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Global warming takes bite out of Colorado ski season
Record temps hold off snow guns, delay resort openings

Bob Berwyn
November 03, 2014

A delayed opening at two of Colorado’s biggest ski resorts is a sign that global warming is nipping away at both ends of the ski season.

Both Keystone and Copper Mountain widely publicized Halloween openings, but last week, Copper reset its opening day to Nov. 7, and Keystone Resort officials say they will fire up the lifts as soon as they can. Breckenridge is scheduled to open Nov. 7, and most other major ski areas are planning to open around Thanksgiving.

The state’s mega resorts are typically blasting their slopes with massive amounts of man-made snow by late October — but not this year, as a persistent spell of unusually warm autumn weather held off the snow guns. Data from the official National Weather Service site in Dillon show that the average daily minimum low temperature was 4 degrees Fahrenheit above average. That may now sound like all that much, but in the world of snowmaking, it can make all the different in the world.

coloradoindependent.com
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