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>>> KEYSTONE IS OPENING EARLY. THEY JUST MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT
THEY ARE GOING TO OPEN UP
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW. BIG NEWS.
BIG NEWS.
BIG NEWS. THAT IS THE EARLIEST OPENING
FOR THE RESULT IN 20 YEARS.
>> PERHAPS THEY SHOULD HAVE
WAITED TO MAKE THE
ANNOUNCEMENT.
ANNOUNCEMENT. ANOTHER RESORT SWOOPED IN AND
DECIDED TO MAKE THAT
ANNOUNCEMENT.
ANNOUNCEMENT. MATT RENOUX IS LIVE AT A-BASIN,
THE BATTLE TO BE THE FIRST
RESORT TO OPEN HAS BEEN WON.
>> Reporter: IT HAS.
A BATTLE IT WAS.
SO MANY YEARS WE TALK ABOUT
THIS BATTLE TO BE FIRST TO
OPEN.
OPEN.
OPEN. THIS YEAR IT WAS A RACE THAT WAS
WON BY THE TIP OF THEIR SKIS
HERE AT ARAPAHOE BASIN.
KEYSTONE ANNOUNCING EARLIER
TODAY THAT THEY WERE GOING TO
OPEN TOMORROW MORNING AND THEY
THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE THE FIRST
IN NORTH AMERICA.
OVER HERE AT ARAPAHOE BASIN
THEY ARE WILD.
A SHORT TIME AFTER THAT THEY
ANNOUNCED THEY WERE GOING TO
OPEN TODAY, THIS AFTERNOON.
SO MANY PEOPLE ARE SKIING.
KICKING OFF AT 3:30.
OF COURSE ONE OF THE
ORCHESTRATOR'S OF THIS
MAGNIFICENT MANEUVER THAT A LOT
OF PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT,
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR
ARAPAHOE BASIN.
ARAPAHOE BASIN. IT LOOKS A LITTLE SUSPICIOUS.
KEYSTONE OPENED OR SAID THEY
ARE GOING TO OPEN AND LIKE AN
HOUR AFTER THAT YOU DECIDE TO
OPEN.
OPEN.
OPEN. YOU
OPEN. YOU GUYS ARE PLANNING THIS.
>> WE WERE PLANNING THIS.
WE DID NOT KNOW UNTIL ABOUT
NOON IF WE COULD PULL IT OFF.
ABOUT WEDNESDAY MORNING WE
THOUGHT, THE WAY THIS IS GOING,
WE WILL BE READY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. IT WAS IN THE WORKS AND IT
COINCIDED THEY ANNOUNCED ABOUT
THE SAME TIME WE WERE MAKING
OUR FINAL DECISION AND WE WENT
FOR IT.
FOR IT.
FOR IT. >> YOU KNOW WHAT IS COOL ABOUT
IT, I THINK, ABOUT A QUICK
ANNOUNCEMENT LIKE THIS AND
OPENING QUICKLY.
OPENING QUICKLY. NORMALLY THERE IS A LOTS OF
NOTICE.
NOTICE.
NOTICE. EVERYONE FLOODS THAT ONE SKI
AREA.
AREA.
AREA. THIS IS A NICE MANAGEABLE
OPENING WITH A MODEST CROWD
THAT IS HAVING A GOOD TIME.
>> I AM ACTUALLY SURPRISED. I
SAW 1000 PEOPLE SHOWED UP ON
THAT SHORT NOTICE.
THEY ARE HAVING A GREAT TIME.
THE SNOW CAME OUT SO GOOD.
I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS
ABOUT THE SNOW MAKERS.
IT IS FANTASTIC.
>> KEYSTONE WILL OPEN TOMORROW.
THAT WILL SPREAD PEOPLE OUT, IT
IS KIND OF NICE TO HAVE THESE
IN THE RACE.
WE ARE TALKING HISTORICALLY
KEYSTONE USED TO DO THIS RACE
AS WELL, OPENING IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS
SOMETHING THAT USED TO HAPPEN
IN THE PAST DOWN THE ROAD,
MAYBE IT TOOK A PAGE OUT OF THE
PLAYBOOK.
PLAYBOOK.
PLAYBOOK. >>THERE WERE SOME OTHER SNEAKY
THINGS DONE IN THE PAST.
MAYBE WE WERE BEING SNEAKY BUT
IT WAS ALL IN GOOD FUN.
EVERYONE IS DOING THEIR BEST.
I REALLY THINK THAT IT IS THAT
OLD ANALOGY THE HIGH TIDE HAS
THE SHIPS.
THE SHIPS. THE MORE THAT ARE OPEN THE
BETTER.
BETTER.
BETTER. KEYSTONE WILL OPEN, LOVING
OPEN, WOLF CREEK WILL OPEN.
>> WHAT A GREAT MESSAGE.
THERE IS A REASON WHY YOU WANT
TO BE FIRST.
THIS GOES OUT WITH THE BIG
REACH THIS IS GOOD FOR
COLORADO.
COLORADO.
COLORADO. >> THIS IS A GOOD REACH. PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO KNOW COLORADO IS
OPEN FOR SKIING.
>>WE HAVE ONE RUN AS USUAL BUT
IT IS MIDWAY TO THE BOTTOM.
>> HIGH NOON AND BLACK EXPRESS.
TOMORROW WE WILL HAVE A TERRAIN
PARK GOING SO THAT PEOPLE CAN
COME AND SLIDE AND HAVE FUN.
TOMORROW TICKETS GO BACK UP.
>> NORMAL STUFF TOMORROW.
A-BASIN PASSES GOOD.
LIFT TICKETS ARE GOOD, IT WILL
BE A GREAT WEEKEND.
>> Reporter: IT IS A GREAT DAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING TIME
AND CONGRATULATIONS ON WINNING
THE RACE.
THE RACE.
THE RACE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD A
HELICOPTER FELL OVER, ON
OPENING DAY I DON'T LIKE TO
RIDE THE LIFT WITH THE COMMON
FOLKS.
FOLKS.
FOLKS. WE
FOLKS. WE BRING THE HELICOPTER IN THEY
TAKE ME UP AND I WRITE THAT
DOWN.
DOWN.
DOWN. >>MATT RENOUX IS GOING TO BE
TAKING SOME TURNS IN A MOMENT.
HE SAYS HE NEEDS A HELICOPTER
BUT HE WILL BE ON THAT