Resort officials reflect as seven Colorado ski resorts close out the season amid severe drought conditions. More than 4 million Coloradans are being affected in some fashion by drought conditions. More than 21.5% of the state is in the highest drought category, known as exceptional drought.

DENVER – Seven Colorado ski resorts — Wolf Creek, Eldora, Snowmass, Crested Butte, Keystone, Telluride and Steamboat — are set to close for the season Sunday (now Saturday for Telluride), with many of those closures coming earlier than planned.

Officials for Crested Butte and Eldora told Denver7 that although it is sad to see the season end, they’re not looking at the 2025-2026 season in a bad light.

Crested Butte received roughly 20 inches of snow earlier this week.

“We were super surprised to see this much snowfall. Felt like a very fitting April Fool’s kind of joke,” Lyons shared.

But that snow was not enough to fix disturbing drought numbers in the latest report by the Western Regional Climate Center released Thursday.

The report found more than 4 million Coloradans are being affected in some fashion by drought conditions. More than 21.5% of the state is in the highest drought category, known as exceptional drought. Compared to this time last year, no one in Colorado was in the same category.