Stowe, Okemo and Mount Snow aim to open the ski season on Nov. 21
Mount Snow in southern Vermont, one of three Vail resorts targeting a Nov. 21 opening. Photo: Mount Snow, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Stowe, Okemo and Mount Snow are aiming to open the 2026-27 ski season on Saturday, Nov. 21, Vail Resorts said in an Oct. 26 announcement from Stowe. As in past years, the company cautioned that opening dates can move with the weather and snowmaking conditions.
The shared target would start winter at all three of Vail’s Vermont mountains on the same Saturday, the weekend before Thanksgiving. A West Dover ski-area guide later noted that Mount Snow had posted the same Nov. 21 date on its events calendar in late October, consistent with the corporate release.
Stowe is marking 90 years of skiing on Vermont’s highest peak, the announcement said, pointing to the resort’s Ski and Ride School, its long-running ski patrol and the Front Four trails. Okemo, Vail said, finished a multi-million-dollar snowmaking investment this summer intended to increase efficiency and expand how much snow the mountain can make when temperatures allow. Mount Snow is adding a Maple Syrup Flight at Iron Loft, with locally sourced golden, amber and dark syrups served with mini waffles or tater tots.
The company also said the Ski and Ride School tools in its My Epic app are expanding to the three Vermont resorts this winter, including digital check-in, updates and photos during the day, and a record of skill progression. Epic Pass prices, the release added, rise after Nov. 15.
None of that changes the basic caveat that comes with every early-season target. The guns have to have cold nights, and a mild stretch in November can push first chair later than anyone on the marketing calendar would like.
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