Summit County: Arapahoe Basin extends ski season

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Bob Berwyn

A Google Earth view of snow-covered A-Basin.

Record-breaking April snowfall helps set stage for late-season turns

By Bob Berwyn

SUMMIT COUNTY — With the snowpack in the upper Snake River Basin nearly double the average for this time of year, A-Basin is going to extend its season well into June, and possibly through the Fourth of July, according to chief operating officer and vice president Alan Henceroth. More details on late-season operations here.

Full operations will end June 5 as planned, but the ski area will re-open for at least two subsequent three-day weekends, June 10, 11 and 12, and June 17, 18 and 19, Henceroth wrote in a May 13 blog post.

Skiing will start at 8:30 a.m. The Black Mountain Express will close at 2 p.m. and Lenawee will close at 2:30 p.m. For now, Henceroth said it’s still to early to say whether the Basin will be able to stay open through Independence Day. (more…)

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