13" overnight... time to use another vacation day. In the winter of 2011-2012, good powder days have been hard to come by. Jay and I met up in Morrison at 5:30 to decide where to go- and as the snow reports started coming in, it was clear... a 2.5 hour drive to Monarch was the right call. There was virtually no one on the mountain, and we were finding fresh snow at 1:30, long after the "crowds" had gone. It was a good day.