The Mountain Operations team held our annual Crest Tram rope evacuation practice today. Our Patrol, Lift Maintenance, and Lift Operations teams were present along with additional staff from the Crest. Monarch Mountain at the Crest will open for summer operations this weekend. The Crest retail store, Freshies Grill and the Crest Tram will be operating on Saturday, May 17th. In…
The team from Skytrac Lifts has arrived at Monarch! This crew will be in charge of building the new lift in No Name Basin this summer. Initial efforts will focus on building the steel rebar foundations for the lift towers. This work will take place in the main parking lot over the next several weeks. Once the snow melts out,…
All is quiet at the ski area as we wait for summer to show up. The crew has done a great job plowing roads at the ski area and up at the Crest. Unfortunately, winter looks to continue on up here and could delay our start a bit on our many summer projects. The forecast calls for really high winds…
We are waiting for winter to fade away. A lot of snow has melted out already with numerous brown patches up on the mountain starting to show. Our crew has been working hard dozing snow from the roads and base area with snowcats. We are aiming to open up access to the No Name Basin project site as soon as…
Since closing the ski area, our crew has been busy skidding timber over snow in No Name Basin. We had a few spots where we were unable to operate machinery in last summer due to existing wetlands or other conditions. So, our plan was to address these in spring of 2025 while the snowpack still provided protection for any sensitive…
That’s it for the 2024/25 winter season. Thanks to all of you for making it a great one!
It’s your last weekend to make some turns and catch some rays for the 2024-25 winter season. Come on up!
With the ski area closing soon, we will immediately turn all efforts to working on the No Name Basin terrain expansion. After consultation with the USFS and under careful consideration for public safety, we are CLOSING ALL UPHILL ACCESS to the public effective on Monday – April 14th. This will remain in place for the remainder of the spring season…
The mitigation work on Monarch Ridge has created an amazing backcountry skiing area here on Monarch Pass. The thinning was organized by the Salida Ranger District and conducted by Miller timber in 2020 and 2021. This project aimed to thin out dead and dying trees affected by the spruce beetle endemic. Local skiers and riders put in their skin tracks…
We spent four days this week getting our incredible staff out on the snowcat. We were able to get around one-hundred employees out that represented each department here at Monarch. Mother nature chipped in as well with over a foot of fresh snow and provided fantastic skiing/riding conditions for our team. We explored the new trails in No Name Basin…
