1. Get Excited – It’s hard to say goodbye to those amazing summer days. That’s why, step one  is getting excited for winter. An easy way to amp up your excitement for the season is to catch some of the ski films playing at the Durango Arts Center (https://durangoarts.org/). An hour of heart-pumping snow-filled action shots is guaranteed to get you excited for the upcoming season.
2. Buy Your Season Pass – You can buy a season pass at Purgatory Resort ( https://www.purgatoryresort.com/). The scheduled opening day is November 23rd! Snowmakers fired up the guns for the first snowmaking of the season on October 11th. We also had our first snowfall on October 18th.
3. Gear Check & Replacement – Take a trip down memory lane from last spring and visit your garage, or where you store your off-season gear. Figure out what’s not going to hold up for one more season and what’s on your new gear wish list. There are several shops in Durango that help fit you with the best gear, so you can start fresh when the powder starts falling.
4. Pray for Snow – Start performing a nightly snow dance ritual, part of the excitement of winter is the anticipation of the next big snow fall. Plus, if you actively participate in dreaming or wishing for snow – you get to take part of the credit when those big fluffy flakes fall from the sky.

See you on the slopes soon, Durango!