Purgatory Resort is extending its ski season

Purgatory Resort will be open until April 30.

In this Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 photo, Greg Ralph, right, vice president of sales and marketing at Purgatory Resort, talks with a skier fresh off the slopes at the ski resort in Durango, Colo. Ralph, who averages 80 ski days a year, has skied at nearly all resorts in six states: Colorado, California, Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming and New Mexico, as well as major resorts in Canada. (Jerry McBride/The Durango Herald via AP)

DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — A ski resort in southwestern Colorado has announced it is extending its season through April due to snowy conditions.

The Durango Herald reports that Purgatory Resort, about 30 miles north of Durango, made the announcement Tuesday.

Spokeswoman Kim Oyler says the ski area will remain open daily through April 2. The ski area will then reopen Friday through Sunday, from April 7 to April 30.

Oyler says Purgatory has already received more snow this winter than all of last ski season.

More snow is expected to come toward the end of the month, with a storm forecast in the region next week.

Chris Cuoco with the National Weather Service says a storm system is predicted to move into the area Monday and bring snow until Thursday.

Information from: Durango Herald, http://www.durangoherald.com.