The opening day of a new ski season is usually quite a bash. Resorts often host champagne toasts and ceremonial rides on the season’s first chairlift up the hill, as well as the usual lively après ski scene with barbecues and live bands. One Colorado local even camped outside in the parking lot at the Loveland Ski Area just to get bragging rights for being on the first chair of the season in the Rockies, back on October 29.
The opening day of another Colorado mountain, Crested Butte, is scheduled for Wednesday, November … More