Brian Head Resort is putting on its poker face and daring Utah’s other ski areas to call its bluff.
Last week, Solitude Mountain Resorts announced that it planned to open the 2025-26 ski and snowboard season on Nov. 14.
Brian Head’s operators saw that bid and raised it a week. On Tuesday, they announced Utah’s southernmost resort expects to open Nov. 7.
That matches last season’s opening date for both resorts. Solitude technically became the first to open by turning its lifts at 9 a.m. Brian Head opened an hour later.
In 2022, Brian Head won the race to become the first ski area in the state to start the season with its Nov. 4 opener. That was the earliest start in its history and among the top five for the state.
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