There’s palpable excitement in the air as the 2019-2020 ski season in the Mountain West is quickly approaching. Pull out the skis and boards, fire up the hot wax, and fine-tune those edges because you’ll be bombing down some sweet steeps in no time. Whether you’re a carver, park shredder, powder hound, gate basher, glade glider, or all of the above, you are definitely getting stoked. We thought we’d cue you in on when opening days are happening at the best ski resorts in the West. Be sure to hit the links for each resort for more info.
California
Alpine Meadows: November 15, 2019 squawalpine.com
Boreal: November 13, 2019 rideboreal.com
Donner Ski Ranch: Early December, 2019 donnerskiranch.com
Homewood: December 14, 2019 skihomewood.com
Northstar: November 22, 2019 northstarcalifornia.com
Sierra-at-Tahoe: November 29, 2019 sierraattahoe.com
Soda Springs: December, 2019 skisodasprings.com
Squaw Valley: November 15, 2019 squawalpine.com
Sugar Bowl: November 29, 2019 sugarbowl.com
Tahoe Donner: December 13, 2019 tahoedonner.com
Colorado
Arapahoe Basin: Open arapahoebasin.com
Aspen Highlands: December 7, 2019 aspensnowmass.com
Aspen Mountain: November 28, 2019 aspensnowmass.com
Beaver Creek: November 27, 2019 beavercreek.com
Breckenridge: Open breckenridge.com
Buttermilk: December 7, 2019 aspensnowmass.com
Copper Mountain: Open coppercolorado.com
Crested Butte: November 27, 2019 skicb.com
Keystone: Open keystoneresort.com
Snowmass: November 28, 2019 aspensnowmass.com
Steamboat: November 15, 2019 steamboat.com
Telluride: November 28, 2019 tellurideskiresort.com
Vail: November 15, 2019 vail.com
Idaho
Bogus Basin: December 6, 2019 bogusbasin.org
Brundage: November 29, 2019 brundage.com
Schweitzer: November 29, 2019 schweitzer.com
Sun Valley: November 28, 2019 sunvalley.com
Tamarack: November 23, 2019 tamarackidaho.com
Montana
Big Sky: November 28, 2019 bigskyresort.com
Bridger Bowl: November 23, 2019 bridgerbowl.com
Whitefish Mountain: December 6, 2019 skiwhitefish.com
Oregon
Mt. Bachelor: November 23, 2019 mtbachelor.com
Mt. Hood Meadows: November 24, 2019 skihood.com
Mt. Hood Skibowl: December 27, 2019 skibowl.com
Timberline: November 28, 2019 timberlinelodge.com
Utah
Alta: November 23, 2019 alta.com
Beaver Mountain: Mid-December, 2019 skithebeav.com
Brian Head: November 15, 2019 brianhead.com
Brighton: Mid-November, 2019 brightonresort.com
Deer Valley: December 7, 2019 deervalley.com
Eagle Point: December 20, 2019 eaglepointresort.com
Nordic Valley: Mid-December, 2019 nordicvalley.com
Park City Mountain: November 22, 2019 parkcitymountain.com
Powder Mountain: Mid-December, 2019 powdermountain.com
Ski Cherry Peak: Mid-December, 2019 skicherrypeak.com
Snowbasin: November 27, 2019 snowbasin.com
Snowbird: November 29, 2019 snowbird.com
Solitude: November 23, 2019 solitudemountain.com
Sundance: November 23, 2019 sundanceresort.com
Washington
Crystal Mountain: November 22, 2019 crystalmountainresort.com
Mt. Baker: December 15, 2019 mtbaker.us
Stevens Pass: December 4, 2019 stevenspass.com
Wyoming
Grand Targhee: November 15, 2019 grandtarghee.com
Jackson Hole: November 28, 2019 jacksonhole.com
Snow King: December 1, 2019 snowking.com
White Pine: November 30, 2019 whitepineski.com