Arapahoe Basin

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Colorado ski resort Arapahoe Basin offers the longest ski and snowboard season in the state. Experience a legendary resort known for its unmatched mountain terrain

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201-500

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1946

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Aug 18, 2026	Vail announces 2026-27 opening dates for its Colorado ski resorts	Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Triple-digit heat only recently left Denver, but it’s time to start thinking snow. On Tuesday, Vail Resorts announced its anticipated opening dates for the 2026-27 ski season, as enthusiasm for a p...
Jul 29, 2026	A-Basin details plans for more parking, snowmaking and a highway bridge	Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If you’ve ever driven to Arapahoe Basin on a powder day, you know how difficult it can be to find a parking spot, let alone one at “the beach” where you jump right on the slopes. That’s one of the ...
Mar 24, 2026	As snow melts, Vail says it will stick to its closing date; other resorts have already shut down	Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... With Colorado’s snowpack rapidly melting earlier than usual, some Colorado ski resorts have closed early while others stubbornly hold to previously announced closing dates, even as they shut down m...
Mar 17, 2026	Dozens of trails remain closed at major Colorado ski mountains as spring break kicks off amid hot, dry winter	Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As the spring break holiday kicks into high gear, most of Colorado’s major ski resorts have yet to open all of their terrain. With week-long vacations at schools around the country and Colorado’s s...
Feb 15, 2026	Colorado’s ski resorts face an existential threat — and growing call for climate action	Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Amid a tangle of environmentalists rallying at the Colorado Capitol for immediate action on climate change, a suit-clad representative from one of the state’s most iconic industries took the microp...
Feb 11, 2026	Will your favorite ski resort get snow this weekend? Here’s every major snow stake webcam in Colorado.	Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Skiers can get the latest snow report with a touch of a button on their phones these days, but nothing beats watching snow pile up on a traditional snow snake, which is why Colorado’s ski resorts k...
Jan 13, 2026	Colorado’s gay ski weeks are more than just LGBTQ+ parties. They are tied to a mission.	Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When Jon Busch co-founded the first Aspen Gay Ski Week in 1977, he wasn’t trying to start a movement. He was simply trying to repay a favor. For years prior, several gay ski clubs made an annual tr...
Nov 10, 2025	How to get ready for ski season: rentals, passes, transportation and more	If you’re all set for ski season with passes bought and gear ready to ride, congratulations. Now all you need is snow. If you aren’t ready, though, here is some helpful information as the season approaches. Passes and lift tickets A view of...
Nov 6, 2025	Despite meager snowfall, three more Colorado ski areas open this weekend	Even as snow across the Colorado high country remains sparse, three more ski areas will open this weekend on machine-made snow, bringing the total in operation to six. Copper Mountain and Breckenridge will open on Friday, and Loveland will ...
Oct 30, 2025	Winter Park poised to become Colorado’s third ski area to open for the season	Winter Park will open for skiing and riding Friday, tying the earliest season debut in its 87-year history. Winter Park also opened on Halloween in 2022. Keystone was the first to open on Saturday, and Arapahoe Basin followed on Sunday. Bre...
Oct 25, 2025	Keystone, A-Basin ski resorts open for the season this weekend	The long wait is over. Two Colorado ski resorts are opening for the season this weekend, with Keystone Resort opening the slopes with 90 minutes notice on Saturday afternoon and Arapahoe Basin starting the lifts Sunday morning. Keystone’s S...
Oct 23, 2025	6 Colorado ski-school options that won’t break the bank	Trying to teach a friend or loved one to ski or snowboard is likely to teach the teacher a lesson they’ll never forget: So, you’re probably better off leaving ski and snowboard instruction to the professionals. It’s also true that, like law...
Oct 22, 2025	Ski films celebrating the power of powder coming to theater (or brewpub) near you	Snow guns are running on multiple Colorado mountains, a sign that ski season is fast approaching. Another harbinger is that the annual ski movies are coming soon to a theater or brewpub near you. Teton Gravity Research’s “Pressure Drop,” wh...
Oct 8, 2025	Ikon Base Pass holders to get unlimited early season access to A-Basin	Ikon Base Pass holders are going to get more than they bargained for when they bought their passes for the upcoming ski season — unlimited early-season skiing at Arapahoe Basin from opening day through Dec. 19. Arapahoe Basin announced the ...
Sep 5, 2025	Colorado ski resort opening dates for 2025-26 season	With Labor Day behind us, the beginning of the Colorado ski season may be only seven or eight weeks away. According to The Denver Post’s recordkeeping, in five of the past 10 years, the first ski area opening has come during the third week ...
Aug 22, 2025	Vail, Keystone, A-Basin, Beaver Creek announce opening dates for 2025	Originally Published: August 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM MDT
Dec 28, 2024	Groups break down barriers on Colorado’s slopes to diversify winter sports that are “just so hard to get into”	But changes are afoot in Colorado’s ski towns. In recent years, Vail Resorts has set the intention of elevating women into leadership roles at the corporate and executive levels, as well as at resorts statewide. Organizations like the BIPOC...
Dec 23, 2024	Outdoors \| With some lift tickets reaching above $300, here’s what it will cost to ski at popular Colorado resorts over the Christmas holiday	Originally Published: December 23, 2024 at 11:18 AM MST
Dec 5, 2024	Outdoors \| Two signs that ski season is fully underway: Vail’s Back Bowls and A-Basin’s Pallavicini are open	Originally Published: December 5, 2024 at 11:11 AM MST
Oct 8, 2024	Outdoors \| Snowmaking begins at Arapahoe Basin, Copper Mountain	“We could have made snow,” said Keystone spokesman Max Winter. “Temperatures dropped low enough, but we were looking at the highs (temperatures) over the next few days. From a sustainability standpoint, it didn’t feel like that snow would s...
Mar 15, 2024	One Colorado ski area still closed Friday due to “biggest snow event we’ve seen in decades”	Officials at Eldora ski area are calling the storm that closed the area on Thursday the biggest snow event they’ve seen in decades, adding it’s unlikely the area will be able to open Friday. The mountain was one of four that closed on Thurs...
Nov 27, 2023	Some ski waxes contain toxic “forever chemicals.” Should Colorado ban them to protect water systems?	Temperatures are dropping, snow is falling and skiers are waxing their skis for another season gliding down Colorado’s iconic mountains. Those waxes, however, may be toxic. Some ski waxes contain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS...
Oct 14, 2021	Arapahoe Basin opens this weekend, marking official start of Colorado ski season	Skiers on the Front Range, grab your goggles: Arapahoe Basin will open this Sunday after receiving more than a foot of fresh snow this week. Snowmakers have been running the guns since last Saturday, but recent storms offered some welcome h...
Oct 9, 2020	Everything you need to know before hitting the slopes this season	While Colorado ski resorts continue to fine-tune plans for mountain access this winter in response to COVID-19, here is a quick rundown of what we know now. Currently the five Vail Resorts mountains (Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keysto...
Feb 11, 2020	How to spend a romantic Valentine’s Day on the slopes	In case you really want to feel like you’re on top of the world on your wedding day (and who wouldn’t?), Loveland ski area will hold its 29th annual mountaintop matrimony event at noon Friday, which also happens to be Valentine’s Day. The “...

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When was Arapahoe Basin founded?

Arapahoe Basin was founded in 1946.

What has the press written about Arapahoe Basin?

Parsers VC has collected 26 articles mentioning Arapahoe Basin, among them “Vail announces 2026-27 opening dates for its Colorado ski resorts” (Aug 18, 2026) and “A-Basin details plans for more parking, snowmaking and a highway bridge” (Jul 29, 2026).

Is Arapahoe Basin still active?

Yes, Arapahoe Basin is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 16, 2026.