Monarch Mountain - Community Reviews & Ratings

Monarch is a small family resort in south central Colorado. there are hardly any lift lines, except on some holiday and a few big powder days when other Colorado resorts don't get a lot of snow that day.They don't make snow, but usually have a good base and most years there are a lot of powder days and the new snow doesn't get skied off too fast. It may last a few days! The base of the ski area is at 10,790 feet and the highest point in bounds is 11,952 feet. The vertical Drop 1,162 feet.They have some fun hike-to terrain, most notably the Mirkwood area and the short hike to Gunbarrel. Mirkwood is all ungroomed and you can find some steep powder bowls, chutes, and trees.The lift tickets are very affordable by Colorado standards.