Here's when your favorite ski resort opens

Over the weekend and Monday, several ski resorts turned white. Telluride got 18 inches of snow and Aspen got powder. Copper and Wolf Creek are expected to open next, both on November 5.

Here's a list of opening dates:

Arapahoe Basin- OPEN

Aspen Highlands- December 11

Aspen Mountain- November 25

Buttermilk- December 11

CopperMountain - November 5

Crested Butte- November 24

Echo Mountain- December 1

Eldora- November (day TBD)

Howelsen- December (day TBD)

Loveland- OPEN

Monarch- November 24

Powderhorn- December 16

Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort- November 25

Silverton- Unguided Season November; Guided Season January

Ski Cooper- November 25-28, December 3-5, December 10-12, open daily after December 17

Snowmass- November 25

SolVista- December 15

Steamboat- November 24

Sunlight- December 3

Telluride- November 25

Winter Park- November 17

Wolf Creek- November 5

You'll find lots of information for all of the resorts, some less than an hour from Denver and others spread around the state, by visiting Ski Colorado.

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Lois Friedland has been addicted to skiing since taking her first run at Boyne in Michigan. Now a Colorado-based journalist, she is About.com's adventure travel guide (www.adventuretravel.about.com) and covers skiing for national magazines and newspapers.

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