The transition of summer’s warmth to autumn’s cold fall mornings can only mean one thing. Opening day in the high country. Last year I had the distinct pleasure of catching three opening days. Loveland, the very first in North America, Arapahoe Basin, and Vail were all on the calendar. This rowdy crew waited in the parking lot all night to successfully secure their first chair status. SKI Magazine picked up my image for a double-truck in their Fall 2010 issue. Here’s to large quantities of snow in the mountains this season.

-JD

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