Whilst most US ski areas have now closed for the season, with Utah resorts noting they do so with very healthy snowbases (except Snowbird, which I still open), a few dozen do soldier on.
Of the main players likely to stay open well in to May and possibly beyond, several, including Snowbird, have switched to “Spring Season” opening hours and lowered prices.
In Oregon the first day of the Mt. Bachelor’s ‘Summit Season’ will be April 18th, marking the start of the traditional spring season when daily lift ticket rates and operating hours are reduced.
Beginning that Monday the Summit Express and Pine Marten Express chairlift operating hours will be 8am to 1pm. Additionally, the Skyliner Express chairlift and the Sunshine Accelerator chairlift will operate 8am to 4pm on various days.
Daily lift ticket and Express Pass rates are reduced from April 18th with all-day adult lift tickets down to $30, teens and seniors $26 and youth $18.
According to Mt. Bachelor spokesman Chris Johnston spring conditions currently are excellent thanks to significant snowfall in March. “We have a snow base of 95 inches,” he said. “Regardless of what the weather brings and the date we close Mt. Bachelor will again have one of the longest seasons in North America.”
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