Oct 07
2009
Sue Bowers, president of the Monongahela Area Historical Society, with one of many strange artifacts in the group’s museum in Monongahela, Pa. Photo: Observer-Reporter
Oct 07
2009Dee Why beach breakfast
Oct 07
2009Single-digit October opening dates signal beginning of lo-o-o-o-o-ong season.jpg)
Colorado’s Loveland (top right) is starting lift operations on Wednesday, October 7, and Arapahoe Basin (bottom right), just on the other side of Loveland Pass, gets going on Friday, October 9. Loveland’s first trails to open will be Catwalk, Mambo, and Homerun served by the triple chair from the Loveland Basin base for a 1,000-vertical-foot top-to-bottom run for the earliest season start in 40 years. A-Basin will open the Exhibition chairlift to the public at 9:00 a.m. on Friday. October 9 is the earliest date in its history. Skiers and riders will start with 18-inch base on the intermediate High Noon run and six features in the High Divide Terrain Park. After a day’s eager edges, who knows how the snow will hold up? Loveland stays open through the second weekend in May, while A-Basin keeps going as long as there is snow on the ground and butts on lifts. June is not uncommon; July is not unheard of.
