Two more ski resorts are postponing their opening days because of below-normal natural snow and challenging snowmaking conditions, but four others open this week.

Crested Butte and Granby Ranch opened on Wednesday. Aspen and Snowmass will open on Thursday. Beaver Creek and Telluride were slated to open this week, but both were forced to postpone. Telluride is now shooting for Dec. 6.

Powderhorn and Purgatory were scheduled to open last week, but they needed more snow.

Crested Butte is running the Red Lady Express, a high-speed quad chair that serves the lower part of the main mountain. Granby Ranch is running two lifts, serving three trails.

Aspen will open select terrain on the upper mountain, including Dipsy Doodle and Silver Bell, accessed by the Silver Queen gondola. Skiers and rid

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