It was a textbook Colorado Pow Day! Monarch received 11″ in the last 24hrs, 20″ in the last 48hrs and has received 85” of snow in the last four weeks!! What are you waiting for? Enjoy.
It dumped all day at the rate of about 1″ an hour. Tomorrow looks to be all time…and today was pretty amazing too.
Never get tired of it.
We are transitioning from the long three-week Christmas holiday right into another one. MLK weekend is up next and the mountain is in prime condition. We have received five feet of snow since December 21st. The mountain is open wall to wall and there is amazing snow everywhere you go. Enjoy!
When it’s blowing…it’s snowing! Mirkwood Bowl sits high on the Continental Divide. With consistent winds out of the west and southwest, this northeast facing bowl receives almost continuous wind loaded snow. If you haven’t made the hike up yet this season, I highly suggest making a little side mission to explore this corner of the ski area. Currently, the turns…
We have it all up here! Accountants, Childcare, Events, Explosive Technicians, Food and Beverage, Guides, Lift Operations, Lift and Vehicle Mechanics, Parking Ops, Patrollers, Property Maintenance Staff, Restaurants, Retail, Ski School, Terrain Parks, Tubing, Shuttles…and yes, we even have a water treatment facility.
Well, we were once again delivered a Christmas storm. Between December 21st and January 4th, we received 49″ of snowfall. This included just shy of 4″ of water content helping to not only bolster our base but improve the long term snowpack average and subsequent water runoff in the spring. The Snotel site just west of the ski area is…