When Do Ski Areas Open? Here are Updated Tentative Dates
Below is an updated (Dec. 19) list of projected opening dates. Keep in mind, some ski areas are already open and others are open on the weekends until enough snow is made or a snowstorm hits.
| Northeast Ski Watch Opening Dates 2011-2012 | |||||||
| VERMONT | |||||||
| MOUNTAIN | OPEN DATE | CLOSE DATE | |||||
| Ascutney | Not operating 2011-2012 season | ||||||
| Bolton Valley | 10-Dec | ||||||
| Bromley | 9-Dec | ||||||
| Burke | 10-Dec | ||||||
| Jay Peak | 26-Nov | ||||||
| Killington | 29-Oct | ||||||
| Mad River Glen | 17-Dec | ||||||
| Magic Mountain | 23-Dec | ||||||
| Middlebury Sno Bowl | 10-Dec | ||||||
| Mt. Snow | 10-Dec | ||||||
| Northeast Slopes | 24-Dec | ||||||
| Okemo | 19-Nov | ||||||
| Pico Mountain | 15-Dec | ||||||
| Quechee Ski Hill | 17-Dec | ||||||
| Smugglers Notch | 4-Dec | ||||||
| Stowe Mountain | 23-Nov | ||||||
| Stratton | 4-Dec | ||||||
| Sugarbush | 26-Nov | ||||||
| Suicide Six | 21-Dec | ||||||
| NEW HAMPSHIRE | |||||||
| Mountain | OPEN DATE | CLOSE DATE | |||||
| Arrowhead Recreation Area | 26-Dec | ||||||
| Attitash | 13-Dec | ||||||
| Balsams Wilderness | Not operating for the 2011-2012 season | ||||||
| Black Mountain | 18-Dec | ||||||
| Bretton Woods | 21-Nov | ||||||
| Cannon Mountain | 25-Nov | ||||||
| Cranmore Mountain | 26-Nov | ||||||
| Crotched Mountain | 9-Dec | ||||||
| Dartmouth Skiway | 21-Dec | ||||||
| Granite Gorge | 14-Dec | ||||||
| Gunstock | 18-Dec | ||||||
| King Pine | 16-Dec | ||||||
| Loon Mountain | 20-Nov | ||||||
| McIntyre Ski Area | 17-Dec | ||||||
| Mt. Sunapee | 10-Dec | ||||||
| Pats Peak | 10-Dec | ||||||
| Ragged Mountain | 10-Dec | ||||||
| Storrs Hill Ski Area | 26-Dec | ||||||
| Tenney Mountain | Not in operation 2011-2012 season | ||||||
| Waterville Valley | 25-Nov | ||||||
| Whaleback Ski Area | 26-Dec | ||||||
| Wildcat Mountain | 16-Dec | ||||||
| MASSACHUSETTS | OPEN DATE | CLOSE DATE | |||||
| Mountain | |||||||
| Berkshire East | 23-Dec | ||||||
| Blandford Ski Area | |||||||
| Blue Hills | |||||||
| Bousquet | 14-Dec | ||||||
| Catamount | 17-Dec | ||||||
| Jiminy Peak | 10-Dec | ||||||
| Nashoba Valley | 10-Dec | ||||||
| Otis Ridge | 17-Dec | ||||||
| Ski Bradford | 22-Dec | ||||||
| Ski Butternut | 16-Dec | ||||||
| Ski Ward Ski Area | 8-Dec | ||||||
| Wachusett Mountain | 10-Dec | ||||||
| NEW YORK | |||||||
| Mountain | OPEN DATE | CLOSE DATE | |||||
| Beartown Ski Area | |||||||
| Belleayre | 3-Dec | ||||||
| Brantling Ski Slopes | 11-Dec | ||||||
| Bristol Mountain | |||||||
| Buffalo Ski Club | 26-Dec | ||||||
| Cockaigne | Not operating 2011-2012 season | ||||||
| Dry Hill | 17-Dec | ||||||
| Four Season Golf & Ski Center | |||||||
| Gore Mountain | 10-Dec | ||||||
| Greek Peak | 16-Dec | ||||||
| Hickory Ski Center | 26-Dec | ||||||
| HoliMont 12-23 | |||||||
| Holiday Mountain | 23-Dec | ||||||
| Holiday Valley | 23-Dec | ||||||
| Hunt Hollow | |||||||
| Hunter Mountain | 10-Dec | ||||||
| Kissing Bridge | |||||||
| Labrador Mountain | 17-Dec | ||||||
| Maple Ridge | |||||||
| McCauley Mountain | 17-Dec | ||||||
| Mt. Peter | 23-Dec | ||||||
| Mt. Pisgah | 23-Dec | ||||||
| Oak Mountain Ski Center | 17-Dec | ||||||
| Peek 'N Peak Resort | 16-Dec | ||||||
| Plattekill Mountain | 17-Dec | ||||||
| Royal Mountain | |||||||
| Sawkill Family Ski Center | 26-Dec | ||||||
| Ski Big Tupper | |||||||
| Song Mountain | 17-Dec | ||||||
| Snow Ridge | |||||||
| Swain | |||||||
| Thunder Ridge Ski Area | |||||||
| Titus Mountain | 16-Dec | ||||||
| Toggenburg | 16-Dec | ||||||
| Tuxedo Ridge | |||||||
| Val Balais Ski Area | 10-Dec | ||||||
| West Mountain Ski Resort | |||||||
| Whiteface | 25-Nov | ||||||
| Willard Mountain | |||||||
| Windham Mountain | 10-Dec | ||||||
| Woods Valley Ski Area | 21-Dec | ||||||
| NEW JERSEY | |||||||
| Mountain | OPEN DATE | CLOSE DATE | |||||
| Campgaw | 24-Dec | ||||||
| Hidden Valley | 24-Dec | ||||||
| Mountain Creek | |||||||
| CONNECTICUT | |||||||
| Mountain | OPEN DATE | CLOSE DATE | |||||
| Mohawk Mountain | 17-Dec | ||||||
| Mt. Southington | 20-Dec | ||||||
| Ski Sundown | 19-Dec | ||||||
| Woodbury Ski Area | |||||||
| RHODE ISLAND | |||||||
| Mountain | OPEN DATE | CLOSE DATE | |||||
| Yawgoo Valley Ski Area | 10-Dec | ||||||
| MAINE | |||||||
| Mountain | OPEN DATE | CLOSE DATE | |||||
| Baker Mountain | 26-Dec | ||||||
| Big Rock Ski Area | 23-Dec | ||||||
| Big Squaw Mountain | Not operating 2011-2012 season | ||||||
| Black Mountain of Maine | 23-Dec | ||||||
| Camden Snow Bowl | 17-Dec | ||||||
| Eaton Mountain | 17-Dec | ||||||
| Hermon Mountain | |||||||
| Lonesome Pine Trails | 17-Dec | ||||||
| Lost Valley | 16-Dec | ||||||
| Mt. Abram Ski Resort | 22-Dec | ||||||
| Mt. Jefferson Ski Area | |||||||
| Powderhouse Ski Hill | |||||||
| Quoggy Jo Ski Center | 26-Dec | ||||||
| Saddleback | 17-Dec | ||||||
| Shawnee Peak | 24-Nov | ||||||
| Spruce Mountain | 26-Dec | ||||||
| Sugarloaf U.S.A. | 23-Nov | ||||||
| Sunday River | 29-Oct | ||||||
| Titcomb Mountain | |||||||