Desert Time

Many of us that work at the mountain take off to the desert after the ski season ends.  After months on the snow in the Colorado Rockies, trading our skis for rafts or bikes unveils a new adventure in the desert. Among the red rocks and endless skies, the desert offers fresh challenges and the landscape contrasts sharply from the…

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Springtime Uphill Access

With the official operating season ending, we now turn exclusively to uphill access for finding turns on the mountain. EVERYONE wishing to skin uphill at Monarch MUST have an uphill pass AND sign a waiver. This includes ALL Season Pass holders. This is a separate product from a season pass.  If you don’t have a valid 2023-24 Uphill Pass, you must stop by the…

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Flagging NN

While the USFS continues their review process, we continue to prepare and plan.  The Ski Patrol team has been working tirelessly the last few weeks using GPS to flag the proposed trails in No Name Basin.  If/when we obtain final approval from the USFS, the units have been marked for the USFS timber crew to put the timber sale together…

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Love to Ski

I love to ski.  If you do too, you may want to use one of your partner resorts days visiting our friends up at Loveland Ski Area.  I recently had the chance to do so.  With your Monarch Season Pass, you have the opportunity to experience several other areas that we team up with on our long list of partner…

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