Marmot Basin will officially close for the season on April 24, a week earlier than it had initially anticipated
On April 23, the mountain will host the Kokanee Freeride mid-mountain party, followed by a retro day on April 24.
鈥淚 think the writing is on the wall when you see the temperatures and you see the forecast and you see where the snow is right now. It鈥檒l be good for this weekend, but we don鈥檛 anticipate it鈥檚 going to be up to the standard we would want it for May 1,鈥� said Brian Rode, vice president of marketing and sales for Marmot.
Rode said typically the mountain would make it until the end of the month, but with the consistently warm temperatures over the past few weeks it just wasn鈥檛 in the cards for this season.
鈥淗aving to shut down one week earlier is pretty good, most areas in B.C. closed a few weeks ago so it should be some fun spring skiing.鈥�
Overall he said it was a good season, although business wasn鈥檛 as strong as the company had hoped.
鈥淲e opened early again in mid-November with just a few runs ... and we had some very good snow early on in the season,鈥� said Rode.聽
鈥淏usiness wasn鈥檛 as strong as our best years. I think with the weather and the way it was in the city, there just wasn鈥檛 the same enthusiasm,鈥� he said, adding the downturn in the economy may have also played a role.
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