Some years, July is a summer skiing bonanza, with multiple ski resorts to choose from, but as we’re sure you’ve heard by now, this past winter wasn’t exactly conducive to stable, long-lasting snowpacks, thinning the herd.
Just because the party has fewer members, though, doesn’t mean it’s not happening. Against the odds, a few ski resorts across North America still plan to offer skiing this month.
Here’s where you can make the 2025-26 season last a little longer. It’s not a long list. One option involves indoor skiing, and another requires hiking uphill to earn your laps, but given the time of year, who are we to complain? Skiing is skiing. And more often than not, it leaves you happier than you were before.
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Timberline Lodge, Oregon
North America’s perennial summer skiing hangout, Timberline Lodge, is known for keeping its lifts turning as late as possible, no matter what winter does or doesn’t deliver. Perched on the flanks of Mt. Hood, the resort offers stellar Oregonian views and, as one of the only places for lift-served summer skiing on the continent, opportunities to rub shoulders with the big-name athletes who gravitate there to train each year.
While freestyle skiing or alpine racing are Timberline’s calling cards, anyone’s welcome to sample late-season slush. Throw in a dip at the glittering Trillium Lake or a lap through the Timberline bike park, and you’ve got a recipe for a full-fledged vacation.
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Banff Sunshine Village, Alberta
While much of the West struggled, Banff Sunshine Village went in a different, remarkable direction. By the time winter had ended, the ski resort had notched one of its snowiest seasons in history with powder days aplenty. That prompted the team at Sunshine to reopen for a few more weeks of summer skiing on June 20. You’ll need to act fast to take advantage, though—Sunshine’s last day of summer ski operations is July 5.
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Copper Mountain, Colorado
Copper Mountain doesn’t have a full-fledged, lift-served summer ski operation. Instead, the resort opens a hike park to the public, with a selection of jibs and rails to choose from. To facilitate the terrain park, Copper Mountain farms snow and builds a sizable mound that lasts well into the summer. While you shouldn’t expect long, top-to-bottom runs, the rail garden is the perfect place to hone some rail tricks ahead of the 2026-27 season. Plus, earning your laps is good exercise.
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Big SNOW American Dream, New Jersey
Perhaps the most confounding resort in North America, Big SNOW sits within the confines of American Dream, a super-mall outside Manhattan. The sprawling indoor ski area houses multiple chairlifts, runs, and a terrain park, all chilled by a crisp ambient temperature of 28 degrees. The unique set-up means that Big Snow isn’t only a good place to ski in July—any other month of the year works, too. The proximity to New York makes for some entertaining and implausible-sounding trip itineraries. A morning at the Met followed by skiing in a colossal fridge? Sounds pretty great, if you ask us.
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