Colorado's ski resorts are having a rough time opening up for the ski season this year. With an unusually warm fall behind us, many people are anxious to get up to the mountains and hit the slopes.
According to the article, "Rockies ski resorts hoping for snow," this late season is not completely unusual, and there are many different reasons for why the mountains have not gotten their deep-freeze.
One of those reasons may be that most ski resorts try to open up by the traditional Thanksgiving weekend, but as this year's Thanksgiving was unusually early, that may have hampered the snow.
Most resorts now make snow to aid them in opening earlier and to make the snow better for skiiers. But in order to make snow, the temperature needs to be around zero and with no humidity. Here in Colorado, "resort operators say it's been about 10 degrees above normal for the past couple of weeks," according to the article.
I went up snowboarding this last weekend, the Saturday after Thanksgiving, and was very excited to hit the slopes. But when we got to Winter Park, there were only two lifts and three runs open. The snow was decent, but the runs were pretty busy and iced over fairly quickly.
Hopefully, the snow gods will grace Colorado, and the other ski states, soon so all the ski and snowboard buffs will get their snow fix.
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