One of our original lifts at Monarch was a T-Bar that topped out near what is now the top of the Little Joe ski trail. This Contstam T-Bar had previously been used at the Tenderfoot Ski Area near the town of Victor, CO and was purchased by Monarch in 1957. The foundations from this lift can still be seen along…
We are starting to see signs of Fall up at the mountain. The morning air is feeling crisp and the grasses are taking on a golden hue. We have seen frost on a few mornings and it won’t be long now before our first dusting of snow.
Love these crisp bluebird days in September!
The Property Maintenance crew has been busy this summer framing walls, remodeling offices, and painting our facilities. They recently finished up the entire exterior of the base lodge at the ski area and have now moved up to the Crest to address these structures. Kudos to Mark and his team for all the work they do that is front and…
As the USFS review process has continued to unfold, our team has been planning while further exploring No Name Basin. There is detailed mapping that has been compiled for us by the SE Group that includes trail layout, lift line alignment and other conceptual infrastructure. We have been ground-truthing some of these designs to see more of these areas in…
As you know, parking and shuttling has taken on a more important role in the Colorado ski industry over the last five to ten years. Even for the classic and smaller ski area operations like Monarch. What can I say? People just love to ski! As a business, we also have focused more on helping to get our workforce up…
Here is a look up from the bottom of Mirkwood. It’s deep with a mix of wildflowers and skunk cabbage right now. While we are addressing the smaller standing dead spruce trees in the Basin this summer, it’s clear to see that we still have some larger trees to deal with at some point in the future.
The top of the Garfield Lift is perched in a pretty spectacular spot. Particularly on a bluebird day. The Lift Maintenance crew has gotten the chairs back on the lift line after the rope replacement project and she’s ready to run again. Summer is cruising by and it won’t be long before its feeling like fall up on the mountain.
Here is an amazing shot from Pano Ridge yesterday morning.
Just add snow! The Mirkwood hike-to is just waiting for winter to show up again and for all of us to get our hike on. We have been up the ridge quite a bit this summer. There is a saw team from our local Terra Firma Forestry crew conducting some thinning work out in Mirkwood Basin. These efforts are focusing…
