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Drifter at Monarch Ski Area

Easy · 243 m long with 58 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 16° at its steepest, facing NW.

16°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
243 mlength
58 mvertical
3407 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Drifter is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Drifter

Lifts that reach the top: Pioneer (skiing easy terrain to get there); Garfield (skiing easy terrain to get there); Divide Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); Panorama (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 6 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Garfield
  2. Ski Roundabout (easy)
  3. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  4. Ski Drifter (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Tango. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Garfield (2 min), Pioneer (2 min), Divide Express (3 min).

See Drifter 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.