Colorado Weather Discussion Thread

[Name Redacted]

What's wrong with Monarch?

https://denvergazette.com/outthereco...bfc184267.html

Ranking dead last on the list of 19 spots was Monarch Mountain, scoring low in many categories of data, including metrics related to lifts and another related to on-site facilities. While it's true that this ski area is more humble than major destinations that tend to get more tourists, fans of the spot will be quick to note that while there might not be many super high-tech lifts, there also aren't many lift lines – and that the facilities aren't as much of a factor when it comes to Colorado locals hitting the hill during a day-trip, with this demographic more likely to be concerned about run quality and ease of access. Monarch Mountain has plenty of great runs, with affordable snowcat skiing and a memorable glade section.

[summit]

Meanwhile in Sol VIsta / Granby Ranch
https://coloradosun.com/2024/01/12/g...ted-officials/

The new owners have imposed billions of debt on the residents and are waging a pressure and legal intimidation campaign on anyone who asks any questions or speaks up publicly, including elected officials and newspapers, including banning such people and their families from publicly accessible properties.

[PowTron]

https://denvergazette.com/outthereco...bfc184267.html

Not enough fur coat stores or a fake, euro wanna be village. I’d rank it dead las just for those reasons alone.

[hawkgt]

Meanwhile in Sol VIsta / Granby Ranch
https://coloradosun.com/2024/01/12/g...ted-officials/

The new owners have imposed billions of debt on the residents and are waging a pressure and legal intimidation campaign on anyone who asks any questions or speaks up publicly, including elected officials and newspapers, including banning such people and their families from publicly accessible properties.

pretty fucked up

[shera]

https://denvergazette.com/outthereco...bfc184267.html

OMFG that is hilarious, and awesome. Pretty soon there'll be some article outing it as a "Colorado secret stash" or something stupid like that.

[SKIP IN7RO]

Powderhorn wasn't included on that list, so Monarch has the penultimate spot.

[skiracer88_00]

I can have a lot of fun at Monarch. It is all about expectations.

[ColMan]

Meanwhile in Sol VIsta / Granby Ranch
https://coloradosun.com/2024/01/12/g...ted-officials/

The new owners have imposed billions of debt on the residents and are waging a pressure and legal intimidation campaign on anyone who asks any questions or speaks up publicly, including elected officials and newspapers, including banning such people and their families from publicly accessible properties.

Anyone who owns a home there is fucked. The billions are financed at 14%. Debt payments alone are going to crush homeowners.

[Irlts]

What time did you leave for it to only take 2 hours?

Left alpine lot at 2pm.

[cmsummit]

What’s crazy to me is how many people still don’t know how to ski Vail. We waited in about a 10 min line at chair 11, but that was it. If you don’t get Chair 5 first thing then you don’t get chair 5. MAYBE 2 laps if you ski fast….MAYBE but it’s a risk.


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That was my experience as well.....maybe a couple of 10 minute lift lines all day. People are clueless......just look at the shitshow that went down this past weekend. Many "shocked" (and served ) that it took them 9 hours to get from Vail to Denver during a big storm. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is the clinical definition of insanity.

I could hike Mirkwood Basin all day for deep turns.

[fastfred]

Powderhorn wasn't included on that list, so Monarch has the penultimate spot.

powderhorn doesn't exist it closed years ago grand mesa is too close to the desert it doesn't get any snow anymore global warming

[Name Redacted]

Not enough fur coat stores or a fake, euro wanna be village. I’d rank it dead las just for those reasons alone.

Going by theses metrics, Silverton is the worst by a long shot.

[Full Trucker]

What’s crazy to me is how many people still want to ski Monarch.

I kid, I kid, but not really

Fair point... but to be honest I don't think there are that many of us.

[Name Redacted]

I think it'd be a great retirement mountain when my body is too beat to enjoy teh Gnar. Live in Gunny and make trips to Monarch and CB. It is kinda my retirement plan.

[CLsurf]

powderhorn doesn't exist it closed years ago grand mesa is too close to the desert it doesn't get any snow anymore global warming

There is also absolutely *no* mountain biking there.

[fastfred]

There is also absolutely *no* mountain biking there.

just the plunge and they can have that
and the rule is shuttle up ride down and stay off the mesa it's full of bugs year around

[snowaddict91]

There is also absolutely *no* mountain biking there.

Yup. It's not called Mesa Biking.

[PowTron]

I could hike Mirkwood Basin all day for deep turns.

This on repeat



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[Jax]

It's pouring graupel right now. Winds supposed to pick up again later.

[skaredshtles]

It's pouring graupel right now. Winds supposed to pick up again later.

Mmmm... graupel...

[goldenboy]

What's wrong with Monarch?

It faces mostly S and E so the snow quality is often meh IMO and the terrain is barely better than Keystone. That said Salida is super cool and Monarch has a great vibe and isn't owned by either of the evil empires.

[bamboocoreONLY]

3rd time this week we're closing the shop til noon. Love it. Breck is skiing quite awesome right now, yesterday was an awesome sleeper day. Lulu's is at the perfect spot right now, big n lippy with a great landing without being buried for the season like it usually is right now.

[ASmileyFace]

Going by theses metrics, Silverton is the worst by a long shot.

With the new owners coming in I expect a few more fur coats in the next few years around here

[Name Redacted]

With the new owners coming in I expect a few more fur coats in the next few years around here

Yeah, they are talking about all kinds of new amenities like a food truck and an upgrading the toilets! They probably groom Tiger all the time and become a Bogner dealer.

[ASmileyFace]

Yeah, they are talking about all kinds of new amenities like a food truck and an upgrading the toilets! They probably groom Tiger all the time and become a Bogner dealer.

The Tiger groomer is the best groomer in SW CO when it happens once a decade. For every few years of having a playful, halfpipe exit... making 35m turns down that gut at 45mph is fun too.