We picked up an additional five inches of snow during Wednesday night’s quick moving storm. We are getting there bit by bit. Each one of these snowfall events is helping to slowly build our base. While much of the mountain is now completely snow covered, we still need one or two more decent storm events to open. This time of…
With the most recent storm, we have been able to get a few snowcats out for some track packing on the mountain. This operation helps to consolidate our basal snow layers while creating a textured surface that future snowfall can better adhere to. Over the last few days, the crew has covered most of our frontside terrain along with reaching…
We picked up another seven inches of snow during the day. There were a couple of inches early in the morning and then several bands of intense snow during the afternoon. The crew worked on harvesting efforts and then was able to get some cats on the hill to blade these piles out. One more step.
Here is a photo of the mountain that I took on Friday after last week’s snowfall. After the warm weather over the weekend, the snow covered slopes are getting thin but holding on. Fortunately, it looks like some additional snowfall is on the way later this week. The calendar hits November tomorrow…time to start lining up some storms.
I was able to get out on the mountain for a little ski tour yesterday afternoon. Actually, it was more of a winter walk with just a 10″ settled base right now. There was enough snow coverage to skin up on skis and check out the initial coverage around the mountain, but definitely not adequate for slashing turns (although a…
The mountain has started to take on a different look after the first winter storm. It appears that we have some more snow on the way this week and next. Let’s go.
The state of Colorado and much of the west will see our first significant winter storm of the season. Things look to get started at Monarch overnight and carrying on into Sunday and Monday. There is another wave coming later in the week on Wednesday and Thursday. A shift in the seasons is coming.
Each fall we schedule and receive our annual licensing inspection with the Colorado Passenger Tramway Safety Board. This inspection takes place at every ski area and other attractions in the State of Colorado that feature a conveyance. These inspections are conducted by an alternating group of lift engineers that work closely with the CPTSB. So, each season we host a…
The mountain crew has been out trimming tall grasses on the slopes. These trails then see less solar gain from vegetation poking through the snowpack after a storm and the coverage sets up that much faster. We’re ready…just add snow.
