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Vail Mountain opening day pushed back to Thanksgiving

Vail Mountain opening day pushed back to Thanksgiving
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Good snowy afternoon! Vail Mountain has received 2” of new snow during the day today, with more in the forecast, and is looking forward to a terrific opening day on Friday, Nov. 20, with 566 acres of open terrain and the debut of the new, six-passenger Avanti Express. Hope to see you on the mountain soon! Sally For Immediate Release Vail Mountain to Open on Friday, Nov. 20 for the 2015-2016 Season with More than 500 Acres of Terrain Accessed from Vail Village and Lionshead Photo Caption: Vail Mountain will debut a new, six-passenger Avanti Express chairlift on opening day, Friday, Nov. 20. ***B-roll can be downloaded from Vail’s Box account for the following items: pre-opening day snow: https://vailresorts.box.com/s/tkdfqlugmd0l7z7fvzsp4qk0i004e3q1;
Vail Mountain opening day pushed back to Thanksgiving
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VAIL, Colo. (AP) — Vail Resorts officials say they are pushing back the opening day for Vail Mountain to Thanksgiving due to lack of snow.

The Vail Daily reports it's the second year in a row that the opening of Vail Mountain has been delayed.

Officials say Beaver Creek will still open Nov. 22.

The mountain operation team on Vail Mountain has been working on making snow on the Simba and Born Free runs, but officials determined that without natural snow, it would not be enough.

Winter Park opened Wednesday, while Purgatory is set to open Saturday. Arapahoe Basin, Keystone, Breckenridge and Copper Mountain are already open, and Wolf Creek is open on weekends.

Most other Colorado resorts are set to open later this month or in early December.

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