Monarch to Add ‘No Name Basin’

Monarch Mountain’s plan for expansion is moving forward. 

The U.S. Forest Service conducted an environmental assessment for the proposed expansion into No Name Basin, which would add 377 acres of lift serviced skiing to the area.  The assessment found no significant impacts.  A 45-day comment period about the proposed project has begun. 

Monarch Mountain’s expansion would expand Monarch’s special use permit from 769 acres to 1,146 acres, construct a new 2,700 foot long fixed grip chairlift, construct a warming hut and restroom at the bottom terminal of the chairlift and realign 700 feet of the Continental Divide Trail. 

The project has been years in the making.  Monarch filed its application in 2021.