"May 17 was not meant to be the closing weekend. As we all know, Colorado had an abysmal ski season that saw little precipitation combined with high temperatures, forcing ski resorts across the state to close early. A-Basin's closing date was initially set at May 3, almost a month earlier than any time in over a decade. Shayna Silverman, the Communications Manager at Arapahoe Basin, said that at one point in early April, the resort feared they might not even make it to May, something that has only happened once in the resort's history."
"But thankfully, they were able to stay open through May, and then by some wild twist of fate, the powder tap turned on, dropping 2 feet of snow on the mountain in the first week of this month. It was a miracle May... First, it was one bonus weekend; now it has been two. Unlike other then-closed resorts across Colorado that got dumped on, Arapahoe Basin was one of the only resorts that was actually able to take advantage of the snow."
"To give some crazy perspective-it has snowed more at Arapahoe Basin this May than it did in April."
Arapahoe Basin, with a base elevation of 10,520 feet and summit elevation of 13,050 feet, closed on May 17, its earliest closing date in over a decade. The season in Colorado brought low precipitation and high temperatures, leading the resort to set an initial closing date of May 3. In early April, the resort feared it might not reach May, a situation that has occurred only once in its history. Late conditions improved when about two feet of snow fell in the first week of May, creating additional open weekends. Snow in May exceeded snowfall in April, while other Colorado resorts that had closed earlier did not benefit as much.
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