Pumpkins and powder in Colorado - Wolf Creek opens Oct. 19!

It may only be October, but skiers and snowboarders are already enjoying fresh powder in Colorado.

A series of early season storms during the first half of the month have dropped up to 18 inches of snow across most of the state's mountains, with the biggest totals along the northern Front Range, where backcountry skiers are already enjoying early winter conditions at Cameron Pass, and in the San Juans, where snowy Wolf Creek plans to open this Saturday (Oct. 19) after recent storms dropped nearly two feet of snow!

The winter-like weather bodes well for early season skiing at Copper Mountain. The resort could just be able to open with some "bonus" terrain if the pattern persists through the scheduled Nov. 1 opening day.

In the Summit County area, Arapahoe Basin reported 5 inches in the past 24 hours, and Loveland saw 8.5 inches of new snow. A-Basin has opened a second trail and is working hard to open the top half of the mountain with a combination of snowmaking and natural snow.

Here are the scheduled opening dates for the Colorado Ski Country USA member resorts:

• Arapahoe Basin:                                   October 13, 2013 – Early June 2014
• Aspen Highlands:                                 December 14, 2013 – April 13, 2014
• Aspen Mountain:                                 November 28, 2013 – April 20, 2014
• Buttermilk:                                             December 14, 2013 – April 6, 2014
• Copper Mountain:                               November 1, 2013 – April 13, 2014
• Crested Butte:                                       November 27, 2013 – April 6, 2014
• Eldora:                                                     November 22, 2013 – April 13, 2014
• Howelsen Hill:                                      November 30, 2013 – March 16, 2014
• Loveland:                                               Mid October 2013 – Early May 2014
• Monarch Mountain:                           Mid November 2013 – April 13, 2014
• Powderhorn:                                         December 12, 2013 – March 30, 2014
• Purgatory:                                             November 29, 2013 – March 30, 2014
• Silverton:                                               December 21, 2013 – April 13, 2014
• Ski Cooper:                                            December 14, 2013 – April 6, 2014
• Ski Granby Ranch:                              December 11, 2013 – April 6, 2014
• Snowmass:                                             November 28, 2013 – April 20, 2014
• Steamboat:                                            November 27, 2013 – April 13, 2014
• Sunlight:                                                 December 6, 2013 – March 30, 2014
• Telluride:                                               November 28, 2013 – April 6, 2014
• Winter Park:                                          November 13, 2013 – April 20, 2014
• Wolf Creek:                                             November 8, 2013 – April 6, 2014

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