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Season 2026–27

Ski resort opening dates 2026–27

Projected and confirmed opening dates for 128 North American ski resorts, each with its live webcams a click away — and one email the morning your mountain opens. Updated as resorts announce.

Projected (3)

Third-party projections until the resort confirms. Early-season dates move with the weather.

Date TBA (125)

No sourced date yet. Follow a resort below and we email you the morning it opens.

Andes — Southern-hemisphere season (20)

The Southern-hemisphere season runs May to October; closing dates as reported.

Projections come from OnTheSnow's projected-openings list and the resorts' own stated targets; confirmed dates link to the announcement. A projection can move with the weather — only a confirmed date triggers an opening-day email.

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Opening-date questions

Which ski resort opens first?
In North America the first lifts almost always turn in Colorado in October. Arapahoe Basin, Keystone and Loveland race to open a run or two on snowmaking, and Wolf Creek has opened on natural snow as early as mid-October. The table above marks who is already open and shows each resort's projected and confirmed date as it is announced.
When does Colorado ski season start?
Colorado's ski season usually starts in the second half of October, when Arapahoe Basin or Keystone opens on snowmaking, and most Colorado resorts open through November; the whole state is running by mid-December. Exact dates depend on cold nights for snowmaking and early storms, so a projection can move by a week or more — confirmed dates appear in the table the day a resort announces them.
How do opening-day alerts work?
Pick your resorts in the form below and tick “email me the morning a selected resort opens”. The morning a resort's confirmed opening date arrives, PeakCam sends one email with links to its live cams and snow report. It is free, needs no account, and the same one-click unsubscribe covers it; your fresh-snow powder alerts for those resorts keep working all season.

Looking for today's conditions instead? The live snow report covers every resort, and powder alerts watch them for you.