Pikes Peak Region Trail Finder

Photo by Jeremy Papasso, Boulder Daily Camera

By MITCHELL BYARS, BOULDER DAILY CAMERA

Eldora Mountain Resort will open for the 2011-2012 ski season on Friday, with eight trails and four lifts scheduled to be operating.

The ski area will have a 23-inch base of machine-made and packed-powder snow. Hornblower/International, Jolly Jug/Sunset and Windmill trails on Challenge Mountain will open. Trails openings on Little Hawk Mountain include Upper and Lower Bunnyfair and Sun Kid.

Lifts will open at 9 a.m. and remain open until 4 p.m. More trails will open as soon as weather permits.

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