Solitude Mountain Resort shoved open the gates of the 2023-24 season an entire week ahead of schedule. Other Utah resorts, however, are saying, “Not so fast.”

Neither Alta Ski Area at the top of Little Cottonwood Canyon nor Snowbasin Resort near Huntsville will meet their projected opening dates, they announced separately this week. Both pin the delay on the warm daytime and evening temperatures that have hampered snow-making efforts over the past week. Last week, the same issue caused Brian Head Resort, which strove to be the first in the state to open for a second straight season, to push its opener back to Friday from Nov. 10.

Alta hoped to also be among the ski areas to fire up its lifts Friday. Instead, it has set its status to TBD, while Brian Head, Park City Mountain and Woodward Park City proceed with their plans. Snowbasin won’t open until at least the end of the month announcing Tuesday it is pushing back its projected Nov. 24 start.

Alta spokesperson Andria Huskinson said that the ski area had a 16-inch base when it became too warm to make snow Friday. As of Monday, she said the base was down to about 13 inches. The resort needs at least two more feet of snow, she estimated. Even if it comes in the storms expected to roll through the area starting Thursday, that wouldn’t give Alta enough time to properly open, she said.

“I think people forget if we get 500 people coming in to ski from Mambo to Corkscrew, you’re going to be skiing on dirt by the end of the day,” Huskinson said. “We want to be sure when we do open it will be a good experience.”

Woodward has pegged this weekend for its opener for at least a month, but its announcement Tuesday still came as something of a surprise considering it has the lowest peak elevation of all 15 of the state’s resorts: 6,812 feet. Skiers and snowboarders can test themselves on terrain park features off the Gateway conveyor lift from 1-7 p.m. The tubing hill will open at 9 a.m.

On Saturday, Olympians like Red Gerard, Jamie Anderson and Danny Davis will be on the hill signing autographs and participating in Woodward’s Peace Park & Friends event. It is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.

“We’re excited,” general manager Gar Trayner said in Tuesday’s press release, “to be reactivating our much-loved snow sports amenities later this week.”

After opening its Link lift to access only its Easy Street run last weekend, Solitude will reopen this weekend and expects to have more options on tap. That includes adding the Moonbeam Express lift with access to Same Street leading into the Little Dollie Run. Parking will be free over the weekend and the resort also opened up its online parking reservation system Wednesday. From Dec. 15 to April 14, paid reservations will be required until 1 p.m. Friday through Sunday and during holiday periods.

Park City Mountain is celebrating 60 years since the ski area first opened as Treasure Mountains in December of 1963. The resort, which has the most skiable acres in the United States, plans to open both the Canyons and Mountain Village sides of the resort starting this weekend. Lift offerings include First Time, Payday and the Mine Cart conveyor lift out of the Mountain Village and Cabriolet, Red Pine Gondola, Saddleback, High Meadow, and the Sweet Pea conveyor lift out of the Canyons Village base area.

“We are looking forward to creating incredible experiences every day and to sharing the excitement of our 60th anniversary with our guests, employees and the community,” resort vice president and chief operating officer Deirdra Walsh said in a press release. “Our entire Park City Mountain team has been working hard to prepare, and we can’t wait to welcome everyone back for the 2023-24 season!”

For its opener, Brian Head will offer up runs off of Blackfoot lift (No. 3) from its Giant Steps base and the Pioneer lift (No. 6) on Navajo Peak. Lifts will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Night skiing is scheduled to start Nov. 24 and will run Fridays and Saturdays from 4-9 p.m.

Snowbird hopes to begin operations Nov. 30, while Nordic Valley, Deer Valley and Sundance have Dec. 2 circled on their calendars.

While the delayed openings may be disappointing to skiers, perhaps they can take heart in knowing the National Weather Service has predicted that, eventually, Utah will see above-average snowfall.