Got into town at 330 Canyon was the boulevard of broken dreams with many a stuck car in the middle of the road up to the lot.
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Got into town at 330 Canyon was the boulevard of broken dreams with many a stuck car in the middle of the road up to the lot.
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Got out on the hill on Monday and skied from 10:00 a.m. til 3:30 p.m. Mostly cloudy skies with moderate winds but snowing hard at the end of the day. Top never opened but chairs 3 & 5 did by mid day. It was also apparent that lots of folks extended their weekend as it was much busier than past Monday's and both chairs 3 & 5 had some healthy lift lines at times.
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Nice to see Mammoth at the top of the pack for most new snow in North America in the past 24 hrs.
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Avi 3 with good coverage and a fairly easy entrance up high along the snow fence. I wouldn't call the snow "Blower" by any stretch but as the snow got skied there were some fun sections of wind blown on the skiers left side.
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Avi 2 had good coverage as well, but the entrance at the top of it was boney. Best way in was over to Avi 1, make a few turns and then go hard left and traverse back to Avi 2.
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It was snowing hard at the end of the day... Tomorrow's forecast is for snow showers with 2"-4" possible.
See you on the Mtn.
Stay safe guys!
Close to a foot of new snow overnight and the pow quality is much higher today vs the last two days. Been a very fun morning. For a Tuesday, its busy😟
You're breaking my heart:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Eastern Sierra Skier
Glad you are out there getting some.
Friday and Saturday were lots of fun, although me and my buddy royally screwed up our machination to get to the top. Tried lower gondi, got out of line to go to chair 12 to get the chair 14. I think lots of other people had the same idea as we did. By the time we got to the Paranoids the top was pretty tracked, although still fun. I didn't expect them to get it open as quickly as they did. Part of the issue was that Broadway wasn't running, so lots of people rode the lower gondi because they didn't have another option.
We got out on Saturday. Some of my friends got 'unintentionally' snowed in.
If anyone’s is experiencing a case of FOMO you can put it to rest for now. Sitting in my truck trying to figure out my move for the day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Long duc dong
Not much open currently. Winds are up, gusts to 68 mph over the Top with a wind chill of -14 degrees. Interesting. We’ll see what the day brings.
It seems like slot of people got “snowed in.” For someone like me who skis Mon-Fri it’s been busy this week by comparison to a “typical” mid week non holiday. Lots of pent up demand from the shitty early season.
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Red Taco, lifted, BFGs (with that kung fu grip)? If so, pretty sure you passed me just after Lee Vining :wave:Quote:
Originally Posted by Eastern Sierra Skier
Viz was ridiculous, and only got worse in the afternoon on the way down to Bishop.
That might have been me. That was a tough drive on Sunday. Currently sitting in my truck trying to get motivated to go out. The folks parked next to me just got back to their car and are hanging it up after three runs. The lady described the wind as “severe.”Quote:
Originally Posted by Speedfreak
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This pretty much sums it up for this morning. Never got out of my truck.
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Might come back up and check it out in the afternoon.
Yesterday was ok…
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Today not so much
Yesterday was a fun day for sure, and your first photo is sweet! Big change in the pow quality from Sunday & Monday.Quote:
Originally Posted by PowerWhore7
With no let up in the winds & weather today turned into a hangout, drink coffee and read type of day.
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Current weather to the West that’s over the Central Valley. If this tracks in over Mammoth the Mtn could get a decent reset.
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Looking back towards the Mtn from Sherwin Creek Rd.
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Looking towards the Sherwins.
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Sun came out for just a moment and lit up the Glass Mtns behind the truck.
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Good book I’m working my way through written by another member of Jon Krakauer’s party from the “In To Thin Air” Everest expedition. Also an appropriate name for todays Mammoth weather.
It looks like another day of unsettled weather tomorrow before trending into stretch of dry days. ✌️
You camp in that truck? Reckon one would have to be hobbit sized to stretch out anywhere but I'm no truck camping expert
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Originally Posted by crankplank
No, but wish I could. I wanted a manual transmission so I could teach my kid the lost art of driving a stick shift. For some unknown reason Toyota only has a manual with a 5 ft bed vs a 6 ft bed with automatic transmission.
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Ive spec'd these out before and noticed that. Kind of killed the appeal for me, I'm a manual when I can have it person too. These stick tacos will hold their value like gold.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eastern Sierra Skier
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Right on thanks man, Dan McConnell got a video of me unbeknownst to me and that was the screen shot he sent me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eastern Sierra Skier
Started at main but bailed pretty quickly & drove from Red Mountain to the Devils slide looking for something to ski. The weather, wind, zero vis & avy sketch made most lines undesirable. Tomorrow should be tits if it actually clears :wink:
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Heading up this AM for today through Sunday. Holler if you see me, grey plants blue jacket blue helmet red goggles on a Wndr Alpine snowboard
ESS,
Glad to see someone can still drive a stick! It really is a lost art.
Hope some of you guys are up there getting some of this. I'm out for this weekend, but Baldy has finally lined up. If I can swing it I should get up there Friday afternoon and Saturday as well.
The season is finally lining up, for both Mammoth and Baldy.
Here are a few clips from last weekend. An avy 1 from Friday, then a Saturday Paranoid 2 lap and an avy 3 Saturday clip. The noids were fun on Saturday, but me and my buddy completely botched getting up there. We assumed it would take longer than it did to get the top open, so we got in a couple of avy chute laps, then we finally headed over to get to the top. We saw the line at the upper gondi, people were already skiing off the top at that point, so we headed to the lower gondi. Broadway wasn't open, so the lower gondi line was huge. After waiting in the lower gondi line for 20 minutes, we decided to do the chair 12 to chair 14 route. We figured it would be a while before chair 23 opened. By the time we got to chair 12, it had a line. Broadway and 23 ended up opening, and there was a line at chair 14. The top was tracked by the time we got to the noids, but still fun.
I think we planned as poorly as we possibly could. It reminded me of waiting in the Headwall line at Squaw, thinking it would pop, then having Siberia pop first and seeing people's heads creeping over the Slot and Light Towers areas. Of course, I've been on the other side of that too, sometimes your plan works and sometimes it doesn't.
Still a great day.
https://vimeo.com/911060017?share=copy
The sun is out and everybody’s here. Blue bird pow days remind me of surfing in SoCal at a name spot during a swell i.e. Lowers during a hyped up South Swell. There’s an edgy vibe in the air. Kind of like in the lift lines today. Anyways.
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Top is looking the best it’s been all season.
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No major slides visible and the snow doesn’t appear to be super wind hammered. Top should be opening soon.
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Found some peace & serenity in the trees on the lower Mtn this morning. Lapped this area repeatedly. Super fun.
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Another fun zone with some great turns this morning.
It’s not the Blue Bird pow days I dislike, it’s the circus that inevitably comes with it. I’m going to go out in a limb and assume the people that read this forum aren’t the ones being assholes to the lift operators. Way too many kooks this morning yelling “Yo liftie, when’s this chair open? What do you mean you don’t know? Who does?” Shut the fuck up. This is what the liftie knows, at some point the phone will ring and a voice on the other end will say “OPEN.” I told some dude “No ones forcing you to wait here, leave. Where were you during the storm cycle? Not here obviously.” Support your local liftie, cuz if they aren’t here, you’re not going up there. JMO.
Shedding a layer as the winds have died and back out.
Nice pics! Enjoy
Today was one of Dog’s Days, and I’m just a groomer geezer. The crowds, however, were indeed silly.
Was a interesting day for sure… black pass sucks btw
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Originally Posted by PB
I ended up staying out all day and am glad that I did. Got my best three runs of the day late in the afternoon. More on that in a moment. It was busy out there today. Lots of pent of demand for powder due to the dry winter, other than this past week. It was a bit of a scene at times with people acting like idiots, ducking closures and getting pissed off when the lift operators couldn't give them the answer they wanted. Example "The Top will be open in 10 minutes." It's a blue bird pow day after a decent sized storm cycle and unless this is your first sunny powder day, you should know thatQuote:
Originally Posted by PowerWhore7
It's a waiting game. Lines were big at times, and the waits were long. I talked to a couple guys on ch 9 at the end of the day and they said it took them 45 minutes to get thru the Gondola line at McCoy, and it was open when they got in line. Busy. A large dose of patience was key today.
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Just as I got onto ch 23 a wall of clouds socked in the Top and the visibility went to zero. I couldn't see shit, so I ended up going back to Ch 5 hoping that the closure to ch 9 would get opened.
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After a couple runs on ch 5, it got socked in by clouds as well. Almost called it a day at 2:00 pm. Glad I stayed.
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Ch 9 opened and I headed for the Tail with more people than I've ever seen out there. Still found the deepest and best turns of the day.
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Second run deep in the Tail. Best turns of my season for sure.
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Third run was fresh top to bottom. Never crossed a track. These runs made a good day into a really good day.
It seemed like people were pouring into town tonight, so be ready for big numbers this upcoming weekend.
As for the Black Pass mentioned by PW above, for me it's not the pass, it's the lack of anyone checking all the folks coming thru the ski school/Black Pass entrance. I could be wrong, but I feel like you can make a reasonably good guess as to whether someone has a Black Pass or they're poaching. For instance, I don't think that the group of five 20 something year old snowboarders with face tatts and piercings that barged thru the Black Pass line on ch 5 today actually had one. I could be wrong, but don't think so. That's my issue with it. If someone wants to spend $10K on a pass, go for it.
I heard that with the latest storms the season to date snowfall for this season has now passed the total snowfall for 2014-2015 season. That was a shit year with the Canyon Lodge closing on March 30th, possibly its earliest closing date ever. Mammoth is now at 82% of average for this time of year. Have a good and safe weekend.
^^ Lower Gondi to McCoy last Saturday on the good day was over an hour.
I don't have one, but if I lived anywhere near mammoth and could get there in under an hour, a black pass would be the biggest no brainer ever. I was not there the other day, but they have been checking more this year more than ever. As to a group of tatted snowboarders, there are fractional ownership developments in mammoth that come with the passes. So in your house sleeping 10, everyone gets one.Quote:
Originally Posted by PowerWhore7
Corporate passes too, $30k for 4 of them. My friend's company has one and he uses it to entertain clients/my poor ass when there is one available. Regular BP members get "points" they can redeem for "expeditor" passes if you already have a pass/ticket as well FYI. I find most of the BP crew I ski with from time to time to be super chill, regular older guys who have been going to Mammoth for decades. One guy invites groups of veterans up a few times a year to ski with him as well, nice to see things like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by supermodel159
If I had a house I'd 100% get one if I could swing it and could amortize it over a long season. My friend gets 60+ days a year out of his house and it's a no-brainer for him.
Also works during mtb bike season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boomer28
Having a tough time with regards to this coming weekend...snow for sure but looks stormy and windy too. Not sure I'm going to want to make that drive and spend the $$$ to ski the lower mountain with the holiday weekend hoards...
I check into a cabin with the family in June Lake on Monday for the week, but got a hotel in Bishop for Sunday night...hopefully 395 stays open. Couldn't find many reasonable options for Saturday by the time I looked.
^^ Nice, you should score. Once the storm clears, it should be amazing mid week.
We're going. Ski lease, so cost is already sunk. We will see just how this storm lines up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boomer28
I would love to leave tomorrow AM, but both of us have Friday morning meetings we can't shake. That's rare for us, usually we avoid scheduling anything on a Friday, but sometimes that's the way it goes. We will see what Monday looks like. I would love to stay Monday, but my wife absolutely has to be home for Tuesday, so if the travel conditions look sketchy we might leave on Sunday evening.
Mt. Baldy was awesome last weekend, and should currently be great for anyone staying down south.
Well my scratchy throat turned into flu overnight so I'm out gents. Congrats on what's sure to be an epic weekend....
I usually post in Tahoe thread but here at Mammoth for the Far West U16 races and they cancelled the Super G this morning due to 11" of fresh overnight. So, twist my arm, I skied pow all morning. Awesome morning even though upper mountain was closed due to winds. I did 11 runs and legs gave out. So fun.
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F&ck yeah!
Did something go down today wrt egregious rope ducking? Either way, I’m okay with them taking a stronger stance.
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I just assumed you'd lose your pass for the season, not 10 or 30 days.
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Dont know about today but when i was there a couple weeks ago i overheard a convo about 2 boarders going off backside and getting so far down that patrol couldnt go after them so they were sending someone out the road to devils postpile to go collect them.
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Listen to this man. He's trying to save your life.
Sweet day out on the Mtn on Thursday. A quick hitting storm dropped 1 ft of new snow overnight and by mid morning weather was clearing up quickly. Winds kept the the upper lifts closed until noonish and the Top opened around 2:00 p.m. While today's pow wasn't as good as last Thursday's blower pow, the Mtn wasn't nearly as busy today vs a week ago. Longest I waited today was 2-3 minutes.
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Avi 3.
Spent most of the morning on ch 22 lapping the avi chutes. Wind was moving the snow around and all the Avi's skied well.
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Avi 3.
The more it got skied on the better it got as the winds did their thing.
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Avi 1 skiing well.
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Face of ch 5.
The new snow was thick & wind affected in places. The combination of skier traffic and wind made for some stellar skiing.
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More ch 5. I love Mammoth wind.
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Lap #1.
Just after 2:00 the closure off the back of Ch 5 opened and with Cloud 9 still closed I did the traverse out with no one around. This looked good but I kept going.
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This line looked good. Took a quick pic and kept going.
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This was the one. Way less wind affect in here. Very fun.
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Looking back up. Time for the next lap. With Cloud 9 & ch 25 closed the circuit back was Eagle Ex to Ch 22 and back to Ch 5.
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Lap #2.
The ridge on the lookers left was the call.
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And it just kept going.
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Never saw another person out here.
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Lap #3.
Good times today. With Sat & Sun blackout days this weekend might not be to crowded. Then starting Monday it looks full on.
Cheers.
I've had mixed results re. blackout weekends and crowds. It keeps out the LA and San Diego bros but does nothing for the ski trip folks coming from near and far.
ESS - You scored!