How a Professional Skateboarder Got His Community Behind Building a New Skatepark in a Colorado Ski Town Salida, Colorado is a homely ski town of about 7,000 with a wide-open, western, rancher feel. It’s got big mountains right next to it and is home to ski area Monarch Mountain and nearby backcountry haven Monarch Pass. But little do most people know that it’s also a skate town. “I don’t think everybody knows that,” Derek Scott said over […] Martin Kuprianowicz | April 30, 2021 0 Comments
Monarch Pass, CO Report: Perfect Trees, Sun, and Stoke Brought to you by Monarch Mountain Report From January 1, 2021 Powder and sun is the best way to start a new year. Today Josh, Micah, and I toured some low-angle terrain on Monarch Pass. We did 2 laps on Perfect Trees and one lap on Snowstake. We bailed on our plan to summit and ski Clover Mountain after evaluating […] Conditions Report Dominic Gawel | January 1, 2021 0 Comments
Snowfall In August On Monarch Pass In Colorado On Thursday August 3rd, Colorado saw snowfall on the top of the high mountain Monarch Pass. Local drivers commented that conditions changed as they drove up the pass and temperatures dropped. Rain turned into freezing rain, turned into pea sized hail, turned into a slush-rain-snow with motorists fishtailing in the icy slush. Snow in August?! Spotted on Monarch Pass […] Weather LadyBrains | August 6, 2017 0 Comments