David Silver

Summit Lake with Sunrise Couloir looming above

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While many people put their planks or boards away come April, the core know that you can ski all over Colorado well into summer. Usually, this means hiking, but if you are lazy, and willing to get a big enough group together that two cars makes sense, then skiing Mount Evans is one of the best ways to get summer turns in.
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Candace Horgan

More powder is forecast for Loveland and Arapahoe Basin this weekend.

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For some, ski season never really seemed to take off, as the Front Range struggled with snow all year long. But the skiing is still fine, as the dedicated discovered at Loveland this past weekend, when the best powder dump of the year drew flocks. Strangely enough, as Loveland prepares to shut down for the season this weekend, it looks like more of the same, as the forecast calls for snow beginning Thursday and lasting into the weekend. That should put a great cap on the festivities.
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Photo by Eric Peterson

The last chair is coming.

​Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort just extended its season until May 2 -- the same day Loveland is slated to call it quits, this weekend's dumper notwithstanding.

It's the latest closing ever for the former resort -- located 30 miles from the Strip -- and a ho-hum one for the latter. Ski Vegas is still sporting an impressive 60-inch base -- although warm spring weather is expected to change things in a hurry.
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Candace Horgan

Fresh tracks on an epic powder day during the Corn Harvest at Loveland.

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What better way to have a Corn Harvest that celebrates spring skiing in warm weather than an epic powder day? On Saturday, skiers flocked to Loveland for some of the best skiing of the year. Many skiers sported the Hawaiian shirts and leis in honor of the Corn Harvest, which benefits the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. Others were just up to enjoy deep powder skiing.
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​After the lifts close down for the season on June 6, construction on the new super quad at Arapahoe Basin will begin almost immediately. The new lift will replace the old Exhibition lift triple, and will be called the Black Mountain Express. Exo, as A-Basin locals call it, was built in 1978, and has 118 chairs. Of those, 110 are available for sale at the A-Basin website beginning May 1.

After purchasing a chair, you'll have to wait till the mountain shuts down to pick it up. You can go to the Basin and pick them up on June 11 and June 12. According to A-Basin, all sales are final, and no reservations are allowed. They recommend you bring a pickup truck to take the chair away.
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Courtesy: David Gidley/Loveland

​And you thought ski season was over: Loveland is reporting that the mountain picked up seven more inches overnight -- which is convenient, since it's one of the last mountains standing.

Open until May 2, Loveland is offering $30 lift tickets to pass holders from other mountains, so if you're craving more powder, you know where to go.

More photos below.

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​We've only just said goodbye to a mostly dismal ski season, but it's never too early to start planning for next year. What kind of plans? Mostly the kind that contribute to the End of Snow that should hit us in, oh say, 50 years.

Copper Mountain has announced plans to ramp up snowmaking next year by 25 percent in an effort to expand ski terrain and combat said lack of snow. Kinda lame, since the increased power use won't help that whole climate-change thing too much. More >>

Casey Day, c/o Arapahoe Basin

Skiing up at the Basin.

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April seems to be race month at Arapahoe Basin. After hosting the Enduro, with its punishing amount of vertical, this Saturday, the Basin hosts the 8th annual Grind, an uphill/downhill race with two divisions and prize money in each.
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Come up to the Corn Harvest at Loveland.

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This Saturday, Loveland will host the ninth annual Corn Harvest. The fun day of skiing, drinking, and prizes benefits the Colorado Avalance Information Center. Hawaiian shirts and leis are encouraged for the day, and if you don't have your own lei, they'll provide one. The Corn Harvest goes on whether it's snowy and slushy, velvet corn goodness, or dumping powder all day.
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Photo by Eric Peterson

​The end is nigh, but the season's not over yet -- not quite.

Ten potential hooky days and two weekends still remain at Loveland Ski Area. And if you have a pass to any other resort that already saw its lifts grind to a halt for the offseason in recent weeks, don't relegate it to the back of a dusty drawer until you give it one last use at Loveland. The resort is offering $30 full-day lift tickets to passholders to any and all resorts for the remainder of the season, $14 off the regular price.
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