Skiing continues at Arapahoe Basin

3rd June 2014, by Abi Butcher

The Colorado ski resort will open for at least the first three weekends in June

It might be June, but the 2013/14 ski season is still going strong in one Colorado resort.

Originally due to close on 1 June, the snow is so good at Arapahoe Basin that it will re-open over the next three weekends — 6-8 June, 13-15 June and 20-22 June. Resort bosses are not ruling out the possibility of extending the season until 4 July — which would be the sixth time Arapahoe’s history.

The ski area was the first in Colorado to open its 2013/14, on 13 October. It has been blessed with more than 440 inches (1,118cm) of snow — with 15 extra days of snowfall in May bringing a 47in (nearly 120cm) top-up to the mountain.

Skiing has continued into July on five previous seasons — 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 2011.

Over the next three weekends, much of the open terrain — from Black Mountain Express and Lenawee Mountain lifts — will be intermediate, with some beginner skiing. The lifts will be open from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm and all A-Basin season passes will be valid — with two-day tickets valid priced at $72 for adults and $50 for children.

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