Colorado Ski Resort Offering Refunds As High Winds Close Lifts

There are two things skiers can't stand: warm temps and high winds. The independent Monarch Mountain saw the latter today. "We will not be able to open today (2/27/24)due to extremely high winds." View this post on InstagramA post shared by Monarch Mountain (@monarchmountain)
The wind on the mountain right now is recorded to be going 18 mph.Monarch opened in 1939, and during that time, skiers relied on a 500-foot rope tow to pull them to the top of a single run. Nowadays, the resort av