Eldora extends closing date, ensuring longest season ever

With one ski area closing on Sunday and seven more slated for closing next Sunday, one area announced a one-week extension Monday thanks to insane snowfall in March.

Having received nearly seven feet of snow last month, Eldora is pushing its closing to April 21. That will give the Boulder County mountain the longest season in its 62-year history: 24 weeks, two days. The area opened Nov. 3.

Buttermilk closed on Sunday. Scheduled to close next Sunday are Aspen Highlands, Cooper, Crested Butte, Keystone, Powderhorn, Telluride and Wolf Creek. Five more are scheduled to close the following Sunday.

Eldora expects to be running three lifts during its final week. Resort officials hope to have some of its cross-country trails open that week as well.

“We’re thrilled to offer amazing skiing and riding conditions to our guests for one more week than we had originally planned,” said Brent Tregaskis, Eldora’s president and general manager, via news release. “March really treated us well in terms of snowfall and we want to keep sharing the bounty. With so much snow and so few people this time of year, the Eldora experience is better now than at any point earlier this winter.”