TL;DR
Arapahoe Basin has closed for the 2025-26 season after 204 days - wrapping up on May 17 following three extensions driven by late-season storms in April and May. It's the resort's earliest closing date in over a decade, but given how tough the season was across Colorado and the West, 204 days is worth acknowledging. The season opened October 26 and ran well beyond its original May 3 closing date.
Arapahoe Basin has closed for the season after 204 days - its earliest closing date in over a decade, but still a result worth acknowledging given the conditions Colorado faced this winter.
The resort wrapped up on May 17, having extended its season three times off the back of late storms in April and May. The original closing date was set at May 3 - itself already a compromise after a difficult start to the season - and at one point in early April, even that date was looking uncertain. That would have been a first in the resort's history.
Opening day was October 26, and the 204-day run that followed tells a more complicated story than the headline number suggests. Snow totals were low, temperatures ran warm, and coverage was thin at times across Colorado and the broader western US. A-Basin worked with what it had.
A season that required some perspective
This wasn't a banner snow year by any measure. The resort and its peers across Colorado spent much of the season managing difficult conditions, and A-Basin was no exception. Still, skiers and riders did get access to Zuma Bowl - the resort's south-facing backside terrain covering 400 acres of intermediate groomers, spaced trees, and rocky cliffs - which is not a given in a lean season.
