Jeremy Wallace / The Aspen Times
Nope. Don’t put them away just yet.
Just as Aspen Mountain was closing Monday from its bonus Memorial Day Weekend of skiing and riding, Aspen Skiing Co. announced it would open for two more days this coming weekend, June 1-2.
More details will come out this week as conditions change, but Skico spokesman Jeff Hanle said Monday afternoon that for sure the top of Aspen Mountain would be open, about 130 acres, again this coming weekend.
“Lifts will open at 9 a.m. and close as conditions dictate,” Hanle said.
There were large crowds Saturday to start the three days of bonus skiing, the first time since 2017 the mountain opened for Memorial Day Weekend.
There was plenty of coverage at the top of Aspen Mountain and last week’s storm of more than a foot of new snow gave the upper mountain a 66-inch base when the gondola started spinning Saturday.
Aspen Mountain is one of four Colorado ski areas open that was open for Memorial Day Weekend, along the others being Arapahoe Basin, Breckenridge and Purgatory. Breckenridge recently announced it had extended its season to weekends through June 9, while A-Basin will remain open until at least the weekend of June 14-16.
This is a developing story that will be updated.