"Rocky Mountain ski areas closed in March. Snowmaking operations ran in the Mid-Atlantic in April. And then, after an all-but-dormant winter out West, feet of snow arrived in the Sierra after most California resorts had already called it quits."
"In Colorado, the season was the worst ever recorded, with resorts opening less than half their usual terrain for much of the winter. In Utah, the snowpack peaked at 75% of average in late February before collapsing to just 15% of median by late March."
"Arapahoe Basin, Colorado's most reliably late-closing resort, shut its lifts yesterday after extending its season to May 17, its earliest close in over a decade, despite a miracle run of late-season snowfall that delivered more snow in May than the mountain saw in either March or April."
"At Banff Sunshine Village, the upper mountain base sat at eight feet deep heading into late April, and a recent storm took them past 10 meters of snow for the season."
North America’s 2025-26 ski season is ending after an unusually uneven winter. Resorts in the American West shut down weeks early during a historic low-snowpack season. The East produced one of its strongest late-season performances in years. The Canadian Rockies received a deep winter that extended well into summer. Conditions varied sharply across regions, including March closures in Rocky Mountain areas, April snowmaking in the Mid-Atlantic, and late-season snowfall in the Sierra after many California resorts had already closed. Colorado saw the worst season on record, while Utah’s snowpack fell from 75% of average to 15% of median by late March. Some Canadian resorts maintained operations into May with substantial snowfall totals and deep bases.
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