I posted here a few weeks ago about the haul rope for the new Tomichi Lift. The crew from Skytrac and our Lift Maintenance department worked hard this weekend to get the rope up and on the towers! They first used a pilot line which is a smaller diameter cable. The crew climbs each tower getting the pilot line up…
Monarch wouldn’t be where it is today, without the dedication and hard work of those who came before us. One of the most pivotal groups of people that contributed to our success is the Berry family. Ray and Josephine Berry moved to Salida in the 1940’s and purchased the ski area lease from the City in 1955 for one hundred…
Zorro is the Spanish word for a male fox. Our resident fox is on the move at Monarch in both the summer and the winter seasons. We see it cruising the base area and observe its tracks up on the upper reaches of the mountain while riding the lifts. With the new expansion into No Name Basin opening up this…
Here is a look at the top of the Tomichi Lift and the grading work for the unload ramp. We still need to install the operator house, run some power lines, and implement erosion control/revegetation…but it’s really starting to come together up there. Looking at the tracks in the dirt, it almost appears that the first couple of skiers riding…
We now have two vault toilets installed at the bottom of No Name Basin. The local crew from Terry’s Crane & Rigging was once again called in for some heavy lifting. These two units are installed adjacent to the bottom terminal area and will serve as a convenient pit stop for staff and guests in No Name Basin.
The new lift towers are standing tall in No Name Basin. Here is a look at tower 8 which is one of three angle towers on the lift line. Tower 7 and tower 9 are also designed as angle towers. These towers are often implemented in a lift’s engineering design to pass over steep terrain. The angled design allows a…
I took a hike up the Waterdog drainage to Waterdog Lakes the other day. Standing at the shores, our Cat Skiing terrain lies directly above this pristine Alpine lake. The rocky chutes to the left of the craggy Monolith can be identified in this photo. Walking around in the summer, its hard to believe that we ski some of the…
The crews from Skytrac and Timberline Helicopters were able to fly out all of the remaining steel for the new lift in No Name Basin. There are thirteen towers on the line independent of the bottom and top terminals. Each tower was first flown out with the tower head carried out on the following turn by the helicopter. The crew…
The bottom terminal for the new lift has been constructed. The crew from Skytrac put in a solid effort getting the final components put together. We now have a return bullwheel and operator house in place. Next up…flying towers!
