--- title: Breckenridge to end season with a 73 inch base description: Breckenridge to end season with a 73 inch base --- [![breckenridge-me-blog.png](https://www.breckenridge.me/hs-fs/hubfs/breckenridge-me-blog.png?width=246&name=breckenridge-me-blog.png "breckenridge-me-blog.png")](http://breckenridge.me) [![breckenridge-me-blog.png](https://www.breckenridge.me/hs-fs/hubfs/breckenridge-me-blog.png?width=246&name=breckenridge-me-blog.png "breckenridge-me-blog.png")](http://breckenridge.me) [**](https://www.breckenridge.me/breckenridge-to-end-season-with-a-73-inch-base#) 2 ![featured image 2](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hub/383029/hubfs/Assets_Crystal_Theme_2016/Image/mt-0447-about-bg-1.jpg?t=1474523306593&width=1920&name=mt-0447-about-bg-1.jpg) Family # Breckenridge to end season with a 73 inch base ![](https://www.breckenridge.me/hubfs/polinalaconte2.jpg) By [Polina LaConte](https://www.breckenridge.me/author/polina-laconte) April 24, 2016 ### Posts by Topic - [Family (106)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/family) - [Ski (70)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/ski) - [Activities (57)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/activities) - [Events (50)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/events) - [Ski Industry (42)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/ski-industry) - [Around Town (38)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/around-town) - [Winter (34)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/winter) - [Outdoor (30)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/outdoor) - [Weather and Terrain (30)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/weather-and-terrain) - [Summer (29)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/summer) - [News (25)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/news) - [Amusement (24)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/amusement) - [Tips and Tricks (22)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/tips-and-tricks) - [snow (22)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/snow) - [Shopping and Dining (20)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/shopping-and-dining) - [Season Passes (19)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/season-passes) - [Spring Skiing (18)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/spring-skiing) - [Videos (15)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/videos) - [Free (14)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/free) - [Holiday (13)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/holiday) - [Off-Season (11)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/off-season) - [Date Night (9)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/date-night) - [Fitness (8)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/fitness) - [Notable Locals (7)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/notable-locals) - [History (5)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/history) - [Music (5)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/music) - [Lodging (4)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/lodging) - [Après-Ski (3)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/après-ski) - [Nightlife (2)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/nightlife) - [Contest (1)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/contest) - [Golf (1)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/golf) - [Luxury Adventures (1)](https://www.breckenridge.me/topic/luxury-adventures) Search Breckenridge will end the season Sunday with a whopping 73-inch base. And for a resort that averages 360 inches per year, ending the season with a total of 358 inches is about as close to the average as you can get.  The snowfall came both early in the season and late in the season, making for a perfect season. Anyone who owns a business in town will tell you "give me the early season snow or give me none at all." That's because a lot of snow before Christmas and New Year's sets the mountain up nicely for those holidays, and gives the town some good early season promotion when there's pics from a powder day or two making it to social media and the local news stations. February saw very little snow after a snowy Nov-Jan, and then the snow picked back up again in March and April.    >   > > [The final weekend is here! #Breck](https://www.instagram.com/p/BEgb3oFwAXh/) > > A photo posted by Breckenridge Ski Resort (@breckenridgemtn) on Apr 22, 2016 at 8:01am PDT Late season snowfall has its own advantage. A nice base for the closing weeks and, specifically, closing day, creates the slushy fun conditions that people associate with the late season in Colorado. Nobody wants to see a mountain full of brown during closing week. And that's certainly not the case this year, as Breckenridge is boasting a 73 inch base heading in to closing day. Breckenridge defines their base depths as the level of snow outside the influence of the settlement cone, or about 2 feet from the stake that records the amount of snow on the ground at a specific site on the mountain. Base readings are always much lower than the total amount of snow that has fallen over the season due to settlement, melting, and sublimation -- anything over 60 would be considered a good base, and a 73 inch base for closing day is certainly great!   So as you look back on the 2015-16 season in Breckenridge, you can look at the total amount of snowfall and say wow, that's almost exactly the average. 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