As of this week, 15 Colorado ski areas have closed for the season and seven more will close April 18, leaving six still in operation. Four are expected to be open in May: Loveland, Winter Park, Arapahoe Basin and Breckenridge.
Above-normal temperatures and below-normal precipitation are predicted in one-month and three-month weather forecasts by the Climate Prediction Center of the National Weather Service, with drought persisting in the state.
Here is a list of projected closing dates this year:
Arapahoe Basin — TBD
Aspen Highlands — Closed
Aspen Mountain — Closed
Beaver Creek — Closed
Breckenridge — Closed
Buttermilk — Closed
Copper Mountain — Closed
Cooper — Closed
Crested Butte — Closed
Echo Mountain — Closed
Eldora — Closed
Granby Ranch — Closed
Hesperus — Closed
Howelsen Hill — Closed
Kendall Mountain — Closed
Keystone — Closed
Loveland — Closed
Monarch — Closed
Powderhorn — Closed
Purgatory — Closed
Silverton — Closed
Snowmass — Closed
Steamboat — Closed
Sunlight — Closed
Telluride — Closed
Vail — Closed
Winter Park — Closed
Wolf Creek — Closed
