With fresh snow falling, Summit County ski resorts are opening swathes of new terrain in the new year.

On the back of a storm that rolled through the Colorado Rocky Mountains just after Christmas, another storm delivered between 3 and 10 inches to ski resorts across Summit County to start the New Year.

Keystone Resort

Thanks to the generous snowfall, Keystone Resort communications manager Max Winter said that four out of its five high-Alpine bowls are officially open for the season, offering wide-open skiing for advanced athletes.

This week, the ski resort opened more than 900 acres of skiable terrain across Independence Bowl, North Bowl and South Bowl. Erickson Bowl, the only high-Alpine bowl that has not yet opened, is “getting close” but will take more work and snowfall before it’s ready for the season, Winter said.

In the coming weeks, Keystone crews will be focused on building out the larger features in the A-51 terrain park, while the snowmaking and grooming teams have shifted to Starfire, a “crowd-pleaser” trail on North Peak, Winter said.

Breckenridge Ski Resort

At Breckenridge Ski Resort, senior communications manager Sara Lococo said that the property has nearly 60% more terrain open this year compared to this time last year — and twice as much snow.

Breckenridge opened its American Terrain Park on Peak 9, offering medium-sized jumps and features on Thursday, Jan. 2, Lococo said. It’s also planning to open the Beyond Bowl on Peak 6 this week, she said.

Lococo said there is a possibility that the Imperial chairlift will open this weekend as well, bringing access to more high-Alpine terrain across Peaks 6 and 7 over the next week.

Community First Tracks also starts this Friday, Jan. 3, offering the Summit County community access to Peak 9 at 7:30 a.m., an hour early, every Friday this month. Guests must load Quicksilver SuperChair by 7:45 a.m. since it will close until 8:30 a.m. when the resort opens. Guests who make it up Quicksilver can then head over to Mercury SuperChair, which will continue to spin until 4 p.m., giving participants access to blue and black runs on Peak 9 before the full resort opens to the general public at 8:30 a.m.

“It’s been an incredible week of snow and skiing and riding at Breck, with nearly 3 feet over the last week!” Lococo said.

Copper Mountain

Copper Mountain communications manager Olivia Butrymovich said the ski resort has relatively few terrain openings to announce since most of the terrain across the mountain is already open.

Peace Park — the last terrain park to open for the season — will open Saturday, Jan. 4.

Butrymovich said that with all the new snowfall, guests should respect terrain closures since, with this much snow, it takes lift operators and ski patrol teams extra work to clear lift lines and mitigate potential avalanches.

“It’s been a huge week for snowfall at Copper Mountain,” Butrymovich said. “We had 10 inches of snowfall overnight and 35 inches in the last week. We’re now at 155 inches on the season, and are still holding strong as the snowiest resort in Colorado.”

Arapahoe Basin Ski Area

Arapahoe Basin Ski Area announced that the Zuma Bowl will open sometime on Saturday. There will also be more openings on Pallavicini and in the Beavers. 

“There will be some sweet powder skiing,” A-Basin Chief Operating Officer Alan Henceroth wrote on his blog. “It will be so fun.”

Loveland Ski Area

At Loveland, more than 12 additional trails have opened in the past week, including Avalanche Bowl, Poma Line, South Chute #1, South Chute #2 and Tomahawk, marketing director Loryn Roberson said. The Catwalk Trees, Lower Over the Rainbow and Rainbow also opened.

By early next week, the ski area is hoping to open Lift 4 and Lift 8.