![]() ![]() Loveland Ski Area will likely be one of the next resorts to open. Only one person is allowed on the chairlift at a time, unless you are with your immediate family, and all amenities will remain closed until phase two is approved. “Our second phase is still being reviewed by the Silver Thread Health District,” she says, but like with everywhere else, visitors can expect to wear masks and remain socially distant. Wolf Creek hopes to open additional amenities as the season continues, and more COVID-19 protocols will be in place. “The snow was fantastic, and the crowd was mellow,” she says. Photo by Samuel Bricker / courtesy of Wolf Creek Ski AreaĮven without the amenities, Haidorfer-Pitcher says it was a great day to hit the slopes. A skier tackles the powder on the opening day of the 2020–21 season at Wolf Creek Ski Area. It was classic and old-school skiing-bring your own stuff and walk straight from your car to the lift, shred some powder, and head home. There were no food and beverage options, no ski school, no locker rooms, or rental shop. The only amenities offered were restrooms. Of course, we’re still in the midst of a pandemic, so skiing at Wolf Creek felt a little different on opening day. That's only $1 per issue! Subscribe Today » ![]() “We were the first to open in 2018–19 and also back in 2011–12 when we were also the first ski area in the country to open,” says Rosanne Haidorfer-Pitcher, Wolf Creek’s vice president of marketing and sales. While Front Range favorites Loveland Ski Area and Arapahoe Basin Ski Area are usually in the running in the annual race to open, this is not the first time that Wolf Creek has won that title. Thanks to cold temperatures and two feet of snow from the last storm to barrel through Colorado, Wolf Creek opened its Treasure, Bonanza, and Nova lifts, allowing for 600 acres of mountain to be explored. At that point, the resort will announce a complete and updated schedule to run through the rest of November. It’s been a long, dry summer, but on Wednesday, October 28, the much-awaited ski season was officially underway, as Wolf Creek Ski Area in Pagosa Springs launched a “soft opening” that will last through Sunday, November 1. The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. ![]()
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