Vail Mountain will remain open a week longer than planned after more than two feet of snow fell at the resort within the last seven days.
The ski area is now planning to end its season on April 17.
The resort says its annual “Spring Back to Vail” event will happen as originally planned on the weekend of April 8-10.
“Our snow conditions have just continued to get better and better throughout the month, and we’ve had some of the best skiing and snowboarding of the year in the past couple of weeks,” Chris Jarnot, executive vice president and chief operating officer for the mountain, said in a statement. “It’s too good right now not to stay open.”
The resort says it plans to have the majority of its front side open, as well as the Sun Up and Sun Down bowls, during closing week.
Copper Mountain Resort says it will reopen for an additional weekend after the regularly scheduled closing on April 17. The ski area will let skiers and boarders back on its slopes from April 22 through April 24.
Winter Park Resort thanks to recent snowstorms.
The ski area’s Mary Jane area will keep operating until May 7 , 13 days later than planned.
Jesse Paul: 303-954-1733, jpaul@denverpost.com or @JesseAPaul
Last days for slopes
Arapahoe Basin — June 5
Aspen Highlands — April 10
Aspen Mountain — April 17
Beaver Creek — April 10
Breckenridge — April 24
Buttermilk — April 3
Crested Butte — April 3
Copper Mountain — April 24
Eldora — April 10
Howelsen Hill — March 19
Keystone — April 10
Loveland — May 8
Monarch — April 10
Mary Jane — May 7
Purgatory — April 3; re-opening weekends as conditions permit
Powderhorn — April 3
Silverton Mountain — April 10
Ski Granby Ranch — March 27
Ski Cooper — April 10
Snowmass — April 10
Steamboat — April 10
Sunlight — April 3
Telluride — April 3
Vail — April 17
Winter Park — April 24
Wolf Creek — April 3
