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On Tuesday, Vail Resorts announced its anticipated opening dates for the 2026-27 ski season, as enthusiasm for a possible Super El Ni\u00f1o drives hopes for a powdery winter.<\/p>\n

Breckenridge Ski Resort is the first scheduled to open on Nov. 6, followed by Vail Mountain on Nov. 13, and Beaver Creek Resort and Crested Butte Mountain Resort on Nov. 25. As always, Keystone Resort will open as soon as possible in October in hopes of being the first place available for skiing in Colorado. (Lifts started turning on Oct. 25 last year.)<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile no one can predict exactly what Mother Nature will deliver, the possibility of blockbuster snowfall has us feeling optimistic about the winter ahead,\u201d Bill Rock, president of Vail Resorts\u2019 Mountain Division, said in a statement. \u201cAnd while we\u2019d love to see Super El Ni\u00f1o live up to the hype, we\u2019re also taking an aggressive approach to snowmaking to ensure this ski season is one to remember.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vail Resorts is hoping to bounce back after a lackluster 2025-26, during which visitation to its resorts dropped 12.5% due to abysmal snow conditions. That\u2019s one reason the company has invested more than $100 million in snowmaking throughout its network of resorts over the past 10 years. New this season, Vail is ramping up \u201cwhite glove\u201d amenities and elevating its food offerings to keep loyal guests coming back.<\/p>\n

Vail, of course, wasn\u2019t alone in experiencing a dry winter. This upcoming season, Colorado resorts hope to see the effects of a Super El Ni\u00f1o, which is favoring above-average snowfall throughout much of the state, according to predictions from OpenSnow.<\/p>\n

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El Ni\u00f1o conditions are often linked to periodic warming in sea-surface temperatures across the central and eastern equatorial Pacific. OpenSnow\u2019s recent predictions, prepared by meteorologist Alan Smith, call for a likelihood of above-average temperatures for much of North America this winter. Still, there\u2019s hope, he wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast winter was exceptionally warm \u2014 the warmest on record for a large portion of the West, and it\u2019s unlikely it will be that warm again this winter even if this above-average outlook verifies,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n

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The Farmers\u2019 Almanac also recently released its winter forecast, calling for \u201ca very active southern storm track\u201d that is expected to bring \u201cheavier-than-normal precipitation from California and the Southwest eastward through Texas, the Gulf Coast, and the Southeast.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perhaps it\u2019s never too early to get on Ullr\u2019s good side.<\/p>\n

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Colorado ski area open dates 2026-27: Breckenridge Ski Resort scheduled to open on Nov. 6, Vail Mountain on Nov. 13, and Beaver Creek Resort and Crested Butte Mountain Resort on Nov. 25. 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