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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 […]
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Monarch Mountain, CO Photo Tour: A Weekend of SEND

Brought to you by Monarch Mountain Photo Tour from Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, March 26-28, 2021  Photos courtesy Blake Sharrock, SnowBrains, Derek Scott, Gage Whipple, Robert Sanders This last weekend at Monarch Mountain in Colorado was rowdy—to say the least. If you want to read about the powder-poppin’, cliff-droppin’, birthday mayhem, just click here. This article is only pictures, which I […]
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Monarch Mountain, CO Report: Fresh Pow at One of Colorado’s Most Laid-Back Mountains

Brought to you by Monarch Mountain, CO Report from Dec. 29, 2020 There lies an island in the heart of the Vail Resorts/Alterra Sea that keeps the soul of skiing alive. Welcome to Monarch Mountain, located in the Sawatch Range just outside of Salida, Colorado. We pulled up to Monarch yesterday morning at about 9:30 right after they reported 5″ of […]
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