Resorts Now Opening for 2015/2016 Season

Opening day jib session at Copper Mountain
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Copper unleashes its first riders of the year
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Copper Mountain skiers and riders getting down on a healthy base
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Copper Mountain opens with fresh snow for the 2015/16 season
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Mountain High's first chair of the 2015/16 season
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Hitting the first rails of the year at Mountain High
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Mountain High opens its gates for 2015/16
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Mt. Rose open with fresh snow for 2015/16 season
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Mt. Rose continuing to pile on snow on opening day
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Keystone offers more than 1,600 vertical feet of terrain on opening day
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Keystone opens with fresh snow for 2015
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Keystone Resort open for 2015/16 season
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Cheers! Mammoth is the first to open in CA
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Mammoth looking good after a 30 inch dump
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Mammoth offers its best opening day conditions in five years
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First chair at Mammoth Mountain's opening day
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It's all smiles when your home resort opens a week early
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Mammoth pride
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Getting the A-bay mini-park juiced for opening day
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A-basin snow gun
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Arapahoe Basin kicks off the 2015/16 season
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Looks like eight inches is plenty of base to work with
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Wolf Creek is now open for business
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Everyone's getting in on the early season action
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Opening Day Loveland 2015/16
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It's never too early in the season to start jibbin'
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Testing Loveland's 18-inch base
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Loveland's first chair of the 2015/16 season
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Fresh tracks in mid October
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Fall colors abound at Sunday River
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Digging into some fresh
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Snow making in full force
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Time to get the ski legs back
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Too excited to play it cool
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Skiers and riders enjoying some of their first rides to the top.
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Vermont is ready to ride!
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