Cockaigne Ski Area To Stay Closed For Upcoming Season

The for sale Cockaigne will not re open for the coming seasin. In a statement the resort said:

'It is with sadness that we share that Cockaigne Ski Resort will not open for the 2023-2024 season. This includes our food and beverage operation.

To all of our past team members, ski clubs, jelly rollers, season pass holders and guests, extended family and friends – Thank You for your support over the years and for being the true spirit of skiing.'

Typivally Cockaigne averages 175 inches of snow per year with 15 trails, three lifts, and a snowmobile adventure park. 

In 2022, Cockaigne was put  on the market for $ six millionthe. In the 22/23 season the resort had an extremely difficult year, recording only 35 - 37 inches of snow meaning the resort had its shortest season in recent memory, closing on February 22 2023. In the summer of 2023, the price of the resort was slashed.

At the time the resort said:

We would like to Thank You for your patronage for the 2022 / 23 season. In stating the obvious, this has been a very challenging season for us! Total snowfall as reported in the town of Cherry Creek has been approximately 35 to 37 inches for the winter season so far. This is significantly less than average for us. We have only had a few periods where the temperatures afforded us marginal opportunities to make snow and we made as much as our snow making system would produce. In January, we saw a great amount of rain, and since the beginning of February, rain and high temperatures began to be a daily occurrence.

We at Cockaigne are as unhappy with both the conditions and the slopes as much as our guests, however it is very difficult to do much with Mother Nature, and we are a resort that relies heavily on natural snowfall.

Many people have made assumptions that we have given up, or do not care about our guests or staff. This is NOT the case. Every fall we hire staff, train and make all the arrangements to run the entire resort, however when winter does not arrive when it should,

unfortunately, you may lose many of your employees who haven’t worked a single day all season. We have also seen a lightening of guest visits especially when the weather is less than ideal. We are not alone in these challenges as most of the East has experienced the same issues. With this in mind, we have decided to close the entire resort for the rest of the season, and as last year continue being a seasonal only resort including food and beverage at this time.'