Blacktail Mountain Ski Area has closed for the season and Whitefish Mountain Resort will be open one more week.

Steve Spencer, Blacktail’s general manager, said Monday the ski area’s management had considered staying open for another weekend, but ultimately decided to close Sunday with rain and a jump in temperatures forecast this week.

“We ended on a good note,” Spencer said. “We started out with a really strong Christmas holiday; the snow came at just the right time and after all the gloom and doom about the El Nino granddaddy that was supposed to happen there, it treated us really well.”

Little snowfall and above-average temperatures in February 2015 forced the hill to close March 28 last year.

The ski area doesn’t take daily snow total measurements, but Spencer estimated about 275 inches throughout the season, with a settled base of 98 inches by the time chair lifts shut down Sunday.

Despite the recent drops in Canada’s currency, the 2015-16 season brought more business to the mountain than last year, Spencer said.

“We’re not real dependent on the Canadian tourists as much as Whitefish is, but we were pleasantly surprised with the Canadian tourists we saw,” he said. “Over Christmas, family day and Easter break, we had a fair number.”

Whitefish Mountain Resort also has been favored by more frequent snowfall this year, according to company spokeswoman Riley Polumbus.

Sunday will be the last day of skiing and snowboarding on Big Mountain.

“There are some spring-like conditions all over the place, but it’s holding up well,” Polumbus said Monday.

Some snow was forecast late Monday and today, potentially adding a final layer before temperatures rise heading into the weekend. As of Monday morning, the resort was reporting 307 inches of snowfall to date, with a settled base of 109 inches of snow.

Grizzly bear habitat restrictions forced the annual closure of the Hellroaring Basin on March 31 and the threat of wet avalanches has closed the Haskill Slide area as well. Polumbus said that closure would likely remain in place during the final week.

“There could be additional closures, but we’re still skiing top to bottom,” she added. “We’re definitely way better than last year.”

She added that the popular terrain park area is still in good shape, and the unseasonably warm weekend being forecast could allow skiers and snowboarders to close out with the season with “short-sleeves” weather.

The annual Pond Skim will be at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. As of Monday afternoon, the resort was still accepting registrations.

“If you’ve ever dreamed of skiing across a pond on skis or a snowboard, now is the time to make that dream come true,” Polumbus said.

For more information on the event or to register, visit skiwhitefish.com.

Resort skiing isn’t the only skiing still to be had in the region, however.

For those strapping into backcountry skis and splitboards, Flathead Avalanche Director Erich Pietzch noted Monday that the risk of snow slides remains “considerable” in many areas above 5,000 feet in elevation.

Next week, the center will stop publishing daily avalanche updates on its website, www.flatheadavalanche.org. Its final update, the Spring Avalanche Statement, will provide a forecast of expected conditions as the season winds to a close.

Reporter Sam Wilson can be reached at 758-4407 or by email at swilson@dailyinterlake.com.