Overview
- Winter Park will start the 2025–26 season on Friday, Oct. 31, with lifts operating from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
- The Halloween opening ties the resort’s earliest start on record, last matched in 2022, according to resort officials.
- Opening-day skiing will be limited to groomed runs with firm, fast conditions as early-season operations ramp up.
- Resort leaders cite a $37 million snowmaking upgrade that let crews use roughly 20 million gallons of water to establish a base.
- Winter Park joins Keystone and Arapahoe Basin as among the first to open in North America, with Send’er November events and Mary Jane’s 50th season celebration to follow.