After fresh dusting, Vail snowmaking kicks off prep for 2024-25 season

Vail Resorts photo of snowmaking at Mid-Vail this week.

Vail Mountain has cranked up its snowmaking system after several inches of natural snow fell earlier this week and temperatures dropped significantly after a prolonged warm spell in October. Now more natural snow is in the forecast for next week.

Vail opens for the season on Friday, Nov. 15, and Beaver Creeks follows suit on Wednesday, Nov. 27.

“All systems go!” Vail officials wrote on the Vail Mountain Facebook page on Wednesday. “Cold temps and an amazing team are the perfect combination for snowmaking at Mid-Vail.”

As reported by RealVail.com last week, Beaver Creek has already started snowmaking for the double-dip (men’s and women’s) Birds of Prey World Cup ski racing extravaganza set for December.

Forecasters are calling for another boost from Mother Nature next week.

“From Monday night to Tuesday night, the first part of the storm dropped 2-6 inches on most mountains with 12-24 inches at parts of the southern mountains. Now on Wednesday, the second part of the storm will deliver 1-4 inches to most mountains,” Opensnow.com meteorologist Joel Gratz wrote on Wednesday morning.

“From Thursday to Sunday, skies will be dry and temperatures will support snowmaking. Then next week (Nov 4-8), two storms should bring additional snow,” Gratz added.