Squeezing Out the Last Flakes

Two seasons ago (skipping over last year's non-winter), a friend of Seattlest attended closing day at Alpental on May, 5. He donned a ridiculous outfit--something involving an Adidas sweatsuit and gold chains, we hazily recall--and was one of the more normal-looking people there. If you've still got that dayglo monosuit lurking in the back of your closet, bust it out and join your brethren this weekend.

With all other Washington ski resorts already shut down for the season, Alpental will re-open May 5-7 for one last feint at the ski season, like the sad frat brother still out on the front lawn at 8am when everyone else is heading to class.

If you're just not ready to admit defeat quite yet, Whistler will remain open through June (mostly glacier skiing by then), and Mt. Bachelor in Oregon and Snowbird resort in Utah plan to stay open for limited hours through the end of May.