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Gunbarrel at Monarch Ski Area

Advanced · 547 m long with 116 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 30° at its steepest, facing NW.

30°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
547 mlength
116 mvertical
3405 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Gunbarrel

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 7 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

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

Where it ends

Joins Lower Tango. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Garfield (1 min), Pioneer (1 min), Divide Express (2 min).

See Gunbarrel 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.