Closing Dates for California's Ski Resorts Have Been Announced

Originally posted on Powder | By Izzy Lidsky | Last updated Mar 23, 2026 1:47 PM ET

Despite the massive storm that hit California last month, warming temperatures across the state have quickly brought the ski season to an end.

Temperatures at many ski areas have reached into the 50s and 60s over the last week, and forecasts don't have them dropping anytime soon.

While many ski areas saw 200-300+ inches of snow over the winter, several also experienced significant rain immediately after the year's biggest snowfalls. The combination of a saturated snowpack and warm weather has caused base snowpacks to diminish rapidly, creating less-than-ideal or unsafe conditions.

Quite a few resorts have already closed for the season, and others have moved up closing dates. Some of California's most notable spring ski spots, like Mammoth Mountain and Palisades Tahoe, are still predicting closing dates around Memorial Day, but the "conditions dependent" asterisk might be more relevant than in other years with those dates.

"It's been a weird winter. No snow, then lots of snow, then rain, then sunshine... the full spectrum always changing, always teaching us to appreciate what's right in front of us," read the caption of a recent Palisades Tahoe instagram post.

OpenSnow forecaster Bryan Allegretto's daily forecast for the Tahoe area noted that much of the West had just experienced one of its warmest weeks on record. A low-pressure trough could set up over parts of the West over the next couple of weeks and bring cooler temperatures at the very least, but as they say, hard tellin' not knowing.

Here are the ski areas in California that have already closed for the season, along with the tentative closing dates for others.

We plan to keep this updated through the spring as resorts announce more closing dates, but make sure to check the resort's website, and enjoy those spring turns!