Summer Ski Suggestions
I’ve got some business travel set up for Northern Colorado and Utah in late June. Any suggestions for a resort which may still be running lifts? Ideally, I’d like to find something open during the week of 20 June. Arapahoe Basin is open until the 19th – that’s the latest I’ve been able to find. Also – suggestions on renting gear verses checking or shipping? Seems that for a two day junket – one is better off just renting from the shop.
Lifts? Get some skins and go hiking!
Arapaho Basin is a beautiful spot located just outside of Keystone.
https://www.arapahoebasin.com/ABasin/Default.aspx
Put one foot in front of the other and hike Berthoud Pass. Run down to the the end of the snow and hitchhike back up the pass.
A Basin is really the only ski spot that stays open late. When I guided in the front range, it was the only place that let us get any turns in on a lift through May.
Real summer skiing won’t be found at a resort unless you hit Timberline on Hood in Oregon. Grab some hiking gear and find your own snow for some t-shirt-and-shorts corn skiing action.
June? Nothing.