Ruka in Finnish Lapland have announced they're aiming to open for winter 2015-16 on Friday 16th October.
The high-latitude resort has built a reputation for having the longest ski season of any non-glacier ski area in the world, usually open for around eight month from October to June although last season it closed in May.
Arapahoe Basin in Colorado which stayed open to late June must have been close to Ruka on the open days count for 14-15.
Ruka has published pictures of its snowmaking arsenal firing up for the winter today.
Elsewhere snowmaking is also go in Colorado at several ski areas and Mountain High in California has had fresh snow and indicated it might open in the next few weeks if the hoped for El Nino weather pattern begins to kick in and temperatures remain low enough for snowmaking there.
Sunday River in Maine, another resort with a reputation for a long ski season, has also had a 'test run' of its snowmaking.