-12: 5 inches new snow
ALASKA
Alaska
Alyeska Resort — Plan to Open 11/17; 74 inches at top since Nov 1
Eaglecrest — Plan to Open 12/08
