The snow did return in a big way as we head towards the end of May. The mountain has once again taken on a winter landscape. High temps look to stay in the 30’s over the next few days with more chances of some additional flakes. We warm back up once we get towards the end of the week. CO…
May showers bring…May snowstorms? Looks like we are not done yet with some more snow on tap for Monarch Pass over the next week. Enjoy!
A wall of dead trees. That’s what you have seen over the last few seasons driving into our parking lot. In this zone located in between our entrance and exit, there were numerous dead standing Engelmann spruce trees. The Patrol Summer Crew (aka Saw Team Six) worked diligently this spring to remove dead standing trees from this polygon adjacent to…
With the repeated strong spring winds, we have a very prominent dust layer on the remaining snow surfaces. This layer changes the albedo of the surface, causes the snow to absorb more of the incoming solar radiation, leads to increased melting and allows spring runoff to occur even more rapidly. This phenomena is challenging on many fronts in managing water…
Yes. It’s time to be hitting the trails on the mountain bike, getting the raft on the river or starting the garden in the backyard. However, if you still want to get some turns in with the use of your Monarch Season Pass, there are still a few of our partner resorts open. Loveland closes on Sunday and A-Basin plans…
We spend all winter building it up. Now it’s time to break it down. The crew has been busy plowing around our base lodge and bottom lift terminals. This helps melting snow access our drainage system and speeds up the process of opening our summer access to these areas. It’s all about getting water to go where you want it.…
It’s that time of year when we can see some different looking storms rolling in. As the surrounding terrain and air masses warm up during these spring months, we have more and more convective activity passing over the Divide. It’s a little disconcerting on a ski tour with some thunder in the distance. Time to start that descent!
As usual, we are still receiving snow after closing day. We picked up another 6-8″ of snow over the weekend (depending on aspect and wind load). It definitely helped to freshen up the slopes and provide a few nice turns out there. There were a lot of skinners up here taking advantage of the improved conditions. Just a reminder that…
Another one in the books. All in all it turned out to be a good season. The weather didn’t cooperate at the start of the season and we missed our anticipated opening for Thanksgiving. It was the 15th time that has happened in the 54 years of records that I have access to. (Not sure where the old snow records…
We had staff members from multiple Mountain Operations departments out on the snowcat today. It was really nice to get some of our hard-working crew out there for a day of skiing & riding. The team enjoyed making turns through cold & soft powder in mid-April! Tomorrow we will do the same thing as we host employees from the Guest…
