{"id":793683,"date":"2019-03-07T08:08:29","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T15:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=362423"},"modified":"2019-03-07T11:24:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T18:24:53","slug":"storm-closes-arapahoe-basin-ski-area-delays-copper-mountain-start-limits-breckenridge-terrain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/storm-closes-arapahoe-basin-ski-area-delays-copper-mountain-start-limits-breckenridge-terrain\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm closes Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, delays Copper Mountain start, limits Breckenridge terrain"},"content":{"rendered":"
Skiers and snowboarders enjoy crowdless slopes at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area Monday afternoon, Feb. 18.<\/strong>
Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The overnight snow storm has wreaked havoc not only in Summit County\u2019s backcountry, but across the county\u2019s ski resorts and ski areas as well.<\/p>\n

Breckenridge Ski Resort announced shortly before 8:30 a.m., that its upper mountain lifts and terrain would be closed today due to avalanche danger. Breckenridge later added that lower-mountain lifts may be delayed past their scheduled 8:30 a.m. opening.<\/p>\n

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Due to adverse conditions all upper mountain lifts and terrain will closed for the day. In addition, food service options on-mountain will be limited. We place the highest value on the safety of our guests and employees and appreciate your understanding.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Breckenridge Resort (@breckenridgemtn) March 7, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

At Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, A-Basin chief operating officer Alan Henceroth announced on his blog just after 8 a.m. Thursday morning that the ski area will not open for the day.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to extreme avalanche concerns,\u201d Henceroth said on the blog, \u201cA-Basin and Highway 6 over Loveland Pass will not be opening today. We are working closely with CDOT to manage this challenging situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Copper Mountain is on a delayed opening after an avalanche near the Conoco in Copper Mountain that ruptured a natural-gas line.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the early morning of March 7, an avalanche behind the Conoco station in Copper Mountain ruptured a natural gas line,\u201d Copper Mountain spokeswoman Taylor Prather said in a statement Thursday morning. \u201cThere were no Copper Mountain staff on-site and the Conoco at Copper Mountain will be closed as Excel crews repair the line. Copper Mountain Resort operations are not affected by the gas leak, however due to road closures in the surrounding area as a result of significant snowfall overnight, opening will be delayed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The gas leak located at the Conoco gas station has caused an evacuation of that building only. The rest of the resort is not affected at this time. Stay tuned for more information.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Copper Mountain (@CopperMtn) March 7, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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UPDATE: We are on a delayed opening this morning. Stay tuned for updates!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Copper Mountain (@CopperMtn) March 7, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

With that, though, there is also some good news with Summit County\u2019s ski resorts and ski areas on Thursday, as the resorts are reporting some of the highest overnight snowfall totals in recent memory.<\/p>\n

At both of Vail Resorts\u2019 Summit County properties, Breckenridge and Keystone Resort, snow stake cameras showed 17 inches as of early Thursday morning, with more forecast through the day.<\/p>\n

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Breckenridge reported that it anticipates to receive another 5-9 inches through the day.<\/p>\n

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Over at A-Basin near the Continental Divide, the ski area reported 14 inches of fresh snow as of about 6:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

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And at A-Basin\u2019s sister ski area along the Continental Divide, at Loveland Ski Area in Clear Creek County, the new snowfall reached the top of Loveland\u2019s snow stake camera.<\/p>\n

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As of 8 a.m., Copper Mountain had yet to announce snow stake totals.<\/p>\n

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The overnight snow storm has wreaked havoc not only in Summit County\u2019s backcountry, but across the county\u2019s ski resorts and ski areas as well. Breckenridge Ski Resort announced shortly before 8:30 a.m., that its upper mountain lifts and terrain would be closed today due to avalanche danger. Breckenridge later added that lower-mountain lifts may be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-793683","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 22:19:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}