Overcoming one of the warmest winters in decades, Whitefish Mountain Resort ended its 2025-26 ski season Sunday as scheduled.

While many other resorts across the West shut down early because of a lack of snow, skiers and snowboarders on Big Mountain enjoyed top-to-bottom turns on closing day, albeit with a few dirt patches and slush puddles along the way.

The season ended with 207 inches of total snowfall and a settled snowpack of 92 inches at the summit. The mountain typically averages 300 inches of snow per year.

"It's no secret this was a tough winter for ski areas across the West, with unseasonably warm temperatures and a bit more wet precipitation than we're used to," resort spokesperson Chad Sokol said in a press release Monday. "But our team did an amazing job navigating those weather challenges and managed to keep more than 90% of our terrain open throughout most of the season."

While visitation was down roughly 8% from last season, with 457,000 skier visits, it was still the resort’s fifth-busiest winter. The busiest day was Dec. 27, 2025, with more than 9,600 skier visits.

"Our Ski and Ride School instructors taught a record number of private lessons, and our food and beverage and rental departments performed exceedingly well as visitor numbers kept up better than we could have hoped for," Sokol added.

Closing weekend festivities included the annual pond skim contest, which drew a lively crowd of locals. Thousands of sun-drenched spectators gathered along the Middle Fork slope at the bottom of Chair 1 to watch the thrills and spills as costumed skiers and snowboarders attempted to cross the manmade pond.

Tucker Tonjum won the men's ski division, Kayla Seaman won the women's ski division, Earl Reynolds won the men's snowboard division and Anya Shawback won the women's snowboard division. Best crash went to Datlon Western, and best costume was won by the Kauffman brothers.

Jason Robertson was crowned king of the mountain after racking up 4,444,444 vertical feet on the slopes this season. Robertson averaged 58,479 feet per day over 76 days, according to the Big Mountain Rodeo stat-tracking site.

Michael Donnay wasn’t far behind, with 4.32 million vertical feet, followed by John Gibson with 4.06 million.

Susan Armstrong led the way with the most days skied at 122, missing only one session.

Season passes for next winter will be priced at $805 for adults if purchased before Sept. 30. That marks a $25 increase over the 2025-26 adult pass price.

With lifts closed, uphill enthusiasts are reminded to follow postseason policy for the next two weeks and stick to the East Route from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Summer operations ramp up May 23.