Wolf Creek ski area will claim Colorado first-tracks honors Tuesday when it becomes the first Colorado ski area to open for the 2024-25 season. The 85-year-old ski mountain, located at Wolf Creek pass, 250 miles from Denver in southern Colorado, received 26 inches of snow in recent days and will open 11 trails at 9 a.m. with an 18-inch settled base. Those trails represent 30% of Wolf Creek’s skiable terrain. Lift tickets are $68. Tuesday’s opening will mark the earliest Colorado opening since 2021 when Wolf Creek opened for weekends-only skiing on Oct. 16. Arapahoe Basin opened a day later that season. Related Articles Outdoors | When every Colorado ski resort plans to open for the 2024-25 season Closer to Denver, Arapahoe Basin, Loveland, Keystone and Copper Mountain have been busy making snow. Arapahoe Basin was the first Colorado ski area to open the past two years and in 11 of the past 13 years. That run includes a tie with Loveland on Oct. 29 in 2015. In conceding the bragging-rights race to Wolf Creek, Arapahoe Basin spokeswoman Shayna Silverman declined to say how close that area is to opening. “We won’t be opening by tomorrow,” Silverman said. “We congratulate Wolf Creek for kicking off the winter strong. We are still targeting an ASAP opening.” Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, The Adventurist, to get outdoors news sent straight to your inbox.