Colorado ski season could be several weeks shorter by 2050 as climate warms

Colorado ski season could be several weeks shorter by 2050 as climate warms

Skiers and snowboarders exploring Copper Mountain’s Resolution Bowl on a recent weekend dodged semi-exposed rocks, the tips of small trees and yellow tufts of exposed grass, sneakily covered by a slick layer of ice. It felt like an early-season ski day, but it was late January. And this was smack in the middle of one of the biggest snowstorms of the unusually dry, warm winter. Colorado’s ski season began with a slate of delayed openings, as reso…