Arapahoe Basin’s ski season is scheduled to close on June 15, but some skiers and riders won’t be putting away their gear for the summer.

Copper Mountain’s Summer Hike Park, a terrain park open through the summer, is scheduled to open on Friday. The park will have about a dozen rail features and will be open Fridays through Sundays into September. Day passes will be priced at $25. A season pass goes for $199.

Resort crews build the park by pushing leftover snow from adjacent slopes on top of remaining snow just above the Center Village. Skiers and riders will hike a short distance to access the park.

Arapahoe Basin suspended weekday operations last Sunday, but it will reopen this weekend, Friday through Sunday. On Tuesday, spokeswoman Shayna Silverman said June 8 was the scheduled closing date while leaving open the possibility that another weekend would be added if conditions allowed. On Wednesday, she announced a new closing date of June 15.

“Considering our (weather) forecast and conditions, June 15 will be our last day of the season without further extension,” Silverman said.

Summer operations, which include hiking, mountain biking and a via ferrata, are scheduled to begin June 27.

Lifts will be in operation this weekend from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. with two lifts in operation on the front side of the mountain. A  big part of season-ending skiing there features fun and frivolity with the formation of Lake Reveal, a pool of snowmelt that forms high on the mountain in June for crazy pond-skimming exhibitions..

In a blog posts over the weekend, chief operating officer Alan Henceroth reported that it began to appear Saturday afternoon and will continue to grow through the week.

“The ‘late showing’ of the water is an indication that the snowpack is deep and strong up high,” Henceroth wrote. “A deep and strong snowpack is needed to extend the season further into June. These are all good signs.”

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Saturday. Feel like spiking your blood-sugar levels – in a good way? Then get ready for the 12th annual Whiskey Throwdown & Doughnut Showdown on Saturday, May 31. The event, presented by LaMar’s Donuts & Coffee, brings together doughnut vendors from up and down the Front Range, and pairs them with local distilleries for a very, very sweet time.

There will also be a live DJ, giveaways, games, a doughnut stacking competition, a doughnut costume contest, and a cocktail competition (with public judging). The Throwdown takes place from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the RiNo Art Park, 1900 35th St. in Denver. General admission tickets are $78.79 (including fees) and include unlimited samplings (pace yourself); early entry and VIP tickets are also available. Find them at eventbrite.com. — Jonathan Shikes

Cool off with an outdoor movie

Friday. Going to the movies is one of the best ways to keep cool in the summer, and that’s especially true at Cinema in the Sky, an event series where Denverites can catch a flick from the comfort of a hotel pool. Starting Friday, May 30, the Halcyon hotel in Cherry Creek will show a different movie every Friday night on its rooftop pool deck and guests are permitted to swim or lounge on a chair while they watch. First up is “Nacho Libre,” and other titles this season include “Jumanji” (June 6), “2 Fast 2 Furious” (June 27) and “Selena” (July 25).

Cinema in the Sky runs May 30 through July 25 at the Halcyon hotel, 245 Columbine St., Denver. Doors open at 8 p.m.; the movie starts at 8:30 p.m. Tickets cost $25 at halcyonhotelcherrycreek.com. — Tiney Ricciardi

A City Park Jazz summer

Sunday. City Park Jazz, an annual series of free concerts that turns Denver’s marquee green space into the biggest and best picnic in the state on Sunday summer evenings, returns June 1. Blessing Bled Chimanga, a marimba player, singer, songwriter, and percussionist from Zimbabwe, will take the stage from 6 to 8 p.m. at the pavilion on the banks of Ferril Lake.

City Park Jazz — Denver’s beloved free summer concert series — announces 2025 schedule

The concerts continue Sundays through Aug. 3 with a wide variety of artists and styles, ranging from funk to soul to mambo. Bring your own blankets, beach chairs, games, food and beverages, or head to the food trucks on site. There is very little parking, so bikes are best. cityparkjazz.org -- Jonathan Shikes

Wings Over the Rockies goes extreme

Friday-Sept. 7. Colorado's official air and space museum, Wings Over the Rockies, on Friday, May 30, is debuting its latest exhibit, 2theXtreme, which features 5,000-square-feet of examples of the surprising way math powers the things kids love most, such as sports, games, music, and robotics, programmers said.

"Designed for guests of all ages and abilities with a special focus on students in grades 3–8, 2theXtreme brings math to life through real-world applications and hands-on activities that are as educational as they are fun," they wrote. That means a downhill snowboard-race simulation; 360-degree "action photo stage" (like those seen in blockbuster movies), six interactive galleries, real-world role models "explaining how they use math in everyday life," and The BotZ, "three animated character guides who support and entertain visitors with humor, clear explanations, and interactive tips."

All ages. 10-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday; noon-5 p.m. Sundays. 7711 E. Academy Blvd. in Denver. Admission: $20 for adults; $15 for youth under 17; and free for ages 3 and under. wingsmuseum.org -- John Wenzel

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She was replaced by Rob Katz, her predecessor, who previously ran the Broomfield-based company for 16 years.

“As Vail Resorts continues to execute its strategic priorities and transformational initiatives, the board believes now is the right time for this leadership transition,” said Bruce Sewell, lead independent director of the board, according to a news release. “Rob has a strong track record of driving innovation and executing consistent performance at Vail Resorts and has played a critical role in the development of Vail Resorts’ operations and long-term strategy for over the past three decades.”

Patrick Scholes, a Wall Street analyst who covers the travel industry for Truist Securities, cited dismal stock performance and the company’s negative image in the minds of many skiers as reasons for her ouster.

“The first and most obvious thing is the share price under-performance under her leadership,” Scholes said. “You can just pull up a chart of Vail Resorts and see the stock getting cut in half during that time — and this is against a very strong overall stock market comparative performance.

“Every year, they’d give financial guidance (to investors) at the beginning of the season, and for the last three years they’ve missed,” he continued. “You only get so many opportunities as a well-compensated CEO to miss your financial expectations.”

Shares of Vail Resorts (NYSE: MTN) traded at around $355 a share right before Lynch was appointed CEO in November 2021. Shares closed at $151.50 on Tuesday, right before her dismissal, a decline of 57%. The price had dropped as low as $129.85 on April 8, a level not seen since March 2016. In a sign of relief, investors pushed the share price up more than 11% on news of Lynch’s departure.

A damaging 12-day ski patrollers’ strike at Park City Mountain Resort in Utah that occurred over the 2024-25 Christmas-New Year’s holiday season was one of several events that hurt the company’s image, Scholes said.

“What a black eye on the company,” Scholes said. “Who ultimately gets blamed for that? The head of the company. That was not a good look for Vail. From investors I’ve been talking to over the last year, (it was) just extremely frustrating. I think the board, they had to act.”

Lynch’s tenure got off to a rocky start in the winter of 2021-22. The company slashed Epic Pass prices, which brought about a surge of pass sales, but several of the company’s resorts went into the season under-staffed. That was due in part to the omicron COVID variant and high housing prices in mountain communities, but Vail Resorts felt a backlash in social media and national news stories alleging everything from long lift lines to unplowed parking lots, limited terrain and frustrated, overworked employees.

Since then, the company has been the frequent target of negative attention on social media.

“The negative reputation in the skier community — some of it deserved, some maybe not — had gotten away from the company,” Scholes said. “It lost the narrative of the quality experience.”

In an open letter to employees, Katz called Lynch a “transformative” leader and thanked her for her 14 years with the company.

“I am grateful for her leadership over these past three and a half years, during some of the most challenging times that our company has faced as we navigated dynamic events post-pandemic,” Katz wrote. “While our board felt that at this time, in this environment, it was the right decision to make a change, I, and the entire board, have a tremendous amount of gratitude for all that Kirsten has accomplished and for her immense contributions.”

Katz previously ran the company from 2006-21.

“My most important goal in returning as CEO,” Katz wrote “is ensuring we align with all our stakeholders to deliver an Experience of a Lifetime for our employees and guests while driving financial success for our company, so we can continue to invest in and do the work we all love.”

Per a resignation agreement that Vail Resorts’s Chief Human Resources Officer Lynanne Kunkel and Lynch signed on Monday, Lynch’s effective resignation date was May 22. She will remain as a strategic advisor at the company with full pay and health benefits until September 2025.

Lynch will receive a one-time lump-sum payment of $2.25 million, the equivalent of two years of her base annual salary. She is also entitled to a pro-rated bonus for the fiscal 2025 year, which ends July 31 and will be awarded her outstanding stock options.

Lynch had another $5.2 million coming in stock awards that will vest or become hers upon departure. That was as of last summer, but the current number should be close to that. That is beyond the $2.2 million severance payment.

Denver Post staff writer Aldo Svaldi contributed to this report.

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The Elk Camp quad will be replaced by a high-speed six-person chairlift that will reduce wait times during ski season and increase mountain-bike haul capacity to the Snowmass Bike Park in the summer. In addition, a platter pull-style transport that has served the above-timberline terrain of The Cirque, which tops out at 12,530 feet, will be replaced by a T-bar, doubling its capacity and reducing ride time.

“The areas of terrain served by these lifts are some of the most popular on our mountain,” said Susan Cross, Snowmass mountain manager, in a news release. “These updates allow for guests to more smoothly access Snowmass’ classic wide-open slopes and sweeping vistas at Elk Camp, and the incredible variety of high-alpine terrain we have off The Cirque.”

The 56-year-old Ullrhof midmountain restaurant, located at the base of the Big Burn lift, will be dismantled and rebuilt. The new facility will double the capacity of the building to 500 seats. It is slated to open for the 2026-27 season.

Snowmass has more lifts and is larger than the other three Aspen-area ski mountains — Aspen Mountain, Aspen Highlands and Buttermilk — put together. The Aspen Skiing Company is owned by the Crown family of Chicago, which was ranked 34th on the 2024 Forbes list of America’s richest families. It also is part owner of Denver-based Alterra Mountain Company, which owns Arapahoe Basin and Steamboat. and nine other resorts in five U.S. states and three Canadian provinces. Alterra also operates Winter Park, which is owned by the city and county of Denver.

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But the snow gods have smiled on Winter Park recently. As of Thursday, the resort had received 340 inches of snow this season, the most of any ski area in Colorado. Its base depth of just under six feet stood at 11% above normal for the date.

And so, even as other ski areas are shutting down for the season — eight have already closed and five more will close on Sunday — Winter Park is still going strong. It will stay open two more weeks, while the Mary Jane side of the mountain will remain open as long as conditions permit. Last year, that was May 28.

Resort companies like Alterra and Vail Resorts that are investing in expansions of their snowmaking systems acknowledge the threat of climate change is a consideration in their thinking, but the more immediate goal is to extend the length of seasons in the near term.

“There are benefits to it being a hedge against climate change, but that’s not why we did it,” said Winter Park spokeswoman Jen Miller. “It’s kind of an interesting story for us, because we are now one of the resorts that has the longest seasons in Colorado. We’re opening earlier and we’re staying open later.”

Vail Resorts invested more than $100 million in snowmaking company-wide over the past 10 years. In 2019, Vail Mountain underwent the largest snowmaking expansion project in the resort’s history with a heavy focus on two trails from the summit down to Mid-Vail. The company also has invested in snowmaking at Keystone, so that it can offer skiing at the top of that mountain in October, and at Breckenridge, where it aims to offer skiing into May.

“We’ve been able to extend our season by 12 days at our Rocky Mountain resorts,” said Bill Rock, president of the mountain division at Vail Resorts. “The industry (overall) has invested in snowmaking as well, but the industry in the Rockies has added about five days.

“We look to provide more days, and more consistent conditions, for our guests,” he continued. “We try to open Keystone as early as we can, and thanks to our investment in automated snowmaking, we’re able to do that. We go into May at Breckenridge, and that’s because of our investments in snowmaking there. We’ve been able to have some of our longest seasons at Vail over the last few years.”

Mountaintops tend to be colder than base areas and can hold snow longer. That’s why early-season skiing at Keystone and Vail can involve skiing at the top of the mountain, but riding the lift or gondola down to the base rather than skiing.

In 2020, the Aspen Skiing Company installed snowmaking at the top of Aspen Mountain for similar reasons. “It was very much intended to create an upper-mountain opening and closing scenario in lower snow years,” said Aspen Snowmass spokeswoman Hannah Dixon, adding that there are provisions to do the same at Snowmass in that resort’s master plan.

According to the Lakewood-based National Ski Areas Association, the average length of ski seasons in the Rocky Mountain region over the past decade has fluctuated between 122 and 132 days, excluding the COVID-shortened season of 2019-20 (103 days). The average length over that period has been 127 days, but the past three seasons stood at 130 days or more.

Miller said Winter Park exceeded 200 days the past two seasons, and it will again this season if Mary Jane hangs on until late May as it did last year. Winter Park has seen above-average snowfall the past three seasons, too.

“This is our 85th season,” Miller said. “If you go back to the early days of skiing in Colorado, we didn’t start skiing until late December or January. Natural snow is variable, and snowmaking has allowed us to broaden the season. It’s part of doing business as a ski area in the west.”

Although ski areas operate their snowmaking guns primarily in early season, resort officials say those efforts continue to pay dividends in the spring because manmade snow is denser. As a result, it is more durable and holds up better when warmer temperatures arrive in the spring.

“When you build a super-solid, consistent base on the front end, you see less snowmelt and fewer issues when temperatures warm in the spring,” said Vail Resorts spokeswoman Lindsay Hogan. “It has benefits on both sides of the season.”

Eldora Mountain Resort, the Front Range ski area that opened Nov. 7 this season and will close on April 20, is seeking approval to expand its water storage capabilities for snowmaking in the future.

“That is just a common-sense hedge against what we’re seeing in terms of climate trends,” said Eldora spokesman Sam Bass. “We need the opportunity to store more water in case there is a summer when our primary snowmaking water storage doesn’t fill up all the way. Any ski resort that’s thinking about the future, which is every one, is probably thinking about ways to ensure that they have adequate water supplies and the ability to make snow.”

The ability to offer early-season skiing is a key part of Eldora’s competitive strategy. This season it opened a week earlier than scheduled. Last season, it opened two weeks ahead of schedule.

“That time of year, we’re essentially the same size as Winter Park or Copper, or any of the big guys, because we all only have a couple of trails open,” Bass said. “The Ikon passholder, early in the season, if they only have two or three Ikon options to choose from, they say, ‘Why would I drive to Winter Park or Copper when I can just drive to Eldora for the same amount of terrain or more?’ It’s an opportunity for us to make hay early and provide a good product for the people who really want to get out and get after it early-season.”

The looming specter of climate change remains a concern for the industry, however.

“Climate change has a real impact on our business, and it’s something that we’re concerned about,” said Rock, who is second in command at Vail Resorts to chief executive Kirsten Lynch.  “We’re uniquely positioned to serve our guests during this volatility that it represents. The $100 million in snowmaking across the company has allowed us to provide reliable conditions for our guests throughout the whole season.”

The same is true of Winter Park’s massive investment in snowmaking.

“It puts us in a much better position long-term, depending on how snowfall will be in the next 10, 20, 30 years,” Miller said. “It’s a tricky subject. It’s something that ski areas have done for a very long time, but it’s become more of a reality that this is what we’re going to need to be able to operate in the future.”

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Ski Cooper is offering $35 lift tickets — the price they charged for children ages 6-14 this season — while Monarch is charging $39. Both close on Sunday.

For comparison, Eldora is offering lift tickets in advance online for $99 through closing day on April 20. Copper Mountain will offer $99 lift tickets from April 14 through closing day on May 11.

The other ski areas closing for the season on Sunday are Aspen Highlands, Beaver Creek and Silverton. After Sunday, Purgatory will be open weekends-only through April 27

Buttermilk, Crested Butte, Keystone, Powderhorn, Sunlight, Telluride and Wolf Creek closed last Sunday.

Cooper, which is located 10 miles north of Leadville on Tennessee Pass, has 100% of its terrain open with a mid-mountain base depth of 57 inches. Monarch, 140 miles from Denver at Monarch Pass, has a 64-inch mid-mountain base with 100% of its beginner, intermediate and expert terrain open. Its double-black slopes are 88% open.

Temperatures at Cooper will be in the 30s Tuesday and Wednesday, then in the 40s through Sunday, according to the OpenSnow reporting and forecasting service. Monarch will mostly be in the 40s with a high temperature of 50 forecast for Saturday.

Areas scheduled to close April 20 include Aspen Mountain, Eldora, Snowmass, Steamboat, and Vail. The Winter Park base will close on April 27,  but its Mary Jane complex will remain open as long as conditions permit. Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, Loveland and Arapahoe Basin also will remain open into May.

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By the end of April, the only areas expected to be open are Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, Loveland and Arapahoe Basin.

Many areas seem likely to close with good snow cover, though. As of Thursday, according to figures curated by the OpenSnow reporting and forecasting service, 12 Colorado resorts have above-average base depths. They included Winter Park, Steamboat, Keystone, Arapahoe Basin, Loveland, Eldora, Copper Mountain and Breckenridge. Vail and Beaver Creek were close to average, coming in at 95% and 99%, respectively.

Base depths are expected to grow over the next week as a series of storms is headed to the high country.

“The total snow from Friday through Thursday, which includes three storms, should get into the 10- to 20-inch range for most areas,” OpenSnow founding meteorologist Joel Gratz wrote in his Thursday morning update, “so it’ll be a return to winter after this week’s summer sneak peek.”

The 30-day forecast for April, issued by the Climate Prediction Center of the National Weather Service, calls for above-average temperatures in Colorado and below-average precipitation.

Colorado ski area closing dates for 2024-2025 season

March 30: Granby Ranch

April 6: Buttermilk, Crested Butte, Keystone, Powderhorn, Sunlight, Telluride, Wolf Creek

April 13: Aspen Highlands, Beaver Creek, Ski Cooper, Monarch, Silverton (Purgatory will be open daily through April 13, and after that will operate on weekends through April 27

April 20: Aspen Mountain, Eldora, Snowmass, Steamboat, Vail

April 27: Winter Park (Mary Jane will remain open as long as conditions permit. Last year that came on May 28)

May 11: Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, Loveland

Arapahoe Basin: As usual, A-Basin plans to stay open as long as conditions permit

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Segundo, the state’s oldest operating lift, began service on Aspen Mountain as Lift 3 in 1954. In 1969, it was replaced and sold to Sunlight, which had debuted as a ski area in 1966. It went into service there in 1973 as Sunlight’s second lift, hence the name Segundo. Resort officials have designated Friday as Segundo Day.

Segundo’s last day in service is likely to be April 6, when Sunlight closes for the season, but Segundo’s sendoff celebration will happen Friday with extended hours.

Those who want to pay their respects will be able to ride Segundo from Sunlight’s normal closing time of 4 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. Those who don’t already have Sunlight passes will be able ride Segundo starting at 4 p.m. for $20.

“We’re just hoping people come out and experience all eyes on the lift for two and a half hours, when the sun is getting low,” said Travis Baptiste, Sunlight’s director of business development. “We think it will be a really cool day.”

Segundo’s chairs seat two with a single hanger pole between the passengers. The lift was built by the Heron Engineering Company, founded by the legendary lift designer Robert Heron, which built 120 chairlifts across the country.

It will be replaced by what used to be Arapahoe Basin’s Lenawee, a three-passenger chair which was removed in the summer of 2022 and replaced by a high-speed, six-person chair. Installation of that lift at Sunlight was delayed for a year while the installer dealt with a construction backlog caused by COVID-19.

‘We’re really proud that we are repurposing the Lenawee Lift, because that is something that could have ended up in the scrap yard,” Baptiste said. “That lift has at least 25 years of service left on it.”

Sunlight is also replacing the Primo lift, a double that began operation in 1966. It will be replaced this summer by a four-person chair built by Poma in Grand Junction.

“It is coming off the assembly line as we speak,” Baptiste said.

This week, though, the focus will be on Segundo. Baptiste is hoping Front Range skiers and riders will consider coming over for some fun nostalgia.

“We really just wanted to designate a day with all eyes on Segundo,” Baptiste said. “We’re hoping people travel to come ride the lift and be on a piece of history – your last chance to ride the oldest in-service lift in Colorado. The biggest thing is for our local community. We have people living here who are on four or five generations of their family riding on this lift, so there is a serious emotional attachment. Some of those generations started off running the lift in Aspen.”

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The park, 1200 W. Florida Ave. off South Platte River Drive, features a variety of rails, boxes and other configurations for skiers and snowboarders of all skill levels to try.

March 20 marks the last day of the season for riding the park’s features before they start being removed March 21, according to a release from Denver Parks & Recreation. Gear lending will no longer be available starting that day.

Ruby Hill staff will offer free Learn to Ride sessions on March 22 and 23 for beginners to learn the ropes with the help of experienced instructors before the park closes.

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He retired from competition after the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, but now he’s on a mission to transform the sport in a different way. He has founded a new tour for halfpipe snowboarders and freeskiers called The Snow League, debuting this weekend in Aspen, where he dominated the Winter X Games from 2003 to 2013.

En route to Aspen, he stopped in Denver to visit Snöbahn, a Thornton indoor action sports facility in which he is an investor.

“This is something I would have killed to have near my home when I was growing up, loving these sports — snowboarding, skateboarding,” said White, who grew up in San Diego. “I would be here every day.”

The 38,000-square-foot space features four “ski slopes” — inclined moving ramps — where people can learn to ski and snowboard year-round. It also has performance trampolines, a big-air jump with an airbag for landings and a skate park. It opened a year ago, eight years after owner Sadler Merrill opened a smaller version in Centennial.

“I’m so hyped to partner with Snöbahn,” White said. “We hope to build more in other cities.”

White emerged as a superstar who transcended his sport at the 2006 Winter Olympics with long-flowing red hair that earned him the nickname “The Flying Tomato” and made him a darling of NBC’s Olympic coverage.

His hair is short-cropped now, but he believes the new competition tour he founded will help the sport soar like never before. Until now, there was no organized tour, just scattered events with no coherent organization or method of determining a season champion.

“Within the sport, there’s always been a disconnected sort of feeling,” White said. “Then every four years when you wanted to go to the Olympics, all of sudden you have to do these other events that get you the points to (qualify for) the Olympics. It’s really hard (for viewers) to figure out where to tune in, where to watch what’s happening – and even just to follow along.”

White recalled a season when he was 16 years old and won every event he entered — halfpipe and slopestyle competitions — prompting an interviewer to ask him how it felt to be undefeated for an entire season and not be a world champion.

“That was a very clear picture of what was wrong,” White said. “What we’re trying to create is just like any other traditional sport, a centralized tour where you can come and see how everyone is doing and how it’s progressing.”

White pointed to alpine skiing’s World Cup, an organized ski racing tour held in dozens of major ski areas around the world with weekly stops — including Beaver Creek every December — beginning in October and ending in March. Overall and discipline champions are crowned at the end of each season.

Some events on that tour are nearly 100 years old. The Hahnenkamm downhill race in Kitzbuehel, Austria, annually attracts crowds in excess of 50,000.

“When you look at the sport of downhill skiing, they have a lot of legendary events, and there are big prize purses,” White said. “Not that it’s our sister sport, but it’s also on the mountain, one run over. Why are we not curating the same experience and capturing the attention of major brands? We want to create that same excitement for freeski and snowboarding.”

Aspen marks the first stop of the tour. The next event will be held in China in December, followed by Aspen again next February — immediately following the Winter Olympics in Italy — and Switzerland in March. The event this weekend will involve snowboard halfpipe only, but freeski halfpipe will be added when the tour resumes in December.

Qualifying runs take place all day Friday at Buttermilk with quarterfinals, semifinals and finals following on Saturday, beginning at 9 a.m. Peacock will broadcast live, and NBC will rebroadcast on March 29.

Merrill, Snöbahn’s primary owner, was grateful that White dropped in (yes, that’s a snowboard pun) to visit his investment and bring some attention to it on the way to Aspen.

“The awareness that Shaun can bring with his massive following, his credibility, his experience as the GOAT in the industry, I think it’s a credibility signifier for our customers,” Merrill said. “Shaun is not an investor/ambassador that just puts his name on the website. He really wants to roll up his sleeves; he really wants to shepherd in the next level of skier-snowboarder action sports participants. He really believes in our mission of inspiring a life of adventure.”

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