No Name Cliffs

Our cat skiing terrain dishes out some extremes. There are several steep chutes and cliff lines on the east side of the divide above the Waterdog Lakes. We also have a very prominent cliff band on the western flank of No Name Bowl. This rock formation breaks through in the ski area as well in several areas including near Christmas…

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Copper

I made my annual pilgrimage up to one of our regular season pass partners this week. Copper Mountain has been on our exchange program for many years with 3 free days with your Monarch Season Pass. We have 10 days left here at Monarch for the season! After that, you can ski Copper until April 24th and several other partners…

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Solid Coverage

We hit another milestone today. Twenty feet of measurable snowfall. There is really good coverage just about everywhere on the mountain. It looks like we will see some significant wind tomorrow. Hopefully this doesn’t change our coverage situation. Hang on to your hats.

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Spring

We are headed into some warm days. We will see high temps in the low 40’s this weekend before a return to snowy weather next week. For now, it’s still soft powder on the north slopes and corn on the southside. Enjoy!

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Black Hawk

The recent events at Snowbird ski area struck a familiar chord. For those who are unaware, a helicopter training there in February resulted in a crash landing of two helicopters just below the ski lift in Mineral Basin. Fortunately, everyone was ok despite the incident occurring so close to skiers/riders and ski area infrastructure. Monarch had a similar event back…

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Marching

It’s been a busy month. Snow and guests. This is the time of year that really seems to move quickly. The weeks and days meld together with similar crowds and no change in our operations. We are running all lifts every day along with tubing ops and each guest service venue. Our peak parking strategies are in place for most…

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Road Trip

Have you ever looked at our amazing lineup of partner resorts on our season pass and dreamed of finding a way to visit them all? Thought about loading up the Sprinter van with your winter gear and hitting the road for a long tour? There are some really unique resorts linked to our pass and incredible opportunities to experience them…

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Trollers

There are a lot of heroes that play a part in ski area operations. Perhaps none of our departments have more of this reputation than our Ski Patrollers. The public sees this crew as one that assists injured guests, provides skier/rider education, manages risk by maintaining closures & boundaries and mitigates avalanche hazard with explosives. We view this crew the…

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