We’re officially open for the 2025/26 winter season and the stoke is high!  Huge shout out to our Mountain Ops team for pulling it off with short notice.  The Slope Maintenance, Ski Patrol, Lift Operations, Lift Maintenance, Base Area Services, and Vehicle Maintenance teams absolutely crushed it.  Thank you!!!

We are excited to open the mountain tomorrow for the 2025-26 winter season! For lift access, we will be operating the Pioneer, Tumbelina, and Caterpillar lifts.  We will have 22 trails open with a mix of groomed and ungroomed conditions on our “Frontside Terrain” and “Learning Areas”.  Please check the Conditions Page on our website for the latest updates.  Below…

Snow is in the forecast and we’re anticipating that it will enable us to open Monarch for skiing and riding this week.  With this in mind, we are closing uphill access effective at 12pm today (Sunday-November 30th). Due to safety concerns and our need to keep crews focused on opening tasks, all permitted slopes at the ski area will be…

The upcoming storm is taking shape and the forecast for Monarch Pass is looking good.  Not just the first wave on Sunday into Monday but later into the week as well.  We are rounding up all of our crews and will be working to make the most of this storm.  We are hopeful that the incoming snowfall will get us…

We may not be open for skiing and riding yet, but we still have a lot to be thankful for.  I want to take this opportunity to thank all of the contractors, businesses and government entities that worked tirelessly to complete the project in No Name Basin.  We couldn’t have done it without all of these amazing groups of people.…

We picked up 8″ of snow over the weekend.  With this latest snowfall, our Slope Maintenance crew was finally able to get some snowcats out on the mountain.  Our first strategy each season is to track pack the trails which helps to roughen up the snow surface and create micro-windrows that can help catch subsequent snowfall.  Compacting the snow layers…

The Mtn Ops team has been out setting up the snow farm.  We are one of the last ski areas in Colorado that doesn’t rely on artificial snowmaking in our operation. We understand that while waiting for Mother Nature to deliver can take a little patience, there is nothing better than making turns on real snow.  We utilize several strategies…

The mountain is looking better with this week’s snow.  It was great to see a change in the weather as we picked up around eight inches of snow in the last few days.  It looks like we have some more snow arriving on Thursday and Friday with some more chances next week.  Think snow!

Winter has finally returned!  We picked up around 4″ of snow overnight and it’s still coming down.  It appears that we will get a bit more snow today before this round blows out.  An additional storm looks to move in on Thursday and Friday with a few more rounds of snow forecasted for next week.  Stay positive and stay tuned!

I recognize that we have staff and guests at Monarch who cheer for just about every team in the league.  Sundays are a lot of fun up here during the season because of the comradery and enjoyment for the game.  I could say more here on this post after attending the game today.  However, all that I’ll say right now…