We may be nearly in May, but that doens’t mean we have to say goodbye to snowstorms quite yet. That’s especially true if you live in a place like Colorado where the high mountains like to get some late spring snowfall from time to time. Throughout the rest of this week, some of Colorado’s mountain peaks could see up to a foot or more of snowfall, bringing fresh track opportunities to the state’s few remaining open ski resorts.
Between Tuesday and 6am on Friday, May 2, the National Weather Service is forecasting some proper snowfall along Colorado’s portion of the Continental Divide. Vail and Rabbit Ears Pass are both expected to see just about 2 inches of new snow, but the area around the Eisenhower Tunnel, closer to many of the state’s open ski resorts, is expected to see between 7 and 11 inches.
The High End Amount forecast, or 1 in 10 chance of higher snowfall, has up to 3 inches of snow reaching Vail and Rabbit Ears Pass and up to 13 inches of snow around Eisenhower Tunnel. The higher Front Range mountains could receive 4 to 10 inches of snow by Thursday morning. The snow level is expected to remain above 7500 feet.
There are only five ski resorts still open in Colorado at this point, three of which are set to close on May 11. They include Breckenridge (May 11), Loveland Ski Area (May 11), Copper Mountain (May 11), Arapahoe Basin (TBD), and Winter Park (TBD).
