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Arapahoe Basin Kicks Off 80th Ski Season As First Colorado Resort To Open For Winter
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
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First seen
Oct 28, 8:38 AM MDT
updated Oct 29, 3:15 AM MDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by KUSA (9NEWS NBC), The Gazette and 4 others, not yet confirmed.
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
Colorado's ski & board season begins as Arapahoe Basin officially opens Wednesday · KMGH (Denver7 ABC)Oct 28, 9:09 AM MDT
Arapahoe Basin to become first Colorado ski area to open for season · KDVR (FOX31)Oct 28, 9:38 AM MDT
Colorado’s ski season opens today at Arapahoe Basin · The GazetteOct 28, 9:41 AM MDT
Arapahoe Basin kicks off 80th ski season as first Colorado resort to open for winter · KUSA (9NEWS NBC)Oct 28, 10:45 AM MDT
Arapahoe Basin Ski Area is opening today. Here are the details as the race to start spinning lifts heats up in Colorado. · Vail DailyOct 28, 12:05 PM MDT
PHOTOS: Ski Season comes early as Arapahoe Basin opens · The GazetteOct 28, 1:24 PM MDT
Arapahoe Basin snags first-to-open distinction, kicking off Colorado ski season · The Colorado SunOct 29, 3:15 AM MDT
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How We Decided
Oct 28, 8:49 AM MDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 28, 9:13 AM MDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.