{"id":9707,"date":"2019-10-12T16:46:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-12T22:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/?p=9707"},"modified":"2020-09-11T16:27:33","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T22:27:33","slug":"arapahoe-basin-opens-first-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/arapahoe-basin-opens-first-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Arapahoe Basin Opens First: The Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>It was an instant classic.<\/h2>\n<p>After Keystone announced on Friday morning that they would open for the 2019-2020 season on Saturday October 12, positioning themselves as the first ski resort in North America to do so, Arapahoe Basin poached their line.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/\"><em>Gear up for opening day<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9713\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9713\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/abay6.jpg\" alt=\"arapahoe basin opens first\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/abay6.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/abay6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/abay6-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/abay6-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Open for two hours to win the race to open first? Check. Sell 1\/4 day lift tickets? Check.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I<strong>n a surprise twist at 1:41 p.m.,<\/strong> The Legend announced that it would fire up the Black Mountain Express that very afternoon from 3:30-5:30. A news helicopter buzzed overhead. Semis honked on Highway 6. An A-Basin truck drove through the parking lot with its driver shouting &#8220;We win!&#8221; out the window. Lift tickets cost $15, beers $5. The shortest off-season in the ski area&#8217;s history ended at 99 days.<\/p>\n<h3>Ski season turned on. And skiers turned out.<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;When we heard that they were going to open, we started screaming, grabbed all our shit, and ran out the door,&#8221; said Genevieve Brusilow of Breckenridge. She and her buddies Mark and Dave had to stop in town to buy snowpants en route.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was the last thing I thought I&#8217;d do when I woke up this morning,&#8221;\u00a0said Dan Hutchins of Dillon.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Greg Myers of Vail woke up Friday morning to his first day off since May. After he heard the news about A-Basin, his wife asked if he would bring his new skis. &#8220;I&#8217;m like, they aren&#8217;t even mounted yet,&#8221; he said. Then he had to scrape the storage wax from his other setup. &#8220;I left myself a Post-it to scrape my skis because I knew I&#8217;d want to just grab them and go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then he forgot his gloves. Bare-knuckling his poles beside Black Mountain Lodge, he said, &#8220;Whatever. It ain&#8217;t that cold out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9712\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9712\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/abay5.jpg\" alt=\"arapahoe basin opens first\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/abay5.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/abay5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/abay5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/abay5-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Groups of friends like Dan Hutchins (second from right) and his buds made A-Basin&#8217;s 2019-2020 opening day an even bigger party than usual.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Similar stories vibrated through the lift line, which never felt all that long. Patrollers snapped group shots. A-Basin&#8217;s chief operating officer Alan Henceroth buzzed around happily, reminding employees that their first drink was on the house. Snow forecaster Joel Gratz of <a href=\"https:\/\/opensnow.com\/\">OpenSnow<\/a> made the trek from Boulder after his wife, Lauren, let him off the hook for picking up the kids.<\/p>\n<p>For my part, I was in the middle of updating social media and a few posts on this ski blog to spread Keystone&#8217;s excitement. When A-Basin broke their news, I did it all again. Then I grabbed a pair of skis, almost forgot my boots, and drove maybe a little too fast up I-70 as Greta Van Fleet blasted a live show in my Tacoma. In the High Noon parking lot\u2014the main A-Basin lot was full by 3:45\u2014I donned the only ski attire in my truck: a circa-1980 ketchup-n-mustard Marmot outfit that was gifted to me by my older brother two weeks ago. He refers to it as &#8220;the huck-suit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9715\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9715\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9715 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/abay8.jpg\" alt=\"arapahoe basin opens first\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/abay8.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/abay8-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The author, with Will Breaux of Denver. When he heard about A-Basin&#8217;s surprise opening, Breaux thought: &#8220;What&#8217;re we waiting for?&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For two hours, vibrant mountain people lived their best lives, cheering with every helicopter flyover and trucker honk. Then they blitzed the 6th Alley Bar &amp; Grill where rockstar bartenders handled the throngs with mid-season flair. As for the skiing, the single open trail, blue-square High Noon, was covered wall-to-wall. Corduroy gave way to some bumps and manmade fluff along the ropes. The East Wall, wrapped in a white blanket from Thursday&#8217;s snow, teased the winter to come. And while it may have been ousted at the wire, Keystone still opened Saturday, marking the resort&#8217;s earliest kickoff in more than 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>Ski season is back.<\/p>\n<p><em>Read about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/race-opening-day-inside-coveted-october-opening\/\">race to open first.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>More Highlights<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9714\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9714\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9714\" src=\"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/abay7.jpg\" alt=\"arapahoe basin opens first\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/abay7.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/abay7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/abay7-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/abay7-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9714\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">First-year A-Basin ski patroller Sam Fuller (middle) found out at 1 p.m. on Friday that the mountain would open that day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9711\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9711\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/abay4.jpg\" alt=\"arapahoe basin opens first\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/abay4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/abay4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/abay4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/abay4-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Breck local Genevieve Brusilow and her buddies got to Arapahoe Basin as fast as they could after hearing the news. First, though, they had to buy ski pants.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9709\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9709\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/abay2.jpg\" alt=\"arapahoe basin opens first\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/abay2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/abay2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/abay2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/abay2-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">$15 lift tickets!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was an instant classic. 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