THE TIME HAS COME - Opening days at ski resorts are on the move.

Drumroll, please... the countdown to winter is officially on. We've rounded up the projected ski resort opening dates for the 23/24 season. It may still be summer, but there's never been a better time to start planning this season's ski vacations.

*Please note that these dates are subject to change based on weather and conditions. We'll continue to update this list as more resort's opening days are announced.

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Colorado Ski Resorts:

Colorado is often the first state to have lifts spinning, with A-Basin and Keystone racing to be first.

- Arapahoe Basin: OPEN! ❄️

- Aspen Highlands: 12/9/23

- Aspen Mountain: 11/23/23

- Beaver Creek: 11/22/23

- Breckenridge: 11/10/23

- Buttermilk: 12/9/23

- Copper Mountain: 11/13/23

- Crested Butte: 11/22/23

- Eldora Mountain Resort: OPEN! ❄️

- Keystone: OPEN! ❄️

- Snowmass: 11/23/23

- Steamboat: 11/22/23

- Telluride: 11/23/23

- Vail: 11/10/23

- Winter Park: OPEN! ❄️

Utah Ski Resorts:

- Alta Ski Area: 11/17/23

- Deer Valley Resort: TBD

- Park City: 11/17/23

- Snowbird: TBD

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California Ski Resorts:

- Heavenly: 11/17/23

- Kirkwood: 12/1/23

- Mammoth: 11/10/23

- Northstar: 11/17/23

- Palisades Tahoe: 11/22/23

Check out a round-up of some of our favorite California resorts.

Additional Ski Resorts:

• Big Sky, Montana: 11/22/23

• Jackson Hole, Wyoming: 11/24/23

• Stevens Pass, Washington: 12/1/23

• Sun Valley, Idaho: 12/15/23

• Killington Resort, Vermont: OPEN! ❄️

• Whistler Blackcomb, Canada: 11/23/23

• Lake Louise, Canada: OPEN! ❄️

• Mt. Norquay, Canada: OPEN! ❄️

• Wild Mountain, Minnesota: OPEN! ❄️

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