Yesterday the Cat Skiing and Patrol crews got out to set up all the snow fencing along the ridgeline. These fences collect piles of snow on the leeward sides where we want to build our over the snow roads. Weather played nice and we had a great time wrangling T posts and fences at 12,000 feet. Evan gives our fencing…
Many of you know him from his years with Monarch, but I wanted to share a little more about our Director of Hospitality, Michael Ingram. Currently Michael oversees all Food and Beverage, Retail, and interior Crest Operations but he has done so much more for both Monarch and myself than just running those complex operations. When I moved from Lift…
As we ramp up for the season it is the time of year where we focus on education both for our longtime and new employees. This week we focused on some of the higher-level learning by sending crews to both the NSAA Fall Education Seminar and CAIC Colorado Snow and Avalanche Workshop (CSAW). National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) is a…
WAAAAHHHHOOOOO, IT”S SNOWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Today is closing day for the Crest and we just wanted to say thank you for a great summer! This season we celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Tram, enjoyed great events, and met incredible people who took the time to visit us. Thanks to all who came up and we will see you for the winter fun soon!
Normally by the time you get to the top of the Mirkwood hike you are so drawn by the incredible views and excitement for your run that you don’t notice the small deck and tower that are jut beyond the boundary. This usually unnoticed area is an important weather station that is used by Ski Patrol and Colorado Avalanche Information…
We have been seeing some massive progress the past couple of weeks on our Paradise parking expansion as every day we are seeing massive amounts of dirt being moved from the cut to fill areas. As with most big projects, the first steps take the longest. For those who have been following along the full process through planning, approval, timber…
Monarch’s unofficial uphill champion is our Director of Brand Experience, Eva Egbert. This season she will be slowed by an unfortunate Pickleball injury, but normally she is getting in 150 days or more of uphill skiing; a bar so high that none of us can come close to keeping up. When she is not skinning up the mountain, Eva oversees…
The rain/snow line from this past storm cycle was just too high to bring snow to Monarch. This picture from the Crest shows how snow stuck to Bald Mountain (12,856′) and Mount Aetna (13,752′) but didn’t quite make it down to the top of Mirkwood (11,952′). It would have been exciting to see snow at Monarch, but in reality, it…
I recently came across this old photo of our Children’s Center from the late 80’s. From the time it was built in 1984 until the early 2000’s, the Children’s Center was famous amongst all kids as the “Jellybean Jungle”. In case you have ever wondered why our Snowsports only lift(s) were named Safari and Congo (removed 2018), the names were…
