I have a hard time wrapping my mind around any other interpretation than "this is hilarious!"
I'd add eye-opening. I don't recall A-Basin and Loveland ridiculing each other over their competition. They would shake hands and continue to be friends. All the jabbing has been at VR's expense on this one. Keystone seems to have taken the high road and not dissed A-Basin but reveled in their return to really early opening days.
I take the VR bashing a bit hard (the skiing at their resorts is terrific), but I try to put the positive spin on it. In the end, though, it is just skiing. 'Friendly' competition, losing and winning can really bring out our bad sides.
On a related note, according to 9News and Al, the late afternoon opening is nothing new. It was news to me, though.