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Arapahoe Basin Ski Area operations employee Trevor Mathes explores some rarely-opened terrain on the East Wall on Tuesday, May 21, at the Sumit County ski area at the Continental Divide. A spring snow storm dropped more than 6 inches of powder overnight Monday evening into Tuesday morning at the Summit County ski area at the Continental Divide, with snow continuing to descend throughout the day.
Hugh Carey / hcarey@summitdaily.com
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A skier descends into the 2nd Notch run on Tuesday, May 21, at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area. A spring snow storm dropped more than 6 inches of powder overnight Monday evening into Tuesday morning at the Summit County ski area at the Continental Divide, with snow continuing to descend throughout the day.
Hugh Carey / hcarey@summitdaily.com
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A snowboarder surfs some deep powder at Breckenridge Ski Resort Tuesday morning after a spring snow storm dropped 9 inches overnight at the resort along the slope of Summit County’s TenMile Range. This year is Breckenridge’s first spring remaining open through Monday’s Memorial Day holiday as part of a month-long celebration event dubbed “Spring Finale,” as lift-serviced terrain has remained open on the resort’s Peaks 6 and 7 as well as high-alpine terrain on Peak 8 off of the T-Bar and Imperial Express SuperChair.
Courtesy Loryn Roberson, Breckenridge Ski Resort
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Arapahoe Basin Ski Area operations employee Trevor Mathes explores the rarely-opened terrain above Arizona Rock on the ski area’s East Wall on Tuesday, May 21. A spring snow storm dropped more than 6 inches of powder overnight Monday evening into Tuesday morning at the Summit County ski area at the Continental Divide, with snow continuing to descend throughout the day.
Hugh Carey / hcarey@summitdaily.com
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Skiers and snowboarders take advantage of fresh snow on Tuesday, May 21, at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area. A spring snow storm dropped more than 6 inches of powder overnight Monday evening into Tuesday morning at the Summit County ski area at the Continental Divide, with snow continuing to descend throughout the day.
Hugh Carey / hcarey@summitdaily.com
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A skier explores the rarely-opened terrain above Arizona Rock on the East Wall on Tuesday, May 21, at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area. A spring snow storm dropped more than 6 inches of powder overnight Monday evening into Tuesday morning at the Summit County ski area at the Continental Divide, with snow continuing to descend throughout the day.
Hugh Carey / hcarey@summitdaily.com
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A snowboarder carves a fresh line in deep powder at Breckenridge Ski Resort Tuesday morning after a spring snow storm dropped 9 inches overnight at the resort along the slope of Summit County’s TenMile Range. This year is Breckenridge’s first spring remaining open through Monday’s Memorial Day holiday as part of a month-long celebration event dubbed “Spring Finale,” as lift-serviced terrain has remained open on the resort’s Peaks 6 and 7 as well as high-alpine terrain on Peak 8 off of the T-Bar and Imperial Express SuperChair.
Courtesy Loryn Roberson, Breckenridge Ski Resort
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Skiers prepare to hop off a chairlift at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area on Tuesday morning in the midst of a May spring snow storm that dropped more than 6 inches of powder overnight Monday evening into Tuesday morning at the Summit County ski area at the Continental Divide, with snow continuing to descend throughout the day.
Courtesy Katherine Fuller, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area
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A snowboarder eyes the descent on the front-side of Arapahoe Basin Ski Area Tuesday morning in the midst of a May spring snow storm that dropped more than 6 inches of powder overnight Monday evening into Tuesday morning at the Summit County ski area at the Continental Divide, with snow continuing to descend throughout the day.
Courtesy Katherine Fuller, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area
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A skier carves fresh turns at Breckenridge Ski Resort Tuesday morning after a spring snow storm dropped 9 inches overnight at the resort along the slope of Summit County’s TenMile Range. This year is Breckenridge’s first spring remaining open through Monday’s Memorial Day holiday as part of a month-long celebration event dubbed “Spring Finale,” as lift-serviced terrain has remained open on the resort’s Peaks 6 and 7 as well as high-alpine terrain on Peak 8 off of the T-Bar and Imperial Express SuperChair.
Courtesy Loryn Roberson, Breckenridge Ski Resort
To use a term that’s been popular all across Summit County this month, what a “Mayuary” it has been.
Through portions of this month, conditions have felt more like January than May for much of the county, namely up at Summit’s two ski spots that remain open: Arapahoe Basin Ski Area and Breckenridge Ski Resort.
Up near the Continental Divide, A-Basin reported a half-foot of snow overnight Monday evening into Tuesday morning, and 9 inches in the past three days, for a base of 79 inches and powder conditions. As of Tuesday afternoon, the Basin had the majority of its terrain open off of all of the ski area’s primary lifts, including most everything outside of the Steep Gullies, West Zuma and the Montezuma Bowl’s hike-back terrain. The Basin also expected an additional 2-4 inches to fall throughout the day and into the night.
“Excellent day to put the golf clubs and bikes away and pull out the boards,” A-Basin said on its online snow conditions page early Tuesday morning, “the skiing will be outstanding. …Whichever run you so desire will not let you down as it all is full of adventure.”
A-Basin has already announced that it will remain open after its originally-scheduled closing day, June 2, for a weekend of skiing June 7-9, with the possibility for remaining open for subsequent weekends deeper into the year.
Over at Breckenridge — in the ski resort’s first season remaining open through Memorial Day via its “Spring Finale,” month-long celebration — the Vail Resorts property reported 9 inches of new snow overnight from Monday evening into Tuesday morning and 10 inches in the last 24 hours, for a base-depth of 71 inches and 451 inches of total snowfall thus far this ski season. The ski resort also anticipated 4-5 inches of new snow through the day Tuesday and an additional 1-2 inches overnight into Wednesday.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Breckenridge had most all of its terrain open on Peaks 6 and 7, including the Peak 7 Alpine. Along with running the Zendo, Kensho and Independence SuperChairs on Peaks 6 and 7 on Tuesday, Breckenridge also, later on Tuesday, opened lift-serviced skiing within Peak 8’s Alpine terrain off of the T-Bar and Imperial Express SuperChair.
Located at the base of Peak 7, Breckenridge’s Spring Finale features the Bud Light Snow Beach. Breckenridge plans to remain open with lift-serviced skiing and riding through Monday’s Memorial Day holiday, though skiers and riders currently do not have access to the BreckConnect Gondola. As such, skiers and riders commuting to the mountain from downtown Breckenridge must take resort buses, which will continuously loop between Breck Station and Peak 7 throughout the day during resort operating hours.