Monarch Mountain ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Monarch Mountain is a ski area in Colorado, the United States. Its 78 mapped downhill runs add up to 37 km, which ranks it #75 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.4% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 474 m long.

Slopes at Monarch Mountain

About 20% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 44% intermediate and 34% advanced or expert, which makes Monarch Mountain best suited to confident and advanced skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 9 lifts: 6 chairlifts, 3 magic carpets. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 3,259 m up to 3,597 m, a vertical drop of 338 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.

Getting to Monarch Mountain

The nearest airport is Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport (GUC), about 51 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 7 min by car; Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (ASE) is 91 km away. Nearby ski areas include Cranor Hill Municipal Ski Hill (2.3 km), Crested Butte Mountain Resort (55.8 km), Crested Butte Nordic and Irwin Lodge Snowcat, which together add 59 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.