{"id":15597,"date":"2025-11-20T19:14:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T02:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/purgatory-resort-delays-opening-day\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T21:49:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:49:19","slug":"purgatory-resort-delays-opening-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/purgatory-resort-delays-opening-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Purgatory Resort delays opening day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=f43f34b2-fb21-5c05-a77f-8372a851d5f0&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" alt=\"Snowmaking is conducted on the front side of Purgatory Resort. (Courtesy of Purgatory Resort)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Snowmaking is conducted on the front side of Purgatory Resort. (Courtesy of Purgatory Resort)<\/span><span class=\"credit\">cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Those planning to hit the slopes this weekend at Purgatory Resort will have to wait a little longer.<\/p>\n<p>Purgatory was scheduled to open Saturday, but minimal snowfall and warm temperatures have prevented mountain operations from making enough snow to open as planned<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purgatory.ski\/press\/early-season-update-snowmaking-weather-and-opening-plans\/\" id=\"link-bb5eb010ffde892c3ef2f1c08ef0035e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">, according to a post<\/a> on Purgatory\u2019s \u201cPurgspective: Operations and Insights\u201d blog.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe continue to wait for favorable temperatures and a shift in the current weather pattern,\u201d the post said. \u201cAs a result, a new projected opening date will be announced after this weekend, once we have a clearer picture of temperatures and snowmaking windows, which look better as we approach Thanksgiving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson did not respond to requests this week seeking more information.<\/p>\n<p>The blog post said snowmaking teams have been working since last weekend, but conditions have not allowed for adequate coverage.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=6df7ff6e-528f-5e8c-9188-7bcffb073faa&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" alt=\"Purgatory Resort has been blowing snow since last weekend, but warm temperatures and a lack of natural snow prevented a Saturday opening day. (Courtesy of Purgatory Resort)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Purgatory Resort has been blowing snow since last weekend, but warm temperatures and a lack of natural snow prevented a Saturday opening day. (Courtesy of Purgatory Resort)<\/span><span class=\"credit\">cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>The post said guests who purchased lift tickets for affected dates can apply their value toward a future purchase.<\/p>\n<p>Wolf Creek Ski Area will open as planned on Saturday with the Nova lift running, providing access to the Susan\u2019s and Nova beginner ski runs.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=bd273181-f7b8-5204-8cd9-cc124cc3c0b8&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1895\" height=\"930\" alt=\"Wolf Creek Ski Area's base cam showed snowy conditions Thursday. (Courtesy of Wolf Creek Ski Area)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Wolf Creek Ski Area's base cam showed snowy conditions Thursday. (Courtesy of Wolf Creek Ski Area)<\/span><span class=\"credit\">cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p><em id=\"emphasis-06a5e5e88142fb2ad3b6e1de8a64096c\"><a href=\"mailto:sedmondson@durangoherald.com\">sedmondson@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>weather, lack of snow push back start of 2025-26 ski season<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28,712,1164,1792,994,372],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-15597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines","tag-purgatory","tag-snow","tag-snow-sports","tag-trueanthem","tag-wolf-creek-ski-area"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15597"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19741,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15597\/revisions\/19741"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15597"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=15597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}