When do Keystone and Breck open their parks?

[losh]

So it's my first season in Colorado, and I was just wondering what opening day (or the week or two after) is like at Keystone and Breck usually. Is there usually quite a few runs open? Or is it a shit show with crazy ass lift lines for one or two runs like A-Basin opening day? And also is there usually a park at all?

 

[benharrington_]

I was there December 5th last year keystone had some rails and Brek didn't have anything until like end of december.

 

[Park_Ranger]

Keystone would always have a super dope rail park ready to go opening day. I don't think they built it last year, focusing on getting A51 and the big lines open.

Breck focuses on building Freeway for the Dew Tour course. Sometimes they build a little jump line and some rail options at the top of Park Lane, but they didn't do that last year.

With that said, I'm pretty sure that Copper builds a really good early season rail park.

So many preseason edits at said resorts that you can check out

 

[losh]

Keystone would always have a super dope rail park ready to go opening day. I don't think they built it last year, focusing on getting A51 and the big lines open.

Breck focuses on building Freeway for the Dew Tour course. Sometimes they build a little jump line and some rail options at the top of Park Lane, but they didn't do that last year.

With that said, I'm pretty sure that Copper builds a really good early season rail park.

So many preseason edits at said resorts that you can check out

Ok word, either way though it'll be nice when keystone and Breck open on friday just to spread people out. Keep some congestion off A-Basin I'm assuming.

 

[gucciman7]

Hey

I’m the Park Manager at Keystone. To inform you we will open up a earl season rail line and a couple jumps. Although we usually focus on a51, we will now require a pass to get into our park. Sorry for the response.

 

[eheath]

Just depends on the snow, last year CO had a poor early season and the early season parks reflected it.

 

[Park_Ranger]

Hey

I’m the Park Manager at Keystone. To inform you we will open up a earl season rail line and a couple jumps. Although we usually focus on a51, we will now require a pass to get into our park. Sorry for the response.

Troll

 

[losh]

Hey

I’m the Park Manager at Keystone. To inform you we will open up a earl season rail line and a couple jumps. Although we usually focus on a51, we will now require a pass to get into our park. Sorry for the response.

Why are you even here?

 

[mulz]

Keystone will be pushing opening day back for sure, or they will attempt to download via the gondola and will be a shit show(They literally have no snow below mid mtn right now). Breck will have practically nothing on opening day if they actually open, definitely no park. Unless the weather patterns start changing soon it will be slim pickings all the way around until mid-late december at least.

 

[Rparr]

Keystone will be pushing opening day back for sure, or they will attempt to download via the gondola and will be a shit show(They literally have no snow below mid mtn right now). Breck will have practically nothing on opening day if they actually open, definitely no park. Unless the weather patterns start changing soon it will be slim pickings all the way around until mid-late december at least.

welcome to the east coast life

 

[LivingDaLife]

Keystone will be pushing opening day back for sure, or they will attempt to download via the gondola and will be a shit show(They literally have no snow below mid mtn right now). Breck will have practically nothing on opening day if they actually open, definitely no park. Unless the weather patterns start changing soon it will be slim pickings all the way around until mid-late december at least.

If Keystone was going to push back their opening day, we should have heard by now. They will download via the gondola, which has happened fairly frequently in the last few years. They will also have a small hike park, similar to last year but not in the same place.

 

[drumbumocdp]

I hang in Keystone quite a bit. They will open on Friday, with downloading on the gondola. Id guess no early season park, maybe a couple rails by next weekend. A51 will be going to some degree by Thanksgiving, and Breck has put all of their attention to Dew Tour the past few years so there is very little to no park there early season, and if you can ski Keystone, fuck Breck entirely. Best bet is to hold tight on the basin rails or go to Copper

 

[Park_Ranger]

if you can ski Keystone, fuck Breck entirely.

Is this just for Park, or would you say for overall skiing in general? Always curious to hear local opinions on those resorts.

 

[drumbumocdp]

Is this just for Park, or would you say for overall skiing in general? Always curious to hear local opinions on those resorts.

Im definitely bias towards Keystone because I work in the village and ski it and the basin a ton. Dont get me wrong, if you get breck on the right day, it can be great, there just seems to be a lot of hoops to jump through to actually get there.

Parking is a bitch, and i dont like to pay to go skiing. there is only one free lot in the whole town and its a 10 minute shuttle to the gondola that brings you to the bottom of peak 8 which is the busiest ski lodge in the world, totally full of chads. if youre there to ski park, you share a lift with the bunny hill and will LITERALLY not have a chair ride where it doesnt stop.

there are good zones, but they are surrounded by green runs and cat walks everywhere.

The hike to stuff is fun and can be awesome, if its open and not skied out. Breck is the windiest place on earth and the upper stuff stays closed for a long time because of it.

IF youre in summit looking to ski steep, just hang out at A-basin and forget the rest.

The good news is, you can ski a lot of spots on the same pass, so if there is a better forecast down the road you can go there with a moments notice. and you have all season and will without a doubt have a blast

There is a keystone abasin pass for like 350 that can keep you occupied a long time. Keystone is for sure not the gnarliest mountain, but i love skiing their loooong tree runs and there are some super awesome stashes that none of the chads find.

what i have found is a lot of people in the area are ether a Keystone/absin skier or stay in breck all winter... theres also copper, but work buys me an epic pass so im kinda out of the loop there. From my experience, copper has a great mountain to ski, but i think their park is super Meh compared to keystone. there are plenty of people who would disagree with me though

 

[LivingDaLife]

I hang in Keystone quite a bit. They will open on Friday, with downloading on the gondola. Id guess no early season park, maybe a couple rails by next weekend. A51 will be going to some degree by Thanksgiving, and Breck has put all of their attention to Dew Tour the past few years so there is very little to no park there early season, and if you can ski Keystone, fuck Breck entirely. Best bet is to hold tight on the basin rails or go to Copper

There will be an early season park but it will only consist of a few rails (similar to last year's early season park once they got it going but in a different spot). This is what I heard from Park Crew. They're aiming to open the main park (most likely just rails) around Thanksgiving.

 

[losh]

Im definitely bias towards Keystone because I work in the village and ski it and the basin a ton. Dont get me wrong, if you get breck on the right day, it can be great, there just seems to be a lot of hoops to jump through to actually get there.

Parking is a bitch, and i dont like to pay to go skiing. there is only one free lot in the whole town and its a 10 minute shuttle to the gondola that brings you to the bottom of peak 8 which is the busiest ski lodge in the world, totally full of chads. if youre there to ski park, you share a lift with the bunny hill and will LITERALLY not have a chair ride where it doesnt stop.

there are good zones, but they are surrounded by green runs and cat walks everywhere.

The hike to stuff is fun and can be awesome, if its open and not skied out. Breck is the windiest place on earth and the upper stuff stays closed for a long time because of it.

IF youre in summit looking to ski steep, just hang out at A-basin and forget the rest.

The good news is, you can ski a lot of spots on the same pass, so if there is a better forecast down the road you can go there with a moments notice. and you have all season and will without a doubt have a blast

There is a keystone abasin pass for like 350 that can keep you occupied a long time. Keystone is for sure not the gnarliest mountain, but i love skiing their loooong tree runs and there are some super awesome stashes that none of the chads find.

what i have found is a lot of people in the area are ether a Keystone/absin skier or stay in breck all winter... theres also copper, but work buys me an epic pass so im kinda out of the loop there. From my experience, copper has a great mountain to ski, but i think their park is super Meh compared to keystone. there are plenty of people who would disagree with me though

I'm planning on skiing Friday-Saturday this week, you think itll be worth it to go to either Breck or Keystone at all? Or should I just stick with A-Basin for a while?

 

[drumbumocdp]

There will be an early season park but it will only consist of a few rails (similar to last year's early season park once they got it going but in a different spot). This is what I heard from Park Crew. They're aiming to open the main park (most likely just rails) around Thanksgiving.

Birrion?

Cody P. here.

 

[Trabek]

We're out here blowin snow at Breck. Got everything fired up on 4 O'Clock, Springmeier, and Freeway trying to get ready for Friday. Don't think the park will be opening for a while because we have to focus on Dew Tour.

 

[LivingDaLife]

Birrion?

Cody P. here.

Lol, yep.

 

[mulz]

We're out here blowin snow at Breck. Got everything fired up on 4 O'Clock, Springmeier, and Freeway trying to get ready for Friday. Don't think the park will be opening for a while because we have to focus on Dew Tour.

I love dew tour weekend, but I swear the longer I live here the more I'm convinced that is the worst possible weekend to have that event. Seems like every year they scrap as hard as possible just to get it put together. Then you get freak accidents like last year where they got everything for the new course finished then they couldn't even use it cause of the storm that came through. Just seems like a terrible allocation of resources especially when its a crap shoot for them to even get everything together.

 

[Trabek]

I love dew tour weekend, but I swear the longer I live here the more I'm convinced that is the worst possible weekend to have that event. Seems like every year they scrap as hard as possible just to get it put together. Then you get freak accidents like last year where they got everything for the new course finished then they couldn't even use it cause of the storm that came through. Just seems like a terrible allocation of resources especially when its a crap shoot for them to even get everything together.

Yeah, let's just say not everyone is on board with it... But Vail likes the money it brings in during the slower part of the season. I heard something about renewing the dew tour contract this year, not sure which way they are leaning on that decision.

 

[mulz]

Yeah, let's just say not everyone is on board with it... But Vail likes the money it brings in during the slower part of the season. I heard something about renewing the dew tour contract this year, not sure which way they are leaning on that decision.

Yeah, I always assumed it was the $$$, which is a bummer. Just in my tiny pea brain that knows nothing of ski resort economics, you'd think they'd be able to pull just as much money if not more having it like the 2-3 week of January, after the holiday rush, and typically a dead time. Plus more of your mountain would be open and they wouldn't have to rush the park build/neglect the rest of the mountain during crucial snow making time(Nov-Early Dec).

 

[BIGMAS10]

I'm planning on skiing Friday-Saturday this week, you think itll be worth it to go to either Breck or Keystone at all? Or should I just stick with A-Basin for a while?

I was just at A bay yesterday. Pretty good snow quality right now, definitely nice that they opened the second lift, no more ridiculous lift lines. The new run that feeds from the top of the new lift is pretty dope too. Pretty long run with a bunch of solid booters to send it off of, so A bay might be a better call to just stick with a bay because the lines will be ridiculous at keystone and breck.

 

[Trabek]

Yeah, I always assumed it was the $$$, which is a bummer. Just in my tiny pea brain that knows nothing of ski resort economics, you'd think they'd be able to pull just as much money if not more having it like the 2-3 week of January, after the holiday rush, and typically a dead time. Plus more of your mountain would be open and they wouldn't have to rush the park build/neglect the rest of the mountain during crucial snow making time(Nov-Early Dec).

I completely agree with you there. The 10 year contract ends this year, so we will see what happens. Fingers crossed.