PHOTOS: Opening day at Whitefish Mountain Resort
Skiers pause before their run down Black Bear on opening day at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
A snowboarder rides down a trail on opening day at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Skiers and snowboarders line up at Chair 1 before the start of opening day at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Skiers and snowboarders congregate at a junction on Russ's Street on opening day at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
A snowboarder falls on opening day at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Skiers pause at the top of Russ's Street on opening day at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
A snowboarder rides down a trail on opening day at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Skiers and snowboarders ride Chair 1 to the summit on opening day at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
A heads down Russ's Street on opening day at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
A skier heads toward Gray Wolf on opening day at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
A skier catches some air heading down Russ's Street on opening day at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
A skier catches some air heading down Russ's Street on opening day at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Skiers ride up to the summit on Chair 1 on opening day at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
A snowboarder rides down a trail on opening day at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Skiers head down Gray Wolf on opening day at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Skiers and snowboarders head down Russ's Street on opening day at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
A snowboarder heads down Russ's Street on opening day at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Skiers and snowboarders ride Chair 6 up to Chair 1 on opening day at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Robert Clase, of Kalispell, snaps a selfie along Russ's Street near Marmot on opening day at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
A snowboarder rides Chair 1 up to the summit on opening day at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Skiers and snowboarders line up at Chair 1 before the start of opening day at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Skiers and snowboarders weave down the mountain on opening day at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Photos from opening day on Big Mountain at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Thursday.