Next Up-Breezeway

In my earlier post on November 23rd, I outlined our upcoming goals for trail/lift openings and tubing operations.  With the huge storm and the dedication of our Mtn Ops team, we have accomplished all of those goals in six days.  We now turn to opening our next lift and big piece of terrain.  The Patrol team has conducted ski cutting…

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Happy Thanksgiving!

We have a lot to be Thankful for!  Monarch is open and we just received an amazing 30″ storm.  The Panorama lift is spinning and the entire Pano ridge will open today.  Friends, family, food, football and Salida’s own Next Last Waltz performing the Band’s Thanksgiving Day show.

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Transformative

The mountain looks nothing like it did a week ago.  The storm over the last few days has transformed the ski area and enabled the Mountain Operations team to open up additional lifts and terrain in a very short period of time.  Pano opened today along with several trails that have nearly doubled our offerings after opening less than a…

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Big Storm

We have a Big Storm on the way over the next 48 hours.  This is just what we need to add to our early season base of settled snow here at the mountain. If things pan out as forecasted, we can work towards getting additional lifts and terrain open over the next several days.  Meanwhile, stay tuned to our website…

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Momentum

It’s always great to get the mountain open in November as it builds the momentum for the season.  While natural snow is always worth the wait, time off in early winter can delay our team’s work on the mountain and our guest’s confidence in planning their days skiing and riding.  Once our crews are up here, we start pushing out…

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2024-25 / Opening Day Details

We are excited to open ahead of Thanksgiving for the first time since 2020!  Looking back historically at the more than fifty years of records I have access to, we have opened prior to the holiday weekend about 70% of the time.  It’s just been a bit of a delayed start these last few seasons.  So, it’s good to be…

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Stepping Romp

As mentioned in several earlier posts, we have some really great snow overall with just a few skinny areas along the ridgeline.  We side stepped Romp today to assist with setting up a stable base instead of dropping a 22k lb. winch cat down the face and risk pulling up debris with the tracks or winch cable.  The soft ridges…

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Opening Day 24/25

Guest Blog from Chris Haggerty, GM Monarch Mountain It’s our favorite time of year – We will be kicking off our 85th season on Friday, November 22, 2024. Each year, our goal is to start the lifts as early as possible, and thanks to Mother Nature and the relentless efforts of our incredible mountain operations team, a November opening is…

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