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A-basin and loveland to open next week!!!

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Spritz
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yep. i saw it on the news here today that if the weather stays nice and cool they're going to try and open late next week!! check out www.arapahoebasin.com for some pics. winter's coming kids.
Oct 6 2005 1:00AM
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KeegLove
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oh man i am sooo stoked for skiing ahh winters comin YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Oct 6 2005 1:01AM
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troublemakerCO
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thats wut theyve been claimin 4 a long time now. i guess we'll just have 2 wait and c. every1 pray for cold weather and precip.
Oct 6 2005 1:02AM
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Intergalactic
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ya 9 days.
Oct 6 2005 8:38AM
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coordy12
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shit dude
Oct 6 2005 8:42AM
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Dan-Man
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sweet we should all get a crew and meet there.
Oct 6 2005 10:08AM
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Vicious
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I'll probably try go for opening day. Even though it's a shit-show, I generally go anyway.
Oct 6 2005 10:56AM
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SkierJulie
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looking at the weather report, it might not be shit snow... it's gonna be cold and snow is even forecasted for boulder.
Oct 6 2005 11:07AM
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Vicious
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i meant it is a 'shit-show' as in LOADS of people.

hopefully the snow is decent, but you can't ask for much the first few weeks.
Oct 6 2005 11:10AM
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SkierJulie
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yea... the loads of people will suck
Oct 6 2005 11:13AM
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Vicious
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Have you been at an opening day at Love or the Basin?? It's hard to explain without actually seeing it.

Sometimes people f'ing drive in from other states just to get early turns.
Oct 6 2005 11:14AM
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Spritz
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yea its pretty rediculous, but i need my fix so ill be there
Oct 6 2005 11:17AM
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Ice-Is-Scary
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I don't see that being decent in 9 days, theres like a dusting on the ground. I guess it's worth it to have the claim to fame "first ones open" It started snowing up here two days ago which is sweet at this point I've waited all summer and another 3 weeks arn't going to kill me. It will give me a chance to catch up on my life (which im falling pretty far behind in already) before the snow hits hard.
Oct 6 2005 11:18AM
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SkierJulie
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this is my first fall/entire winter in colorado. so no, i have not been to either place on opening day. but i am from the east coast and i always go to killington on opening day and it is pretty darm crazy. i'm sure it is crazier here tho.
Oct 6 2005 11:19AM
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lizziebeth
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a-basin pushed theirs back to oct. 21.
opening day is always crazy. imagine one run with crappy snow and 30-40 people packed onto it at one time all at different ability levels.
Oct 6 2005 12:48PM
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heavywinter
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It is.

Two strategies:

1. Be first, ski for an hour and sell your ticket to someone in the parking lot.

2. Be last, clip a ticket in the parking lot and get the last hour of the day in for free.

Or, pray for a ton of snow and hike the pass. It's always better to hike for powder or build a booter than pay for one sketchy run of man-made ice.
Oct 6 2005 1:18PM
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Stryken
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Its crazy, I can't believe skiing is almost here when it is still 80 degrees here at school.
Oct 6 2005 1:27PM
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Dan-Man
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whats lovelands opening date
Oct 6 2005 2:01PM
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