Monarch Mountain

Monarch Mountain is a must-visit for skiing and snowboarding! The powder is perfect, the runs are well-maintained, and it's never too crowded. The snowboard and ski instructors are fantastic, so patient and skilled at helping you improve, no matter your experience level. The views are absolutely breathtaking, and there's a panoramic view at the top of the mountain that is worth the trip alone. Combine that with the friendly atmosphere, and this place is a true gem. I'll definitely be back!

We signed up our 2 girls for the ski school ages 9 & 10, we were very disappointed and had security concerns after observing the lessons. We expressed our concerns in a survey that we received and had a voicemail from management that they were unable to issue a refund and did not address any of the concerns that we had. After 45mins of our girls "attending the class" we were observing nearby, we decided it was time to step in and pull them from the class and ski with us. No instructor was keeping track of the kids or even acknowledging they were missing 2 girls. Another instructor "Gerald" not with our girls group, did come over after our oldest daughter was crying as she had been left in the snow unable to remove her skies and stand up for more than 5 mins. As that we the reason that we decided to intervene and Gerald did ask if we needed assistance. We took Gerald's offer to take our youngest daughter up the magic carpet to the top and ski down with her for her first time. She got it pretty quickly and our oldest was still upset so we told him thank you and took our girls with us. " the voicemail from management after my complaint via survey" said there were 2 instructors and 3 girls per instructor. Gerald was not one of them and supposedly our girls were not with the same instructor. The rest of the group had went in for what we o er heard to get hot chocolate but no head count was done and you would think if you had 3 girls and missing one in each group that you would notice! The girls were wearing a red tag on thier clothing as to who to release them to at the end of the class, no check was ever made and no one checked to see if our girls were just left in the snow somewhere! We told Gerald which he never told the assigned instructors because we watched and they were inside the building at that point. At 12:00 when the class was supposed to end, my husband went inside of the lessons text to ask if we needed to sign them out or notify anyone that we had our girls and he was told no, there was no procedure for that and none checked to even see where our girls were. They attended what was about 45 mins of the 2 hour lesson but as we observed they were unsupervised. They management that called me back said that we were a few minutes late to the lesson and they were having to divide the group of 4 kids into now 6 kids up making 2 groups of 3 but I left them with an instructor in the tent when we arrived and the others were still in the tent but he was blaming that on their negligence! He did not even address our security concerns which were much more alarming than the lack of ski education that we signed up to receive. They refused us a refund on the ski lessons which were 120.00 per kid. We dropped over 900.00 for 2 adults and 2 kids that day at Monarch. The snow tubing was a big hit on property but do not waste your money on ski school because your kid is not safe there!

It's not as cheap as it used to be, but Monarch is still a great deal. The lifts had short lines (midweek) during Spring Break 2024. The runs were well groomed. I took my daughters on the bunny run a couple of times, and staff was so polite and helpful.This is all natural snow? Great conditions even in March.Parking is free, and the drive up from Salida takes half an hour. Lovely place, and every staff person was super cool and polite.

Monarch Mountain, thank you for supporting electric vehicles and accelerating the transition to clean energy. I'll be snowboarding here next year thanks to the EV charger and the chill vibe here.

Skiing conditions and staff were great but I'm dinging them because their wifi was basically nonexistent. I think any ski resort needs to have decent wifi, at least around the day lodge area. To pay over $1,000 for two people (pass, equipment, and group lessons for two: yes peak prices because it's Christmas week) and not be able to do basic internet is a little ridiculous.

Not Covid Safe. After driving from out of state to take our kids snow tubing (because the website "requires masks and distancing") we found this was not a safe space to be in. In the Tubing line there were so many people not wearing masks and allowed on the tubing lifts without masks as well. Unfortunately we didn't stay and lost our money because this was too much of a risk. There was even a lady on the bench coughing and maskless! Holy Moly. I 100% understand if you don't want to wear masks, however it is a Colorado Law that these resorts take certain precautions to protect guests. We did not feel protected or cared for at all unfortunately. There were a good 15 people in line with no mask on at all and a few with them below their chins. Very disappointed.

Great place to ski and avoid lines. Here on a Tuesday. Lesson reasonable. Very friendly staff. Definitely will come back again and again.

I had such a blast here. It was my first time snowboarding, so of course I started on the bunny hill. The staff at the bunny hill was very helpful and they took their time explaining how to go, turn, and stop. After a few runs I was ready for the big slopes. It's a little nerve wrecking getting on the ski lift, but once you're on, hold on! Being a newbie it was a little confusing reading which slope is which. On my first go down I accidentally took an extremely fast slope; that was a rush. In the end I made it to the top and rode down one of the longer slopes they have (didn't go down a hard one). I found myself going the wrong way a few times, in with the trees (which is easier to snowboard in because the snow is like powder), and I only fell about 150 times. Overall had a great time!!

My absolutely favorite place to learn to snowboard. It's never too crowded! The food there is also great! Service is amazing, they can answer every question I have.

After our car last charge and the charger at the mountain wasn't work for our car, the staff came to our rescue! (ON CHRISTMAS DAY btw) They tried to fix the chargers, they let us wait in their tunnel for a tow truck, and even when the truck never showed up, B.L. came back after his christmas dinner, 5 hrs later and took us to a hotel! I am extremely grateful for the entire staff and B.L. and hope everyone chooses to go here!!!