The first resort closure of the 2024-25 ski season comes on Sunday when Granby Ranch shuts down, followed by seven more the following weekend. 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 include Winter Park, Steamboat, Keystone, Arapahoe Basin, Loveland, Eldora, Copper Mountain and Breckenridge. Vail and Beaver Creek are 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, with the first arriving on Friday. “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. Here is a chronological list of Colorado ski area closings as currently scheduled: 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 Related Articles State’s oldest operating lift to be retired in April after party on Friday 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 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, The Adventurist, to get outdoors news sent straight to your inbox. ...read more read less