After more than five months of skiing and riding, the winter season is slowly coming to a close in the Colorado High Country.

As the state’s snowpack reached its typical climatological peak on Tuesday, April 8, snow will likely begin to melt off of the mountainsides faster than it accumulates, flowing into the network of rivers, streams and waterways, according to historic records of the state’s snowpack. 

Although there are only a handful of weekends left in the 2024-25 ski season, many of the ski areas across Summit County still sport impressive base depths thanks to plentiful storms throughout the season. After Keystone Resort’s closing day on Sunday, April 6, three ski resorts remain open in Summit County. Additionally, Loveland Ski Area also remains open for skiers and riders in Clear Creek County. 

Seeing roughly 11 inches of snow since April 1, Copper Mountain Resort is reporting a total of 318 inches this season. Copper Mountain is the one of five resorts in Colorado to surpass the 300 inch mark, with Winter Park Resort leading the charge with a whopping 340 inches. 

Copper ranks second, Vail Ski Resort is third overall with 314 inches and Breckenridge Ski Resort sits in fourth with 303 inches. Steamboat rounds out the top five with an even 300 inches, while Loveland Ski Area is tied for seventh with Aspen Highlands with a total of 282 inches.

Prior to closing day on Sunday, Keystone ranked ninth on the season snowfall list with 256 inches. As of March 30, Arapahoe Basin was reporting 242.5 inches of snowfall. However, since the start of April, A-Basin has seen 10 inches of snow, boosting the ski area to the 252.5-inch mark to rank right behind Keystone in 10th.

Although Copper has seen the most snowfall in Summit County, the ski resort does not have the largest base depth. An indicator of a long and strong spring skiing season, Winter Park unsurprisingly leads the state with a base depth of 72 inches as of Wednesday, April 9. 

Loveland Ski Area boasts the largest depth among ski areas in the Summit County region with 67 inches, while A-Basin is maintaining third with 65 inches. Breckenridge and Copper both have 64 inches at base, while Vail currently sits at 63 inches.

With no snow and warm spring conditions in the forecast for the Summit County area over the next few days, base depths are expected to begin to melt off a bit.

According to the National Weather Service, ski areas have a chance of seeing precipitation again the week of Sunday, April 13. Although the forecast is still a few days out, meteorologists are predicting a slight chance for snow showers from Sunday through Tuesday, April 15. 

In terms of the overall snowpack, the state reached its climatological peak on Tuesday at roughly 12% below the 30-year median. While the Colorado Headwaters, which includes much of the High Country and Western Slope region, was able to reach 93% of the 30-year median, it is the southern mountain basins — including the Upper Rio Grande, the San Miguel-Dolores-Animas-San Juan, and the Arkansas — that are well below the typical 30-year median. 

As of the end of the day on Monday, April 7, the Upper Rio Grande basin had the lowest percentage of the 30-year median at 58%, with the San Miguel-Dolores-Animas-San Juan basin sitting at 66% and the Arkansas coming in at 73%.