Update: April 13, 2026, 11:25 a.m. • This article reflects the most recently announced closing dates, including those of Solitude Mountain Resort and Park City Mountain.

Tanner Larsen scanned the quickly melting snow at Eagle Point Resort last weekend. The small ski area located in the Tushar Mountains just east of Beaver receives, according to its website, an average of more than 350 inches annually. This year, it saw less than a third of that — 113 inches.

“I’ve lived [in Utah] since I was 8 years old,” Larsen, Eagle Point’s managing director, said, “and I think this is the worst season I’ve ever seen.”

With more dirt being exposed by the hour and a potentially record heat wave in the forecast this week, Larsen saw little choice. On Saturday, Eagle Point put out an email blast announcing it would close for the season within 28 hours. In doing so, it became the third Utah ski area to pull the plug on the record-warm 2025-26 winter season. A fourth resort, Nordic Valley in the Ogden Valley, has been on “pause” since Feb. 24 while awaiting cooler weather.

So, is Utah’s ski season — like Eagle Point’s snow — officially cooked?

Not necessarily. Half of the state’s ski and snowboard resorts expect to be closed by mid-April, but some others still believe they can stretch their snow well into May.

Deer Valley Resort — which has one of the lowest base elevations in the state — is determined to make it to its announced April 19 closing date, a spokesperson for the resort said. Brighton Resort and Alta Ski Area, which are both sitting on self-reported bases of more than 85 inches, expect to get to the end of April. And three other resorts — Brian Head, Solitude and Snowbird — say they are looking forward to hosting skiers and snowboarders for nearly two more months.

“Currently our closing date is Memorial Day — May 25,” Snowbird spokesperson Kelsey James wrote in an email. “There has not been talk of closing early yet. I’m hopeful for a cold and snowy April!”

Snowbird also closed on Memorial Day last season, when it reported collecting 542 inches of total snowfall. This year, its reported season total is 248 inches.

In contrast, Eagle Point and Cherry Peak both closed abruptly last week in the face of a dearth of snow and summer-like temperatures. And spokespeople for several other ski areas have expressed trepidation that they won’t be far behind.

“We were down to only just a handful of runs this weekend, and we’re looking at temperatures of next weekend,” Larsen said, “and we’re just like, ‘There’s just no way.’”

An unprecedented heat wave is expected to hit Utah this week, the brunt of which will be felt Wednesday through Friday. During those days, all of the ski resorts will see high temperatures in at least the mid-50s, with some tickling 70 degrees, according to both OpenSnow.com and the National Weather Service. Evenings will provide little relief, with lows between the high 30s and low 50s — even at higher elevations resorts like Alta.

This assault on the snowpack comes after what has already been Utah’s hottest winter in more than 150 years of record keeping by the National Weather Service.

“I think the mid and low elevations are doomed,” Evan Thayer, the Utah forecaster for OpenSnow.com, wrote of the snowpack in his blog Monday. “Even some high-elevation sites above 8000 feet could see significant melting.”

Thayer added that he is optimistic Utah will see another storm, probably in April. But that might be too late for many of the state’s ski areas.

Take Snowbasin Resort. Located just north of Mountain Green, it seemed to be skipped by most storms this season. The 124 inches of snow it reported is only about 35% of its average annual snowfall and several of its snowcams show nearly as much dirt as snow. Its operators are aiming to make it to April, but the end could be nearer.

Similarly, Travis and Kristy Seeholzer said they are concerned about how Beaver Mountain, near Bear Lake, will withstand the heat. Though it was one of the last Utah ski areas to open this season, Beaver Mountain now boasts a 62-inch base. Under sunny, 60-degree skies, though, they may be mining snow from under the tree stands to put on their core runs to stretch out the season.

“We are shooting for the end of the month,” Kristy Seeholzer said, “if the snow holds.”

Snowland, the new community ski hill near Fairview, became the first in Utah to close this season when it did so as scheduled on March 7.

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