Crested Butte’s Best Opening Since 1997!

Read a recap of Crested Butte Mountain Resort’s opening day in 2018, their best since 1997:

Crested Butte Mountain Resort opened on November 22, 2018, with the most snow coverage for an opening day since 1997, delighting skiers with perfect conditions in Paradise Bowl and beyond. Early-season powder continued to fall, making for record-breaking runs and an unforgettable start to the winter.

• Silver Queen Chair opened early with fresh snow, marking the earliest opening since 1997.
• Skiers enjoyed top-to-bottom runs on pristine snow, creating excitement in town and on the slopes.
• The resort offers unlimited days with Epic and Epic Local passes, encouraging visitors to book early for an extended season.

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Life is good in the Butte! On November 22, 2018, Crested Butte Mountain Resort started its season with the most coverage of any opening day since 1997. The Thanksgiving crowd was excited to start their season off with Paradise Bowl laps on perfect snow. That’s certainly something to be thankful for.

Since then, we’ve had an additional 31″ of pure Colorado powder fall on our hill. Silver Queen opened last Thursday, November 29, to 6″ of fresh snow. Again, this was a record for the earliest opening of the Queen since 1997. I was fortunate to catch the second chair up the Queen, and the reward was a clean top-to-bottom run on Twister. Over the entire course of last season, I didn’t once have a run as amazing as that one. And that was my third day for the season!

In town, the buzz is palpable. No one can resist the allure of the best early-season snow in recent memory. Work has been skipped, commitments left unattended and dentist appointments rescheduled. Fourteen days of skiing have us swooning already, and we still have 122 days of resort skiing ahead of us.

If skiing Crested Butte is on your to-do list, don’t wait to book your trip. You can learn more about our skiing and riding and look at flight schedules. Best of all, Crested Butte has unlimited days on the Epic and Epic Local passes!

We’ll see you on the hill!