The
fresh April powder gives visitors a great excuse to head to the high
country for the final weeks of the season. Colorado is known for having
one of the longest ski seasons
in the country, and once again Mother Nature has yielded an opportunity
for guests to ski through June.
The
latest storm dropped up to a foot of new snow at resorts throughout the
state over the past 48 hours. In the west, Aspen Highlands was left with
13 inches, Aspen Mountain
with 8 inches, while Snowmass led the Aspen resorts with 14 new inches.
Steamboat reported 2 inches, and in the south, Silverton’s final
celebration for the season will be complemented by a fresh 14 inches.
Monarch
amassed great snow from the storm, peaking at 11 inches over 48 hours,
while resorts closest to the Front Range finished off the tail end of
the storm with Eldora stacking
up 5 inches, Arapahoe Basin 4 inches, Loveland 3.5 inches, Winter Park
2.5 inches and Copper Mountain 2 inches.
The
forecast anticipates more light snow showers for the coming weekend,
during which several more resorts will finish their seasons. Each will
close down the 2012-13 year
with guest-friendly events, which can be found
here.
Below
is a list of the Colorado Ski Country USA resorts that are still open,
along with their respective closing dates. Guests can also visit the
full snow report, which is
updated by the resorts themselves, at
www.ColoradoSki.com/snow-report.
