After Arapahoe Basin Ski Area announced Saturday that it would open for the season on Sunday, another ski resort in Colorado's high country said it would open Saturday afternoon, with the announcement coming just 90 minutes before they'd open.

Keystone Ski Resort said at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday that it would open to the public at 3 p.m., making it the first opening of any major ski area in Colorado, but the second announcement. A-Basin announced its Sunday opening just before 10 a.m. on Saturday.

A spokesperson for the resort said this is the first year since 1997 it would be the first to open in Colorado.

A skier heads down the Schoolmarm run at the Keystone Resort on Nov. 6, 2020. Keystone resort is the first front range ski area to open and has a few top-to-bottom runs with two li

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