Monarch Mountain

United States

Piste map

2,640 ft
Lifts

Runs and lifts from OpenStreetMap as of 27 September 2026. Select a run or a lift to see its figures.

Summit
11,804 ft3,598 m
Base
10,696 ft3,260 m
Vertical
1,109 ft338 m
Named runs
77
Length of named runs
21.0 mi
Lifts
10

Runs by difficulty

  • Green 14 18% · 3.8 mi
  • Blue 26 34% · 9.3 mi
  • Black 30 39% · 8.0 mi
  • Double black 7 9%

Longest run

4,240 ft

Mule Train

Steepest run

51%

Lobo

Steepest 100 m: 56%

Biggest drop

935 ft

Ambush

The named runs add up to 21.0 mi.

Every named run

The named runs of Monarch Mountain, with their length, drop and gradients
Profile
Ajax990 ft390 ft40%51%
Ambush2,960 ft935 ft32%41%
Beeline470 ft128 ft27%33%
Berry's2,090 ft548 ft26%36%
Bonanza2,270 ft748 ft33%53%
Bs Bash1,610 ft538 ft33%49%
Buckhorn2,740 ft935 ft34%48%
Butterfly430 ft52 ft12%14%
Christmas Tree1,500 ft440 ft29%45%
Cleanzer1,300 ft515 ft40%53%
Curecanti1,080 ft256 ft24%53%
Dire Straits860 ft348 ft40%52%
Doc's Run1,680 ft413 ft25%35%
Drifter800 ft190 ft24%27%
East Trees
Elation Ridge
Eureka2,320 ft823 ft36%40%
Examiner2,030 ft748 ft37%50%
Freeway1,880 ft364 ft19%29%
Geno's Meadow
Glade1,070 ft174 ft16%22%
Great Divide1,430 ft226 ft16%22%
Gunbarrel1,800 ft377 ft21%55%
High Anxiety1,240 ft505 ft41%58%
J.R.'s1,310 ft495 ft38%60%
Kanonen1,320 ft568 ft43%59%
KC Cutoff790 ft108 ft14%17%
Little Jo1,090 ft226 ft21%23%
Little Mo3,600 ft827 ft23%34%
Lobo460 ft236 ft51%56%
Lodgeview
Lower Hall's Alley1,560 ft377 ft24%32%
Lower Tango1,830 ft262 ft14%22%
Mirage2,540 ft728 ft29%49%
Mirkwood Bowl
Mirkwood Trees
Mule Train4,240 ft833 ft20%35%
North Forty1,010 ft249 ft25%32%
North Star Glades2,140 ft646 ft30%56%
Orcs

Drop and gradients are read from a terrain model every 20 m along each run. Steepest is the steepest 100 m of a run. Runs shorter than 100 m have no gradient, and ~ marks a length estimated past a piece of the run mapped the other way.

Lifts

  • 1Cable cars
  • 6Chairlifts
  • 3Magic carpets
Length of all lifts
3.6 mi
Rise of all lifts together
5,194 ft
The lifts of Monarch Mountain
BreezewayChairlift3,220 ft830 ft2
CaterpillarMagic carpet440 ft56 ft
CongoMagic carpet70 ft10 ft
GarfieldChairlift2,840 ft837 ft2
Monarch Crest TramwayCable car1,430 ft587 ft
PanoramaChairlift3,030 ft784 ft2
PioneerChairlift3,530 ft794 ft4
SafariMagic carpet60 ft7 ft
TomichiChairlift2,830 ft968 ft3
TumbelinaChairlift1,330 ft322 ft2

Seats and ride times only where OpenStreetMap records them. Rise is the height between the stations, from a terrain model.

Weather

Summit, 11,804 ft

Base, 10,696 ft

Forecast by MET Norway for the heights of the summit and the base, for the next two days. Times are in your time zone.

Ski resorts nearby

50 mi 123456
Monarch Mountain beside the ski resorts nearest to it
Monarch Mountain1,109 ft11,804 ft7721.0 mi10
1Cranor Hill Municipal Ski Hill30.3 mi318 ft8,182 ft
2Crested Butte Mountain Resort42.0 mi2,313 ft11,444 ft25145.6 mi15
3Dutch Henry Ski Hill50.2 mi82 ft10,026 ft
4Aspen Mountain51.9 mi3,297 ft11,257 ft14839.3 mi5
5Aspen Highlands52.9 mi3,481 ft11,572 ft15262.6 mi10
6Buttermilk54.9 mi2,001 ft9,882 ft7534.7 mi11

Distances in a straight line. A dot stands where a figure is not mapped yet.

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