11 Resorts Are Still Open. By Monday, There Might Be 7.

The 2025-26 ski season started with roughly 470 lift-served ski areas across the United States. As of this morning, 11 are still spinning chairs.

By Monday, that number drops to somewhere around 7.

This weekend is the last big farewell -- the final mass closing of a season that broke records for all the wrong reasons. Colorado, Utah, and the Poconos are all saying goodbye. Here's who's left, who's leaving, and who might actually ski into summer.

The Goodbye Weekend

Three resorts have confirmed May 10 as their closing day, and all three of them represent very different stories about this season.

Arapahoe Basin, Colorado -- The Last One Standing

A-Basin was supposed to close May 3. Then Colorado got hit with its biggest May snowstorm in decades -- up to 28 inches near Rocky Mountain National Park, 14 inches at A-Basin itself -- and the mountain did the most A-Basin thing possible: it refused to quit.

"We've decided to do the most A-Basin thing we know how to do: not give up on this thing," the resort said in a statement. Hard to argue.

The bonus weekend runs Friday through Sunday with Black Mountain Express and Lenawee Express spinning. Lift tickets are $39. Your 2026-27 Ikon Pass or A-Basin season pass works this weekend too, if you want to start next season by ending this one.

There's live music Saturday, costumed laps Sunday, and the general vibe of a wake that's somehow also a party. That's been A-Basin's thing forever -- but this year it hits different. Normally, A-Basin is the last Colorado resort to close because it keeps running into mid-June. This year, mid-May is the best it could do. The earliest A-Basin close in years, in the worst Colorado snow season since 1941.

When the lifts stop Sunday at 4 p.m., Colorado skiing is done. Zero resorts open in a state that had 30+ running in January. That's the 2025-26 season in one sentence.

Snowbird, Utah -- The Holdout Folds

Snowbird had originally planned to run weekend-only operations through May 25. Instead, it's calling it May 10 -- two weekends early. Utah's snowpack never recovered from the mid-season drought, and even Little Cottonwood's 11,000-foot elevation can only do so much when the snow just didn't fall.

Snowbird is going out with a Plazapalooza closing celebration and a Mother's Day brunch Sunday. It's the last Utah resort standing after Brighton (also closing May 10) shuts down. By Monday, the Wasatch is empty.

Brighton, Utah -- Quietly Bowing Out

Brighton doesn't get the headlines Snowbird does, but it lasted longer than Park City (closed April 5), Deer Valley (March 29), and Powder Mountain (March 29). For a resort that doesn't have the highest summit or the most snowmaking, making it to mid-May on natural snow alone is a genuine accomplishment. Brighton wraps May 10 alongside its Cottonwood Canyon neighbor.

The Record-Breaker Nobody Expected

If you'd told someone in November that a Pennsylvania ski resort would outlast Vail, Aspen, Park City, Jackson Hole, and Telluride combined, they'd have checked your thermostat.

But Camelback Mountain in the Poconos just finished a 138-day season -- the longest in its history -- with skiing into May for the first time ever. The resort hosted a Cinco de Mayo celebration on its final day, May 5, with skiers sending laps down Cliffhanger, its only remaining open run.

The story isn't just the calendar. It's the turnaround. Camelback had a reputation problem -- understaffed, overcrowded, apathetic. New GM Jason Bays took over this season and basically rebuilt the culture. "The amount of positive energy surrounding Camelback this winter was, honestly, incredible to watch unfold," Bays said. People who'd written off the mountain showed up again. National ski media took notice.

Rain finally killed the party on May 7, but 138 days in the Poconos? In a year where half the Rockies couldn't make it to Easter? That's legitimately remarkable.

The Survivors: Who's Left After This Weekend

Once Sunday's closings are done, here's who's still skiing:

Mammoth Mountain, California -- The crown jewel of late-season skiing, and it's in great shape. That April storm cycle dumped 46 inches, the spring corn is smooth, and Mammoth's summit sits at 11,053 feet. Closing date is TBD, but late May or even Memorial Day seems likely. If you want one more trip this season, this is the move.

Killington, Vermont -- Running weekend-only on Superstar Express, where they farm snow all winter and ski it until the grass pokes through. Killington is targeting Memorial Day and might stretch into June. The "Beast of the East" earned the nickname again this year.

Timberline Lodge, Oregon -- Mt. Hood usually runs into July or August. This year the season will be shorter than normal, but May should still be solid. The Palmer Snowfield at 8,500 feet holds up when everything else melts.

Palisades Tahoe, California -- Still open, closing date TBD. The Tahoe resorts got hammered early-season (remember when Palisades got 27 inches in that one storm we bet on?) but spring conditions have been decent.

Jay Peak, Vermont -- Closing date TBD. Jay gets more natural snow than any resort in the East and it shows.

Black Mountain, New Hampshire -- An Indy Pass resort pushing for Memorial Day. This is a 300-vertical-foot hill in the White Mountains, and it's outlasting resorts with 3,000 feet of vert. Snowmaking and stubbornness are a powerful combination.

Boyne Mountain, Michigan -- Also aiming for Memorial Day. Michigan. In May. The Midwest is having a moment.

The Math of This Season

Start of season: ~470 resorts open.

January peak: ~350 resorts running.

March 1: ~200.

April 1: ~50.

May 1: 11.

May 12 (Monday): ~7.

Memorial Day: Maybe 4 or 5.

July: Timberline. Alone.

Every season narrows down this way. But this year, the funnel tightened faster than anyone alive has seen. Resorts that normally run into April closed in March. Resorts that normally close in May closed in April. A-Basin, which typically runs until mid-June, is done mid-May.

The 2025-26 season will be remembered for a lot of things -- the worst Western snowfall in 50 years, the antitrust lawsuit, the NSAA's brutal numbers, the pass wars, the 2,000 instructors suing Vail. But maybe the most fitting image is this weekend: A-Basin at 13,050 feet, $39 tickets, live music, people in costumes skiing on borrowed time from a storm that arrived a month too late.

If you can get there, go. The lights are going out.

Where to Ski This Weekend

• A-Basin, CO -- Fri-Sun, $39, Black Mountain Express + Lenawee. Conditions →
• Snowbird, UT -- Sat-Sun, Plazapalooza closing party, Mother's Day brunch. Conditions →
• Brighton, UT -- Sat-Sun, final weekend. Conditions →
• Mammoth, CA -- Daily, spring corn heaven. Conditions →
• Killington, VT -- Fri-Sun, Superstar only. Conditions →
• Timberline, OR -- Daily, Palmer Snowfield. Conditions →

Already looking ahead? A developing Super El Niño could make next season the redemption tour the industry desperately needs. We'll have that story soon.