While no one is predicting our freak September snowfall portends an early start to the ski season, it certainly has resort operators excited about the change of seasons and approach of winter. More than a foot fell on Monarch Pass, just up the road from the Monarch ski area, according to Deanne Littrell, who answered the phone this morning at the Monarch Crest gift shop atop the pass. “It’s kind of hard to tell because the wind’s been blowing so hard, but I’m guessing maybe 14 inches,” Littrell said.