SAM Magazine—Natick, Mass., May 16, 2024—The 2023-24 ski season isn’t quite over even as June approaches: a small but feisty group of ski areas are still open for skiing and riding, mostly in the western U.S., where some ski areas have benefitted from late-season snowfall that’s helping to keep the lifts spinning.

Arapahoe Basin, which historically has been among the last ski resorts in Colorado to close, will stay open until at least June, with operations reviewed on a week-to-week basis, according to a May 13 social media post. Winter Park is staying open as late as it can after getting more than 400 inches of snow on the season. 

The Flagstaff-area Arizona Snowbowl, which received 281 inches of snow this season, plans to open on weekends through Memorial Day. 

Other ski resorts that plan to remain open at least until Memorial Day weekend (May 25-27) include Mammoth Mountain and Palisades Tahoe, Calif.; Mt. Bachelor and Timberline, Ore.; and Snowbird, Utah.

Brighton, Utah, is staying open through this weekend—calling the final days “The Meltdown”—after getting more than 600 inches of snow this winter. Mt. Hood Meadows, Ore., will call it a season after this weekend, too. 

In the East, Killington plans to reopen this weekend for runs on Superstar and plans to allow skiing on its famous “glacier” until Memorial Day. In Quebec, Sommet Saint Sauveur will reopen for night skiing tomorrow (May 18) evening for its “May Madness” party from 4-10 p.m. 

Canada’s Whistler-Blackcomb still has more than 100 trails open but will shut down operations on May 20, when spring maintenance will begin. Banff Sunshine Village in Alberta also will end the 2023-24 season on May 20.

Skiers heading south to chase powder will find that the ski season in the Southern Hemisphere is off to an early start, with Cerro Catedral—Catedral Alta Patagonia in Argentina announcing a soft opening with three trails and three lifts on May 9. A handful of European ski resorts also remain open; those with significant trails and skiable terrain remaining include Stubai Glacier and Hintertux Glacier in Austria.

—Reported by Bob Curley