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Monarch ski runs

79 named runs · about 22 miles of skiing · 10,670 to 11,930 ft

Green 18% (3.9 mi)Blue 43% (9.3 mi)Black 37% (8.0 mi)Double black 0% (0.0 mi)

Share of the mountain by length of run, not number of trails, measured from the mapped runs.

Steepest

  1. Staircase 39°
  2. Mirkwood Bowl 36°
  3. High Anxiety 36°
  4. Mirkwood Trees 36°
  5. Elation Ridge 35°

Longest

  1. Mule Train 4,300 ft
  2. Ramble On 4,000 ft
  3. Little Mo 3,700 ft
  4. Roundabout 3,600 ft
  5. Ambush 3,100 ft

Holds snow best

  1. North Star Glades 59% sun
  2. Toddler 62% sun
  3. Christmas Tree 65% sun
  4. Beeline 65% sun
  5. Serendipity 71% sun

Longest greens

  1. Roundabout 3,600 ft
  2. Sleepy Hollow 3,000 ft
  3. Skywalker 2,800 ft
  4. Lower Tango 1,900 ft
  5. Sidewinder 1,800 ft

Every run on the mountain

Hover a run for its name. The thicker runs have their own pages; tap one to open it.

All 79 runs

RunRatingVerticalLength SteepestAvg pitchFacesHolds snow
Staircase Double black 430 ft — 39° 22° NE —
Mirkwood Bowl Double black 433 ft — 36° 31° NE —
High Anxiety Black 505 ft 1,361 ft 36° 22° NE Average
Mirkwood Trees Double black 443 ft — 36° 27° NE —
Elation Ridge Double black 569 ft — 35° 23° E —
Sheer-Rocko Black 569 ft 1,575 ft 35° 21° E Average
J.R.'s Black 493 ft 1,417 ft 35° 21° E Average
Orcs Double black 501 ft — 34° 22° E —
Kanonen Black 568 ft 1,444 ft 33° 23° E Below average
Zorro Black 393 ft 1,029 ft 33° 23° NE Average
Curecanti Black 257 ft 1,135 ft 32° 13° E Below average
Cleanzer Black 521 ft 1,409 ft 32° 22° E Below average
Lobo Black 239 ft 519 ft 32° 27° E Average
North Star Glades Black 640 ft 2,251 ft 32° 17° N Excellent
Examiner Black 748 ft 2,168 ft 31° 20° E Average
Sunset Glades Black 625 ft 2,067 ft 31° 18° W Below average
Dire Straits Black 347 ft 893 ft 31° 23° E Below average
Mirage Black 727 ft 2,658 ft 31° 16° NE Average
Zipper Black 531 ft 1,703 ft 31° 18° E Average
Bonanza Blue 745 ft 2,397 ft 31° 18° W Poor
Ajax Black 392 ft 1,065 ft 30° 22° E Average
East Trees Double black 540 ft — 30° 16° E —
Gunbarrel Black 375 ft 1,876 ft 30° 12° NW Average
Shagnasty Black 551 ft 2,392 ft 30° 14° SE Poor
Lodgeview Double black 547 ft — 29° 23° SE —
Buckhorn Black 940 ft 2,910 ft 29° 19° W Below average
Bs Bash Black 535 ft 1,706 ft 29° 18° SE Poor
Ticaboo Blue 532 ft 2,242 ft 29° 14° NE Average
Upper Hall's Alley Black 374 ft 1,220 ft 28° 18° SE Poor
Picante Black 304 ft 966 ft 28° 18° NE Good
Outback Black 395 ft 1,607 ft 27° 14° SE Poor
Eureka Blue 821 ft 2,461 ft 27° 20° NW Average
Turbo Blue 371 ft 1,255 ft 27° 17° E Below average
Short-N-Sweet Blue 297 ft 1,084 ft 27° 16° NE Average
Christmas Tree Black 444 ft 1,581 ft 26° 16° NE Good
Short Circuit Black 312 ft 1,122 ft 26° 16° E Below average
Southbound Black 566 ft — 26° 20° SE —
Quick Draw Blue 115 ft 490 ft 26° 14° NE Average
Mule Train Blue 837 ft 4,330 ft 26° 11° NW Average
Tango Black 565 ft 1,764 ft 25° 19° E Below average
Riches Blue 539 ft 1,465 ft 25° 22° W Average
Romp Blue 298 ft 1,200 ft 25° 15° E Below average
Ambush Blue 936 ft 3,105 ft 24° 18° W Below average
Geno's Meadow Black 345 ft — 24° 20° E —
Snowburn Blue 532 ft 2,949 ft 24° 10° E Below average
Toddler Blue 222 ft 752 ft 23° 17° N Excellent
Tele Alley Blue 312 ft 1,055 ft 23° 17° NW Average
Roundabout Green 423 ft 3,609 ft 23° 7° E Below average
Berry's Blue 551 ft 2,163 ft 23° 15° NE Average
Ramble On Blue 778 ft 3,971 ft 23° 11° E Below average
Beeline Blue 127 ft 485 ft 22° 15° N Good
Snowblind Blue 627 ft 1,942 ft 22° 19° NW Average
Doc's Run Blue 416 ft 1,736 ft 21° 14° S Poor
Wapiti Blue 196 ft 2,084 ft 21° 5° W Below average
Never Summer Unrated 236 ft 930 ft 21° 15° E Below average
North Forty Blue 243 ft 1,036 ft 20° 14° NW Average
Sidewinder Green 308 ft 1,767 ft 20° 10° NE Average
Pinball Black 284 ft 1,791 ft 20° 9° NE Average
Lower Hall's Alley Blue 373 ft 1,603 ft 19° 14° SE Poor
Little Mo Blue 827 ft 3,691 ft 19° 13° E Below average
Powderline Blue 185 ft 804 ft 19° 13° E Below average
Ricochet Black 203 ft 897 ft 18° 13° NW Good
Freeway Blue 363 ft 1,831 ft 18° 11° E Below average
Prospector Blue 271 ft 2,763 ft 17° 6° W Below average
Drifter Green 188 ft 817 ft 16° 13° NW Good
Lower Tango Green 267 ft 1,854 ft 16° 8° NE Average
Tenderfoot Green 178 ft 956 ft 15° 11° NW Average
White Pine Black 226 ft 1,873 ft 15° 7° N Average
Great Divide Blue 222 ft 1,449 ft 15° 9° NW Average
Serendipity Green 212 ft 1,208 ft 15° 10° N Good
Little Jo Green 229 ft 1,107 ft 14° 12° NE Average
Rookie Green 73 ft 486 ft 14° 9° NW Average
Sleepy Hollow Green 421 ft 3,002 ft 13° 8° NW Average
Glade Green 174 ft 1,078 ft 13° 9° N Average
Snowflake Green 67 ft 471 ft 13° 8° E Below average
Skywalker Green 211 ft 2,763 ft 11° 5° W Below average
KC Cutoff Green 107 ft 788 ft 11° 8° NW Average
Tilt Unrated 36 ft 376 ft 11° 6° NE Average
Butterfly Green 55 ft 430 ft 10° 7° E Below average

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line; "holds snow" ranks each run's winter sun against every run we've measured. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap.