How a Professional Skateboarder Got His Community Behind Building a New Skatepark in a Colorado Ski Town Salida, Colorado is a homely ski town of about 7,000 with a wide-open, western, rancher feel. It’s got big mountains right next to it and is home to ski area Monarch Mountain and nearby backcountry haven Monarch Pass. But little do most people know that it’s also a skate town. “I don’t think everybody knows that,” Derek Scott said over […] Martin Kuprianowicz | April 30, 2021 0 Comments
Monarch Mountain, CO Report: Slushy Moguls, Sunshine, and Perfect Spring Skiing Report from Monday, April 5, 2021 Brought to you by Monarch Mountain Monarch Mountain, CO – The spring skiing at Monarch Mountain is off the charts. Today yielded perfect spring conditions – little to no icy spots, slushy moguls, corn snow, blue skies, and warm temperatures. With no lift lines and record-breaking temperatures over the weekend, skiing was all time. […] Conditions Report Dominic Gawel | April 6, 2021 0 Comments
Monarch Mountain, CO Looking to Expand into “No Name Basin” Adding 350 Acres Brought to you by Monarch Mountain Monarch Mountain, CO – Monarch’s 2011 Master Development Plan includes plans to expand into “No Name Basin” – just on the other side of the Continental Divide. Ten years later, summer 2021 is looking to be promising to begin exploring the plan. Dan Bender, Monarch’s vice president of sales, said this might be the summer […] Industry News Dominic Gawel | March 31, 2021 0 Comments
Monarch Mountain, CO Report: Powder, Cliff Hucks, and Flips with a Bunch of Wild Men from New Mexico View this post on Instagram A post shared by Blake (@blake_films_stuff) Brought to you by Monarch Mountain Report from Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, March 26-28, 2021 The last time we were all together was for our favorite skier’s funeral. That was in September. We miss you, Alex Davis. We’ve all grown a lot since then, and we’re still sending […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | March 30, 2021 1 Comment
A Meteorologic Overview of the Historic Mid-March Winter Storm That Slammed Colorado and Parts of the Southwest This article originally appeared on noaa.gov on March 14, 2021, and was written by Peter Mullinax, WPC Meteorologist Meteorological Overview: The primary weather feature responsible for this historic mid-March major winter storm was a potent upper level low over the Southwest U.S. On Friday, March 12, the upper low produced periods of heavy mountain snow in the higher elevations of […] Weather WeatherBrains | March 25, 2021 0 Comments
2020-2021 Season Closing Days at Colorado Ski Resorts Spring has sprung and that means the 2020-2021 resort ski season, unfortunately, has to come to an end. Most Colorado ski areas are closing on various Sundays throughout April, starting the 4th through April 25th. This year’s May resort skiing will likely only be at Breckenridge (Closing May 31st) and Arapahoe Basin (TBA). It is common for Winter Park to extend […] Industry News Dominic Gawel | March 24, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: Mountain Weather Update 3/22/21: Two Different Storm Systems This Week Across the West – Good Snow for Colorado [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoZoC9GkIuw"] WeatherBrains | March 22, 2021 Likes Tweets 1 Comment
SnowBrains Forecast: 1-2 Feet For Colorado and New Mexico Mountains This Week Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist – Eric McNamee Brought to you by Monarch Mountain  2:45 PM MST, 3/22/2021 Forecast Summary: A series of troughs will move through the Southwest this week and bring 1-2 FEET of snow to parts of Colorado and New Mexico on top of what has fallen today. The first round will come Tuesday/Wednesday and bring snow primarily […] Weather Eric McNamee | March 22, 2021 0 Comments
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