The Mammoth mountain opeining day mini-mega-mini thread

[cj001f]

See you in December

[skiitsbetter]

Didnt mammoth open up in October last year? That is sick, especially for California to be open earlier than anywhere in Canada. You guys sure get the snow. Has last year's stuff even melted yet?

[DocChronic]

Who's in? 42 days - tentatively scheduled to open on November 9th. Chair 9 will be a high speed sixer this year too.

my first reaction = noooooooooo!!!!!!

The chair 9 upgrade won't happen till 07/08. They're starting the construction this year in case we get another season like last and ski till july.

next reaction = 07/08 is better than 06/08
that chair needs to stay a slow double. Perfect to burn one and admire tracks you just laid down on the 'tail.

[ak_powder_monkey]

O boy the fun of it. Count me in for two runs and a beer!

I hate the first few days of a snowmaking opener... Pray for snow!

holy shit people are lazy as shit, hiking would be so much faster

[skiitsbetter]

Is that a Yan high speed quad I see? Aren't those things known to be dangerous? What are they still doing with them. Whistler and Louise have already gotten rid of all theirs.

[snowave]

that was likely on a weekend..( that huge crowd) opening day itself is a thursday.. It was very quiet 2 years ago when i was there (on opening thurs). I shud be there this year for thurs and fri.

[ColinB]

Is that a Yan high speed quad I see? Aren't those things known to be dangerous? What are they still doing with them. Whistler and Louise have already gotten rid of all theirs.

Its a DoppelYan, Chair 1 and Chair 16 are hybrids, Yan Terminals and towers with Doppelmayr, Grips, Sheaves, Bullwheels etc. Rather interesting pieces of machinery that the Lift Electricians really love. The main problem with the Yan detachables was the grips, they used an elastomer instead of a metal spring of some sort...and when cold those silly elastomers didn't work.

[nachos supreme]

Great - chair 9 will be a sixer. What's next, a gondola to the top of Wazoo? So much for those long-lasting freshies on the tail. Seriously, does it really need to be a sixer? I would think a quad would be waaayyy more than enough.

Regarding opening day. I don't ski unless there's 2 feet of blower.

High speed?
that's gonna make the chair 9 challenge a little....ahem difficult.

[msnowmn]

that was likely on a weekend..( that huge crowd) opening day itself is a thursday.. It was very quiet 2 years ago when i was there (on opening thurs). I shud be there this year for thurs and fri.

Sorry Mr Wave that was 10:30 am on opening day, last year... Scary huh?

The Mt needs to stop making such a big deal out of the opener. They also need to get rid of the race camps the first 4 days of the season.

We will be doing laps daily starting on 11/14/2006

See all you mid week kooks then.

Hey and 2 years ago we opened in October... and it was not a snowmaking opener!

[Joey Bag O' Donuts]

not if all these dorks above are gonna be there.

you too adam.

bastardo!!!

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

I'll be keeping an eye on conditions.

[A-wreck]

Highly probable Mrs. Comish and I are in. I may have a work function in Vegas that weekend so have to see, but otherwise I don't see why not.

You still got those Dynastars?

[snowave]

Sorry Mr Wave that was 10:30 am on opening day, last year... Scary huh?

The Mt needs to stop making such a big deal out of the opener. They also need to get rid of the race camps the first 4 days of the season.

We will be doing laps daily starting on 11/14/2006

See all you mid week kooks then.

Hey and 2 years ago we opened in October... and it was not a snowmaking opener!

wow..that sux.. there were only about 50 people in line a couple years ago..although, that musta been 3 or 4 years ago then, because it was in November. maybe I won't be up for opening day!

[SponsoredByDuctTape]

not if all these dorks above are gonna be there.

you too adam.

Fuggin' hilarious! If you're going, I'm showing up for sure.

[Arty50]

Didnt mammoth open up in October last year? That is sick, especially for California to be open earlier than anywhere in Canada. You guys sure get the snow. Has last year's stuff even melted yet?

No, that was two years ago. We got a late start last year, so it was sometime in November.

Two years ago was insane. They opened around October 20th or something like that and it was thigh to waist deep. Best of all, there was no one around.

[Ubersheist]

that was likely on a weekend..( that huge crowd) opening day itself is a thursday.. It was very quiet 2 years ago when i was there (on opening thurs). I shud be there this year for thurs and fri.

Yan fixed most of thier issues. They're kinda like Marker bindings. They used to be pretty bad and have severe problems. They've since made the necessary changes and resolved them, but still have the bad reputation that has carried over from years ago.

That... and Yan has really done some lowball jobs in the last few years...

[comish]

I thought YAN went BQ and was no longer in existence?

[skiitsbetter]

I thought YAN went BQ and was no longer in existence?

yeah same here. And most resorts, if they had Yan highspeeds got rid of them quickly, i guess the fixed grips are ok.

[BLOOD SWEAT STEEL]

8 day bump.

[dfinn]

they gonna be able to stick to that date? the 7 day forecast doesn't look that great for snowmaking, have they started running the guns yet?

[seanpistol]

the guns have been running for a while now.

[Pierre LeCouloir]

Increased capacity on 9?

[BLOOD SWEAT STEEL]

Three days-

Sack up.

[Joey Bag O' Donuts]

leaving wednesday night, boy is this gonna suck

[Barnballs]

leaving wednesday night, boy is this gonna suck

A- Bring your clubs, maybe snowcreek or bishop on Saturday.

1:30 T-time at Bishop if anyone's interested --- snowcreek closed.