No Name-Draft Decision

The Environmental Assessment and Draft Decision Notice has been made available for the proposed No Name expansion at Monarch.  This project aims to add 377 acres of skiing and riding to our current special use permit area.  The expansion would include several cleared trails, gladed areas, an aerial ski lift and additional improvements.  This is a major milestone and one…

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Wings Pass

Our Wings Pass launches tomorrow.  This pass is valid for the rest of this winter season and ALL of next season. This is quite the deal as there are around 50ish days left in the ski season for this year and we should have have around a 135 day season to look forward to in 2024-25.  If you have it…

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Rip Cord

The Slope Maintenance team has been hard at work.  The guys groomed out about half of our named trails last night including a few of our steeper ones that are in the rotation.  They have really been doing an amazing job behind the scenes prepping the mountain while all of us are fast asleep.  I also want to give props…

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Another Amazing Day

We are looking at another amazing day here at Monarch Mountain.  We have seen 10″ of snow in the last three days and 30″ in the last ten days.  Conditions are incredible right now and the forecast shows more snow arriving this afternoon.  Ski you soon.

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Hike For It

Hiking Mirkwood seems to grow in popularity each season.  People enjoy the extra effort involved in seeking out their favorite powder stash off our highest point at the ski area.  The snow has been all-time lately and looks to get even better this week.  We have a consistent storm pattern in the forecast that will deliver new snow each day…

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Powder Weekend

What a storm!  It started on Friday afternoon and quickly improved conditions.  Early in the storm, the temps were warm and then tapered off as it developed.  This makes for great skiing that only gets better.  The warm and dense snow quickly covers up any sun crusts or other surface features that may affect your turn.  As this piled up…

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NN Tour

We recently hosted another USFS site visit for the proposed terrain expansion in No Name Basin.  As part of the review process, we have held several of these visits with the USFS specialists, SE Group engineers and other stakeholders involved in the proposed project.  We were fortunate to have the new Supervisor for the Pike-San Isabel National Forests (PSICC) join…

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