So far, March has been a magical month with almost three feet of snow and a bit more on the way this weekend.  In between storms, we have had sunny weather with the hours of sunlight growing longer with each passing day.  The skiing/riding conditions have been top notch.  Coming up next week, we look to have some spring skiing…

Guest blog post from Chris Haggerty, Monarch Mountain General Manager: Dear Monarch Mountain Community, With a 50% increase in skiable terrain on the horizon, it would be easy to assume that season pass prices will rise as well. How big will that increase be? And does Monarch Mountain truly value its loyal passholders? Let me put your mind at ease.…

It was a blustery and stormy day.  We had some challenging winds and limited lift operations with just Garfield and Pano spinning today.  However, these two lifts provide access to about fifty named trails, so there was still plenty to go around.  These type of days start off with good skiing that only gets better throughout the day.  We reported…

We’ve had some sunny days, blustery times, and powder conditions.  Sometimes all within a day.  Spring skiing can bring a variety of conditions as the the northern hemisphere of the earth tilts back towards the sun.  We experience rising temps, competing low and high pressure air masses, higher diurnal temperature swings, and atmospheric instability.  We have seen a string of…

I see a snowcat climbing the Waterdog Ridge headed out for soft turns in the sun.  Our Cat Skiing operation has been guiding guests out on the Continental Divide all season long.  We still have a few open spots on our calendar for the winter.  With our dynamic pricing model, the costs have dropped since earlier in the winter and…

The storm cycles have been interesting this season.  While there have been some stretches between storms, when they do arrive they have consistently over produced the forecast.  We picked up 8″ of snow overnight and a few more inches during the day today.  While we had full-on spring skiing conditions over the weekend, today was a straight up POW Day! …

It’s almost been too nice over the last three or four days.  We’ve had beautiful blue skies, warm temps and no wind.  The weather was very friendly on the ridgeline for all of the competitors, coaches, judges and spectators as we hosted two days of IFSA competitions on High Anxiety and out in Mirkwood.  It looks like tomorrow will be…

Here is a look at Mt. Princeton from high above.  This 14k peak towers over the town of nearby Buena Vista, CO here in Chaffee County.  I grabbed this photo earlier this winter on a return flight to Denver. Flying high above the Rocky Mountains on the wings of a jet is a pretty cool deal.  Maybe the only deal…

We had a solid run with our storm track picking up 30″ of snow in eleven days.  We received this abundance of snow between February 11th-21st.  The skiing and riding has been amazing here lately with solid coverage, pow stashes, and soft groomers.  Looking ahead, we have some warmer and sunny weather through the rest of the month.  We still…

We have received 18″ of snow in the last six days.  This morning, we had beautiful blue skies with soft snow.  By the end of the day, the next round of storms had already rolled in.  We are expecting snow throughout much of the week ahead.  The conditions have been amazing this week and it’s great to be back in…