Canada’s Whistler Blackcomb Opening (A Day) Early (This Week)
Canada’s Whistler Blackcomb Opening (A Day) Early (This Week)
Published : 17-Nov-2024 06:56
North America's largest ski area, Whistler Blackcomb in BC Canada, says it will open for its 24-25 season a day earlier than planned at the end of this coming week.
"We're opening one day earlier than planned, so get ready and get up here on Thursday November 21 when lifts on Blackcomb Mountain start spinning! Whistler Mountain's opening will follow on Friday, November 22 as planned," a spokesperson said.
It's the latest of North America's big name resorts with Vail and Mammoth opening this weekend as well as the East Coast's largest ski area, Killington.
It is though a mixed picture, as usual. Snowfall in Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico as well as the Northwestern US and in BC Canada is running a little above the average for mid-November and dozens of ski areas have opened there already.
Colorado's Wolf Creek which was the first area to open in North America almost a month ago, now has almost all of its terrain open, the most of anywhere in the world at present and the first centre anywhere to open more than half its runs this season so far.
On the East though its been unseasonably warm and its only in the past few days that Killington and Sunday River in Maine have manged to open as colder weather allowed for snowmaking systems to fire up. Both have very lited, advanced skiers only terrain open so far. Tremblant in Quebec to the north has given up on its plan to open on November 22 and is now targetting the 28th.
Most larger North American ski areas endeavour to have at least some terrain open for the lucrative Thanksgiving Holidays period at the end of the month.
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