Skiing at Monarch Mountain in Colorado on OPENING DAY!

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Skiing at Monarch Mountain in Salida, CO
Best Ski Resorts in Colorado
Monarch Mountain Ski Area in 4K at 60fps

Monarch Mountain
23715 US-50
Salida, CO 81201
https://www.skimonarch.com

The biggest little mountain in Colorado.
100% natural snow!
Keeping it real since 1939!

On December 6, Monarch Mountain opened for the 2023 & 2024 ski season. I was lucky enough to be able to ski on Opening Day. It was 45 degrees with blue sky and…they’ve already got 44 out of 67 trails open. I recorded this video using my GoPro 11 Mini. It was recorded in 4K at 60 frames per second so the quality & clarity are amazing. Also, I used the Ski Tracker app to measure my speed & distance.

My first trip to Monarch Mountain on 01/04/2021:
   • Downhill Skiing at Monarch Mountain i...  
January Skiing at Monarch Mountain in Salida, Colorado

SKI TRAILS in this video:
Skywalker
Short-N-Sweet
Sleepy Hollow
Freeway
Great Divide
Snowburn
Roundabout
Sidewinder
Lower Tango
Roundabout
North Forty
Beeline
Turbo

So, let me tell you a little bit about this hidden gem of a ski resort!

Monarch Mountain is located 21 miles west of Salida, Colorado. It’s situated on Monarch Pass at the continental divide.

It officially started as a ski area in 1939, although people had been skiing the mountains surrounding the valley as far back as 1914.

It has 67 trails, two terrain parks, and an extreme terrain area called Mirkwood Basin, which consists of 130 acres of double-black diamond extreme skiing!

They’re open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The season pass is currently priced at $659, which is a really great deal! They pride themselves on being an independent ski resort who doesn’t use any snow making equipment at all. Their snow has been 100% natural since 1939.

I also wanted to mention that the customer service was amazing on this day! Every single employee I interacted with was both fun & friendly.

Sources:
https://skimonarch.com/our-history/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch...)

Cameras used:
GoPro 11 Mini (helmet 4K video at 60 fps)
GoPro 7 Silver (handheld 4K video at 30 fps)

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