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🌱 Why Echo Mountain shut down skiing days after opening
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- Why Echo Mountain shut down skiing days after opening
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- Wednesday: Very windy; clouds and sun, with a high of 55 and low of 26 degrees.
- Thursday: Periods of sun; windy, cooler, temps: high: 40, low: 36.
- Friday: Very windy; partly sunny, with a high of 54 and low of 42 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Colorado Ski Area Temporarily Shuts Down Skiing Operations Due To Warm Stretch (unofficialnetworks.com) — Idaho Springs residents heading to Echo Mountain should know the ski area has paused skiing Monday through Thursday this week to protect its thin snowpack, just days after opening for the 2025–26 season. Snow tubing is still running, and the article explains how Echo’s low elevation, warm temps, and below-average statewide snowpack are challenging Colorado’s closest ski hill to Denver. 
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