The battle is (even more) on to be the first ski area to open for the 15-16 in Colorado after up to a foot of snow landed in the past few days on High country ski slopes.
The fresh snow, which is expected to continue after the weekend, follows an October of stop-start snowmaking which hasn't yet allowed areas to open.
Instead Killington in Vermont over on the East Coast instead stole 'earliest to open in North America' honours last weekend when it opened a trail thanks 100% to snowmaking.
Loveland and Arapahoe Basin are looking the best bets to open in Colorado in the next few days although neither had officially said when they'll open as yet.
The earliest to give a fixed date is Keystone Resort which says it will open as panned a week on Friday on November 6th.
"Winter weather has arrived in Colorado and the team at Keystone is busy getting ready for opening day," said Mike Goar, vice president and chief operating officer of Keystone Resort, adding, "Snow storms are in the forecast and snowmaking preparations are underway, creating lots of excitement for the start to the 2015-2016 ski season. "
Opening day for Breckenridge (pictured above) is scheduled for a week later Friday, November 13th.