Monarch Mountain, CO, Invites You to Be Part of Santa’s Christmas Eve Ski and Snowboard Parade Brought to you by Monarch Mountain Santa will be taking a break from his hectic Christmas Eve schedule to make a stop at Monarch Mountain, CO. Monarch would like to invite everyone to be part of Santa’s Christmas Eve ski and snowboard parade. Related: Monarch Mountain, CO, Now Open for the Season on 100% Natural Snow Meet Santa at the […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 22, 2021 0 Comments
Monarch Mountain, CO, Closed Today Due to Extreme Weather Conditions Due to extreme weather conditions, Monarch Mountain, CO, will be closed today, December 15, 2021. After a dry start to the season, Monarch  is one of only a handful of resorts that don’t have snowmaking, the resort opened for the season on Saturday 11th. Related: Monarch Mountain, CO, Now Open for the Season on 100% Natural Snow Forecasts predict sustained high winds […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 15, 2021 0 Comments
Monarch Mountain, CO, Now Open for the Season on 100% Natural Snow Brought to you by Monarch Mountain Monarch Mountain, CO, opened for the 2021-2022 season on Saturday, December 11. As one of the few remaining ski areas in Colorado that do not make any snow, Monarch relies entirely on all-natural precipitation to open its 800 acres of terrain. The most recent storm cycle provided enough coverage to open two of its seven […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 13, 2021 0 Comments
Is This the Best Job in the World? Brought to you by Monarch Mountain Skiing makes the world go-’round… and lifties make the chairlifts go ’round. Lift operators, or lifties, are some of the coolest people on the mountain and work in one of the most awesome positions in the job market. Whether the liftie works at a smaller, local mountain or a more commercialized mountain, they are […] Featured Article Jesse | December 13, 2021 2 Comments
Late Week Storm For Colorado | Feet of Snow Possible Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist Nathan Tarino Updated 2:00 pm MST 12-8-2021 Forecast Summary A significant winter storm will bring heavy mountain snow across Colorado from Wednesday evening into early Friday morning. Double-digit snow totals are likely for many Colorado ski resorts, with a few favored areas likely to pick up as much as 30″ of snow. Most mountains can expect […] Weather Nathan Tarino | December 8, 2021 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Pattern Change Out West; Feet of Snow Expected Forecast By SnowBrains Chief Meteorologist – Eric McNamee  8:35 PM MST, 12/5/2021 Forecast Summary: FEET of snow is expected across the western US over the next week as a major pattern change occurs. The extremely dry November over the west looks to hopefully change going into December as a long-wave trough develops. Different regions of the west will see rounds […] Weather Eric McNamee | December 5, 2021 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: 6-12″ of Snow For Colorado Mountains Through Thursday Forecast By SnowBrains Chief Meteorologist – Eric McNamee  9:10 pm MST, 10/25/2021 Forecast Summary: Two troughs of low pressure will move through Colorado and bring 6-12″ of snow to the mountains through Thursday. Snow from the first system will begin Tuesday morning and continue into Wednesday. The second system will brush by Wednesday night and keep showers going into Thursday […] Weather Eric McNamee | October 25, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: Camera Catches 18-Wheeler Narrowly Escaping Death on Runaway Ramp You know those long, steep, runway-strip-looking pieces of road that you always drive past on mountainous highways with signs before them that read, “runaway ramp?” Seldom do you ever see them actually used, and you often wonder if they are really a necessary installment to the state highway system. Well, here, a runaway ramp in Colorado really proved its necessity […] SnowBrains | October 15, 2021 174 Comments