It was a mellow Easter weekend on the I-70 mountain corridor with 98,695 vehicles in three days at the Eisenhower-Johnson tunnels.
That was down 13% in a week and 16% percent in a year for the slowest weekend on the corridor since early December, when a snowstorm closed I-70 and traffic fell below 90,000 cars.
Like most everything this season – peak snowpack, ice thaws, closing days – the slowest day on I-70 came earlier than usual. This past ski season, in 2025, weekend traffic remained consistently above 110,000 cars until the third weekend in April.
The Easter holiday has had little impact on I-70 traffic over the years. Snow guides the ups and downs in April, and this year fewer skiers were inspired to make the trip for closing day at seven Colorado ski areas, including Keystone Resort.
Vail Mountain closes for the season this Wednesday, April 8. Vail has been download-only on the gondolas for nearly a week now. Says outgoing chief operating officer Beth Howard, “This season tested us in many ways, and I could not be more grateful for the dedication, resilience, and teamwork our employees showed every single day.”
As of today the remaining three major I-70 ski areas – Breckenridge, Copper Mountain and Arapahoe Basin – have not announced closing days.
Copper is hosting the USASA Nationals over the next two weeks with banked slalom scheduled for a closed course at Keystone.
A-Basin is bumping its May events to April, and for the first time replacing the Pali Chair Enduro ski-a-thon with an on-snow golf tournament April 8.
Breckenridge is ramping up to the “New Worlds,” April 17-19, paying tribute to the World Snowboarding Classic from the ‘80s and ‘90s with a hand-dug halfpipe contest and more.
Weekly I-70 tunnel counts presented by Dillon Ridge Liquors