Dump of the Week: October 1, 2007
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Mother Nature has been building the base on Alta’s upper elevations.
PHOTO: Alta

October 1, 2007
Arapahoe Basin is racing to become the first mountain to open this season.

Last year, A Basin was the first to open, starting the season on October 13.
PHOTO: Jodi Henry

If everything goes as planned, A Basin will open sometime between mid- to late October.
PHOTO: Jodi Henry

An inch of snow was scattered on the slopes of Arapahoe Basin.
PHOTO: Arapahoe Basin

The dusting of snow fills in the trails.
PHOTO: Jeremy Swanson

A dusting of snow accents the fall colors in Aspen’s high country.
PHOTO: Jeremy Swanson

PHOTO: Breckenridge

PHOTO: Crested Butte

PHOTO: Beaver Creek

Rose Bowl at Beaver Creek.
PHOTO: Beaver Creek

PHOTO: Sunshine Village

PHOTO: Keystone

PHOTO: Snowbasin

PHOTO: Snowbird Resort

PHOTO: Squaw Valley Ski Corp

PHOTO: Vail Resort