This last round of snow enabled our Ski Patrol crew to open another piece of terrain in Mirkwood. The Cat Skiing guides had been working this terrain along with our ski-packing crew for several weeks. This process involves explosives and lots of ski-cutting and side stepping down the slopes. More details describing their work is described in this post from…
After a couple of nights with a dusting, we are hoping that these next few rounds will deliver a bit more. Things picked up this afternoon and the morning should be good. It looks to snow most of the day on Tuesday as well.
While waiting for the next round of snow, we have had some amazing bluebird days around the Christmas holiday. Warm temps with light winds have delivered great weather for a Mirkwood hike. In addition to hikers, we also have snowcats and snowmobiles sharing this over the snow road. We ask that all uphill traffic stay on the right side of…
After a long and difficult year, we hope that Santa leaves some new skis under the tree! Happy holidays to all!
The tubing park is now open for the 2020-21 season. People seem extra happy this year just to be outdoors regardless of whether they are skiing, snowboarding or tubing. Being outside enjoying the mountains makes things feel normal during an abnormal year. The tubing park enters its third year of operations here at Monarch this season. One of the neat…
Patrol opened up some more bowl skiing yesterday! Outback and Shagnasty are now open. These wind loaded zones provide some consistent soft turns and fresh reloads. When it’s blowing, it’s snowing. Our terrain options have greatly expanded in the last ten days and we now have all but one lift-served trail opened. Enjoy!
We now have some terrain open in Mirkwood! Our Cat Skiing Guides, the Cat Skiing operators, the ski packing crew and our Ski Patrollers put in a heroic effort to get a piece of Mirkwood prepped over the last few week and opened today. Orcs, Mirkwood Bowl, Mirkwood Trees, and Southbound are now open. With the new snow, there were…
Here are a few pics from yesterday as the next round of snow moved in.
After opening on Thanksgiving weekend and only receiving 1″ of snow since then, the last few days have been amazing. We finally returned to a snowy pattern and have received over a foot of snow. We were able to patch things up on our existing network of open trails and add some new ones along with the Garfield Lift. Finally.
