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Winter has not been off to a strong start on Colorado's ski slopes. Last weekend's winter storm was the first major snow event of the season - but that was all it took for most resorts to open significant new terrain.

I spent Sunday at Vail, and Monday at Keystone this week, right after the storm. Sunday still presented some decent powder snow on ungroomed runs. By Monday, more runs were returning to their more characteristic icy state that has defined the early season this year. Wind throughout this week has been out of the northwest, which means slopes facing north and west this weekend are likely to be icy as well.

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Snow totals for the resorts cluste

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