Loveland Ski Area set to open Friday

Loveland Ski Area will start operating Chair 1 at 9 a.m. on Friday, resort operators announced today.

"Warm weather delayed the start of snowmaking, but cold temperatures settled in and our snowmaking crew has done a great job making up for lost time," said Rob Goodell, director of business operations. "We still have some work to do, but the mountain looks great and we will have 18 inches of snow from tree-to-tree for skiers and riders on Friday morning."

Loveland will offer lift-served access to one top-to-bottom run. Snow riders will drop 1,000 vertical feet in a little over a mile via the Catwalk, Mambo and Homerun trails.

"When the cold temperatures settled in, we were able to make a lot of progress very quickly," said Eric Johnstone, snowmaking and trail maintenance manager. "We started last Thursday and have been running non-stop with the exception of a short stoppage on Tuesday. Our snowmaking crew has done a tremendous job and opening day skiers and riders are going to be very happy with the conditions."

Loveland will be the third Colorado ski area open for the season, following Wolf Creek last Saturday and Arapahoe Basin on Thursday (Oct. 13).

Loveland will be open 9 a.m. till 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. on weekends and designated holidays. Early season lift tickets are $47 for adults and $22 for children ages 6-14.

Loveland season passes are now on sale and all Loveland season passes come with three free days at Monarch Mountain, three free days at Purgatory (does not apply to mid-week passes) and one free day of unguided skiing at Silverton Mountain.

Unrestricted 4-Paks are available online for $129 at www.skiloveland.com through Nov. 20.

	24hr snow	mid dpth	snow cond.
A-Basin	n/a	n/a
Aspen	n/a	n/a	closed
BC	n/a	n/a	closed
Breckenridge	n/a	n/a	closed
Buttermilk	n/a	n/a	closed
Copper	n/a	n/a	closed
Crest. Butte	n/a	n/a	closed
Eldora	n/a	n/a	closed
Heavenly	n/a	n/a	closed
Highlands	n/a	n/a
Howelsen	n/a	n/a	closed
Keystone	n/a	n/a	closed
Kirkwood	n/a	n/a	closed
Loveland	n/a	n/a
Monarch	n/a	n/a	closed
Northstar	n/a	n/a	closed
Powderhorn	n/a	n/a	closed
Purgatory	n/a	n/a	closed
Silverton	n/a	n/a	closed
Ski Cooper	n/a	n/a	closed
Ski Granby	n/a	n/a	closed
Snowmass	n/a	n/a	closed
Steamboat	n/a	n/a	closed
Sunlight	n/a	n/a	closed
Telluride	n/a	n/a	closed
Vail	n/a	n/a	closed
WinterPark	n/a	n/a	closed
Wolf Creek	n/a	n/a	closed
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