Snow is in the forecast and we’re all hopeful that it will enable Monarch Mountain to open soon. With the incoming storm this week, we are closing uphill access effective at 4pm today (Monday-November 28th) until the mountain is open. With the large increase in uphill traffic (skinners) that we have hosted the last few seasons, we have recognized that…
Our snowcat operators have been out track packing over the last few weeks and are now further testing the grooming equipment. While the blade is one of the most important items on the cat as it pushes snow where it needs to be while leveling the slopes, the tiller is the tool that creates the magical surface we ski on.…
There is snow in the forecast and we will be skiing & riding soon.
Our Lift Maintenance crew has recently put the final touches on the Tumbelina counterweight enclosure. I posted last year about the major upgrades made to the Tumbelina Lift. In this post, you can see the exposed counterweight in this location. Our goal with this project was to eliminate the need to back-drag the lodge side of the counterweight with a…
Here is a look at the mountain and Monarch Ridge from the Snowburn trail. The crew was able to add some Panorama trails to those that have been track packed this week. All in all we have around twenty trails packed and prepped for the next storm cycle. Most of our terrain continues to hold snow with the cold temps…
I toured around near the end of the day to check out the backside trails. The Slope Maintenance crew has been conducting additional track-packing on the mountain over the last few days. Several of our trails on the backside of the mountain have now been track packed and prepped for the season including Upper Tango, Romp, Roundabout, Toddler, Sidewinder, Drifter,…
We picked up an additional five inches of snow during Wednesday night’s quick moving storm. We are getting there bit by bit. Each one of these snowfall events is helping to slowly build our base. While much of the mountain is now completely snow covered, we still need one or two more decent storm events to open. This time of…
With the most recent storm, we have been able to get a few snowcats out for some track packing on the mountain. This operation helps to consolidate our basal snow layers while creating a textured surface that future snowfall can better adhere to. Over the last few days, the crew has covered most of our frontside terrain along with reaching…
We picked up another seven inches of snow during the day. There were a couple of inches early in the morning and then several bands of intense snow during the afternoon. The crew worked on harvesting efforts and then was able to get some cats on the hill to blade these piles out. One more step.
