Copper Mountain claimed 38 inches of fresh snow in April, leapfrogging Loveland for the most total snowfall during the worst Colorado ski season in decade.
But those totals are nothing to brag about: 179 inches for Copper and 176 inches for Loveland, barely half of what they saw last season.
Copper’s April snow total was second only to December (41 inches) as the deepest month for any local ski hill. Again, that isn’t saying much, when not a single I-70 ski hill picked up more than 3.5 feet all month, all season. During the 2024-2025 season, Copper claimed at least that much every month except for December, including almost 9 feet in November 2024 alone.
Arapahoe Basin saw 31 inches this April, including 14 inches in the past five days, which is sadly the Basin’s best month of the season.
A snowy end of April did help A-Basin edge past Breckenridge and Keystone for total snowfall, and we’ll let The Legend brag about it. This past season, Breck beat A-Basin by almost 60 inches total. The season before? Almost the same.
Snow totals for April 2026
- Copper Mountain… 38 inches (179 inches total) *closing May 3
- Arapahoe Basin… 31in (167in total) *closing May 3
- Winter Park… 25in (197in total) *closed April 19
- Loveland… 25in (176in total) *closed April 26
- Breckenridge… 25in (155in total) *closed April 25
- Vail… 15in (168in total) *closed April 8
- Keystone… 8in (140in total) *closed April 5
- Beaver Creek… 0in (126in total) *closed March 29
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: This season was beyond abnormal. There were 15 consecutive days in March when not a trace of snow was reported at the official record-keeping weather station in Dillon, and then in April, there was a stretch of eight consecutive days with no snow. It’s no wonder not one I-70 ski resort claimed over 200 inches of snow this season, when last season four of them topped 300 inches (Breck, Copper, Loveland and Vail).
Winter Park came close but, like our expectations this season, it fell short with 197 inches. It’s too bad it closed two weeks ago. The Winter Park snowstake this morning showed 15 inches from an overnight storm.
Closing this Sunday, May 3, are Copper and A-Basin, which calls it quits after 194 days of skiing and riding. It is the shortest season in many years at the Basin – this past season was 218 days – but still more than any other Colorado ski hill.