[PHOTOS] Arapahoe Basin opened the Front Range ski season for the 10th time in 12 years on Sunday. 📷 via hrichardson
Hampton Terrell wears squares of duct tape on his cheeks, given out while in line, while waiting for the Black Mountain Express lift to open during opening day at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area on Oct. 23, 2022.
A skier dressed in a raccoon suit waves as they board the Black Mountain Express Lift on the first day of the ski season Arapahoe Basin Ski Area on Oct. 23, 2022. A snowboarder catches some air on a jump on High Noon Run on the first day of the ski season Arapahoe Basin Ski Area on Oct. 23, 2022. Hundreds of skiers and snowboarders line up in the lift line on the first day of the ski season Arapahoe Basin Ski Area on Oct. 23, 2022. The mountain had been working for weeks readying the slopes by making snow to be able to open so soon into the season. Temperatures were in the upper 20s and lower 30s and snow fell through out the day exciting skiers, snowboarders and others who came to take part in the first Colorado ski area to open for the winter 2022-23 ski season.
From left to right Leslie Resnick, Darren Droge and a man who goes by the name SkiFunk wait in line for the Black Mountain Express lift to open on the first day of the ski season at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area on Oct. 23, 2022.