While our Cat Skiing terrain may be the most dramatic, Mirkwood is really the Crown Jewel that links the ski area to the Cat Skiing permitted area. This zone is covered by both the special use permit for the ski area and the outfitter & guide permit for our Cat Skiing Operations. So, this terrain sees traffic from day hikers…
The thinned out trees on either side of the Christmas Tree trail have some great open lines. They are even more dramatic through rimed out trees and blue skies.
Never get tired of it!
What a week it has been! We have experienced several storm days with a 28″ snow total along with a few straight up bluebird days. Today is one of those with intermittent clouds on the ridgelines mixed in with patches of blue here and there. We have some crisp temps keeping the powder stashes cold and soft. There are also…
It was a textbook Colorado Pow Day! Monarch received 11″ in the last 24hrs, 20″ in the last 48hrs and has received 85” of snow in the last four weeks!! What are you waiting for? Enjoy.
It dumped all day at the rate of about 1″ an hour. Tomorrow looks to be all time…and today was pretty amazing too.
Never get tired of it.
We are transitioning from the long three-week Christmas holiday right into another one. MLK weekend is up next and the mountain is in prime condition. We have received five feet of snow since December 21st. The mountain is open wall to wall and there is amazing snow everywhere you go. Enjoy!
When it’s blowing…it’s snowing! Mirkwood Bowl sits high on the Continental Divide. With consistent winds out of the west and southwest, this northeast facing bowl receives almost continuous wind loaded snow. If you haven’t made the hike up yet this season, I highly suggest making a little side mission to explore this corner of the ski area. Currently, the turns…
