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Dire Straits at Monarch Ski Area

Advanced · 351 m long with 106 m of vertical, averaging 19° and 30° at its steepest, facing E.

30°steepest 50 m
19°average pitch
351 mlength
106 mvertical
3521 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

Dire Straits is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

How to get to Dire Straits

Lifts that reach the top: Panorama (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 4 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Panorama
  2. Ski Great Divide (intermediate)
  3. Ski Ticaboo (intermediate)
  4. Ski Dire Straits (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Zipper. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Panorama (3 min), Breezeway (3 min), Caterpillar (3 min).

See Dire Straits on the 3D mapAll runs at Monarch Ski Area
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.