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PHOTOS: Last call for Snowmass as ski and snowboard season ends early due to poor conditions

Aspen Mountain will stay open for 'as long as possible'

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Austin Colbert
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A young skier looks back at her encouraging instructor while practicing in the beginner terrain near the Meadows chairlift on Saturday, April 4, 2026, at Snowmass Ski Area. Snowmass would close for the season on Sunday.
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Snowmass Ski Area became the third local mountain — plus Sunlight — to close up shop early this winter, as Easter Sunday brought an end to its ski season. This included a version of the annual closing party on Saturday at Elk Camp. Originally scheduled to close on April 12, a recent heatwave and quickly vanishing snowpack forced Aspen Skiing Company to call it quits a week early.

With Buttermilk and Aspen Highlands — see those closing day photos here — also having closed early due to the snow conditions, this leaves only Aspen Mountain hanging on. Still tentatively scheduled to close April 19, SkiCo said in a statement this past week that Ajax will stay open for “as long as possible.”

Guests make the most of Fanny Hill’s thin snow coverage on Saturday, April 4, 2026, the penultimate day of the season for skiing and snowboarding at Snowmass Ski Area.
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Reach Austin at acolbert@aspentimes.com

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