Lake Louise say they plan to open for the 23-24 season on November 10th, in just under 100 days time.
The famous Canadian resort is usually one of the first in Canada, as well as all of North America, to open for the season each autumn/fall.
Other Canadian resorts opening in early November, and in particularly cold/snowy years sometimes the end of October, include fellow Alberta areas Sunshine, Nakiska, Marmot Basin and Mt Norquay.
Snowmaking ahead of the new season usually gets underway in late September, now less than two months away, at high resorts like Arapahoe Basin and Loveland in Colorado, hoping to open as soon as possible in October. For the Alberta ski areas the onus is more on natural snowfall.
Two ski areas are still open from the 22-23 season in North America, Mammoth Mountain in California, which is due to close on Sunday after a 275 day season, and Timberline in Oregon, which is yet to set a closing date and sometimes stays open into September.