Mount Snow, Vt., opens for skiing

WEST DOVER, Vt. - With temperatures cool enough for snowmaking, Mount Snow has opened, its earliest start to the season in nearly a decade.

Killington and Okemo Mountain Resort plan to open next week, with many ski areas following before the end of November.

"Call it a renaissance," said Mount Snow General Manager Kelly Pawlak. "Guests who have been watching us make snow all week are calling and e-mailing with their praise, and we are so excited to tell them that it's finally show time."

After a $3.5 million investment in snowmaking, the resort reported nine trails open, two top to bottom and a six-to-10-inch base.

The rest of the state's ski areas plan to open on the following tentative dates:

• Ascutney Mountain Resort: Nov. 23

• Bolton Valley Resort: Dec. 7

• Bromley Mountain: mid-November

• Burke Mountain: Dec. 8

• Cochran's Ski Area: Dec. 15

• Jay Peak Resort: Nov. 23

• Killington: Nov. 16

• Mad River Glen: Dec. 15

• Magic Mountain: Dec. 15

• Middlebury Snow Bowl: Dec. 8

• Okemo Mountain Resort: Nov. 16

• Pico Mountain: Dec. 15

• Smugglers' Notch Resort: Nov. 23

• Stowe Mountain Resort: Nov. 21

• Stratton Mountain Resort: Nov. 21

• Sugarbush Resort: Nov. 22

• Suicide Six: Dec. 21

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