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North Forty at Monarch Ski Area

Intermediate · 308 m long with 75 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 19° at its steepest, facing NW.

19°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
308 mlength
75 mvertical
3388 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to North Forty

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, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Garfield
  2. Ski Roundabout (easy)
  3. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  4. Ski North Forty (intermediate)

Where it ends

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

See North Forty 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.