A Mammoth Send-Off: California's Last-Standing Ski Resort Ends Season After 199 Days

And just like that, the sun has set on California’s ski season.

The final contender, Mammoth Mountain, called it quits last weekend on June 7, 2026, serving up the usual combination of sun and slush. The mountain finished with 297 inches of snow at the Main Lodge.

It marked 199 days of operation for Mammoth during the 2025-26 season. Here’s a look at how those final turns shaped up.

For the send-off, Mammoth ran three lifts, the Broadway Express, Face Lift Express, and Chair 23. The last one, Chair 23, takes the resort beyond the thin strips of snow often associated with spring or summer skiing. Depending on the year, it can offer steeps and off-trail action, two things that get harder and harder to find as the ski season winds down.

Mammoth staying open this late isn’t unusual, exactly. After snowier winters, it has kept the lifts spinning into July or even August. 

But given the tough and warm weather western mountains dealt with, lift-served skiing in June this year takes on a different, more alluring quality. Even Arapahoe Basin, Colorado, a late-season stalwart, couldn’t make it beyond May this season.

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With Mammoth closed, only a few more opportunities for lift-served skiing remain this month.

Beartooth Basin, the summer-only ski area on the Wyoming-Montana border, opened May 25 and plans to reopen on June 12, pending lift repairs. Timberline Lodge in Oregon, home to summer camps and terrain parks, is still kicking. If you don’t mind walking uphill, Copper Mountain, Colorado, has a hike-to terrain park. 

And up in Canada, Banff Sunshine Village is planning a June 20 reopening and is still getting snow after a winter that defied all expectations. 

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