Current weather conditions and live observations for Monarch Ski Area based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on snow-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Monarch Ski Area right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Weather Station	Weather	Wind	Gusts	Temp.	Visibility	Visibility / Cloud
Monarch Pass Airport 4 km SSE3214 m above sea level 2 hours ago	Dry and cloudy	near gales from the W (52 km/h at 260°)		12 °C	16	16 scattered broken overcast
Pitkin 19 km WNW2826 m above sea level 59 minutes ago	dry	calm (0 km/h at 338°)		18 °C	-	- - - 0
Salida Airport/Harriett Alexander Field (Colorado) 25 km E2293 m above sea level 2 hours ago	Dry and partly cloudy	moderate winds from the S (22 km/h at 190°)		25.5 °C	14	14 few broken
Salida 29 km ESE3577 m above sea level 25 minutes ago	-	calm (0 km/h at °)		12 °C	-	- - - 0
Salida wx 29 km E2162 m above sea level 54 minutes ago	dry	calm (5 km/h at 290°)		26 °C	-	- - - 0
Cottonwood Pass (CO) 30 km NNE3211 m above sea level 2 hours ago	Clear	wind obs. (6 kph from 140 degs) was rejected (- km/h at -°)		21 °C	16	16
Buena Vista Airport 39 km NNE2422 m above sea level 2 hours ago	Dry and partly cloudy	light winds from the SSW (19 km/h at 200°)		25.4 °C	16	16 scattered scattered
Buena Vista wx 41 km NNE2398 m above sea level 46 minutes ago	dry	wind obs. (8 kph from 130 degs) was rejected (- km/h at -°)		24 °C	-	- - - 0
Saguache Municipal Airport 48 km SSE2385 m above sea level 2 hours ago	Dry and partly cloudy	light winds from the E (19 km/h at 100°)		23 °C	16	16 scattered scattered
Gunnison Airport 50 km WSW2352 m above sea level 2 hours ago	Clear	moderate winds from the SW (22 km/h at 220°)		24.4 °C	16	16

* NOTE: not all weather stations update at the same frequency which is the reason why some resorts may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones.