Took a lap through the new runs cut on the backside. Went with friends out the back country gate. Impressed with the terrain and potential. Steeper than I expected and lots of glade/tree skiing....

Sneaker storm at Monarch yesterday. 8" at 5am snowed all day. Over the knees if you knew where to go.
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Called back to Salida for issues with a rental from WC. Damn fine pow morning at Monarch. Ripped up the trees on Tumble whilst most stood in line at Gar. Maybe 10 laps till Pano opened which was...

The website says please use the stairs for uphill travel and avoid the area between the lodge and patrol as they're farming snow for the base area from the lots. Tomer is predicting a foot from the...

Doubt they'll get Mirkwood open. Recon on skins in a bit.

Play your cards right and I'll show where the backcountry gate is

Looks like one more run to be cut under the diagonal road cut in the upper left. It will bisect the area previously known as the 3 week glade as it was good powder skiing for weeks after a storm. ...

New runs are mostly cut in. Lots of roadwork and infrastructure. Gonna be some fine glade skiing.
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Ther's some tall trees in those glades...

hoping to get years of firewood out of this project

Uppercase delta (Δ) at most times means “change” or “the change” in math

surface conditions exceeded expectations

coffee, fixins, pastries by 830. to the right of the bathrooms. I'll be flippin burgers and dogs from noon to 1pm.
byob and a chair

$62.50 tix

The # of tracks off Monarch Ridge on Monday attests to the tyranny of Powder Project and Irwin guides doing Avi courses in our personal low lying fruit backcountry

being a PollyAnna I'm going with howling blizzard presidents day with lifts closing and an awesome pow day for the gathering

The Upper Lot now has heated bathrooms. Short hike to slope. I'll bring a firepan and grill if we wanted to grill out. If you're there before 9 usu front row parking. The 19th is Presidents day so...

I would vote for week day

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16" yesterday 10" over nite. 3 lifts running due to wind. free refills after noon till they pulled the plug to shoot the pass at 2:30 I was pretty toasted by then any way. Base is now 60.

Fuck it might as well rally

11" overnight but they conveniently left the weather off their site. CAIC point forecast is for 30-40 mph winds.

You'll be surprised the beetle kill mitigation has opened up the glades and the summer timber crew has cleaned up deadfall so terrain formerly needing 60" skis well at 30".

Over the knees with face shots in the trees Monarch is flat you prob don't wanna come here.
Doggy walk after.
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Didn't get a notification about your 01/09 message til this am. I was down at WC so maybe why. I have a line on some discounts. Looks to be 6" on the cam and the Monarch cloud is puking up there so...