The lift-served ski season ended in Colorado at many major resorts this weekend, but that didn’t stop nature from dropping a foot of new powder snow. Vail Resorts closed out the season with 13+ inches and also some big name performers — Matisyahu at Breckenridge and Jimmy Cliff at Vail Mountain — and Copper Mountain offered a floating rail in a melt pond among other crowd-pleasing facets around the resort base. I couldn’t resist the call of good music, powder, and a party. Here are a few pics from the closing day scene. —Sean McCoy
Closing day CareBears
Homemade GoPro mount gives bird’s-eye perspective to closing day festivities at Breckenridge
Breckenridge crowds
Powder came with the last day of 2012-13 ski season at Breckenridge
1987 is here again
Why does spring bring out the goofballs?
Matisyahu performs at the base of Peak 8 in Breckenridge
A crowd rushes the stage for Matisyahu’s final song
Ski dragons to close out the year…
