The earliest open ever happened today at A Basin.  With only one run open the place is packed!  It's hard to believe they could do it.  It was probably a shorts day on the mountain, here in Frisco I ate lunch outside.

I swiped this image from A Basin's web cam.  I thought many of my readers would be reading this blog in the middle of the night and wouldn't be able to get a current image on A Basin's web cam. 

Of course A Basin's greatest draw this ski season is the new 400 acre addition, Montezuma Bowl.  It is slated to open mid December - depending on snow conditions.  (After A Basin's amazing open today it doesn't seem to me that A Basin relies too much on natural snow and can make their own better than anybody else.)  Montezuma bowl is located on the backside A Basin and will house 36 new runs; blues, blacks and double blacks.  After skiing the bowl a 9 minute chair lift, the Zuma Lift, will get you back up to the top.  This new addition increases A Basin's terrain by 80%! 

I thought I was getting excited for ski season to begin this year.  After today I suppose I'm really not that excited or I would be at A-Basin right now instead of here blogging!