Telluride’s lifts have ceased. And you’re just not ready to let go of it, the bottomless turns and floaty steeps, the choking face shots and the incredible storms that washed over Telluride time and time again this winter.

To add to your pain, a big storm is set to plow into much of Colorado today and tomorrow, with forecasters talking big — a foot, maybe two.

Don’t despair. There are plenty of options for late-season lift-served skiing — and all kinds of end-of-the-season parties — in the region. All it takes is a little time in the car.
Silverton will be open for  on Saturdays and Sundays for the rest of the month, as will Wolf Creek. Crested Butte, which is offering a smoking deal for passholders, is open through Sunday. And if you really want to log some miles, resorts like Aspen Highlands, Breckenridge and Arapahoe Basin are keeping their lifts running longer.

April Prout, communications director for Crested Butte Mountain Resort, said the mountain received 17 inches over Sunday and Monday, and was only expecting more starting today. This year’s snowfall just officially broke the all-time record, she said.
“It’s been outrageous. It’s just been an incredible winter,” Prout said. “Our snow reporters have said ‘powderlicious’ a lot.”

Crested Butte is offering half-price tickets to all passholders, from any resort, until its last day on April 13, and all of its terrain is still open, Prout said.

“It should be a really fun weekend,” she said.

Silverton, meanwhile, is opening its glorious array of steeps and bowls to unguided skiing, Saturdays and Sundays for the rest of April. Silverton co-owner Jen Brill said they’ve been getting hammered.

“Conditions here are awesome,” she said. “We got like 21 inches last week, and this week about a foot. So, the skiing’s good.”

Silverton has late-season parties on tap as well, like a beer festival and a steak grill-off.
Ticket offices open at 8:30 a.m., tickets are $49 per day, and all skiers are required to carry avalanche beacons, probes and shovels (rentals are available).

On the Front Range, mountains like Vail, Keystone, Winter Park and Copper Mountain are open until Sunday. Aspen Highlands’ regular season ends Sunday, but the resort will reopen for the last two weekends in April.

Breckenridge, which was reporting six new inches of snow on Tuesday (and a season total of 330) will be open until April 20. It currently has 28 of 30 lifts still running.

Carly Grimes, director of public relations for the Breckenridge Chamber, said that Breckenridge, like much of the rest of Colorado, has had an unforgettable winter.

“We have had an epic winter season,” she said. “We could definitely stay open for another month or two with the amount of snow we have right now.”

And for those who want to get turns into the summer, Arapahoe Basin, as always, is the final stronghold. A-Basin hasn’t set its final day yet, but it will likely be open until early June.