well, it's not been a fantastic year here in California but Thanksgiving weekend this year was better then January last year! I wasn't going to post any pics as they're really not so hot..... but after seeing some pics of what Colorado looks like? I figured any snow is better then no snow and I'd share some minor stoke. Note, I suck as a photographer and all I have is a crappy iPhone.
Y'all in canada and the PNW can shut the hell up about your powder! If the sierras don't see some serious snow soon I'll be headed up that way. I have the month of January off work and I will find some damn snow if it kills me.
Wedsensday sucked hard. My first day of the season and it was raining. I did two runs and said fuck this! No pix lol.
Thursday and Friday were pretty good riding. No powder but carvable hard pack and fast groomers. This dude was ripping it up, and jumping over the rocks. I wish I was as good as he was. These two are from inside the gondola
Looks better than last year, heck Tahoe sucks but its better now than it was last year in january. I really hope the sierras get more snow cause I'd love to do a weekend trio down to mammoth!
Being from the midwest I just cant comprehend a 3 foot snow fall.
3" is a average storm here and people get goofy to ride in that.
Just another reason to try to plan a family trip to a real mountain. You guys enjoy, our local hills made as much snow as possible to see mid 50s today and possibly a high of 60 tomorrow. This could be a record temperature for December for us...
Naw man,.. I remember when I was a kid in the 70's,.. We were diggin' out of 3 ft. of shit all the time! Shit,.. school didn't even close unless we got 2ft.+ overnight!!! Global warming my man,.. Global Warming! :cheeky4:
Was on the mountain from 9 to 4 yesterday - Snowed lightly all day but winds were really bad and heavy fog at 9000 feet and above made it really tough to see. However they opened up Facelift (lift 3) at about noon and it was awesome - tons and tons of pow. Must of gone up and down that 8 times trying to improve my pow skills. High winds limited much of the mountain - I think only 4 lifts opened yesterday.
I was about to head out today but saw that only the lower gondola was open due to wind. I think they opened up two others but then closed them shortly thereafter, so only only the gondola was running! Too bad - it was snowing like crazy all day. Tomorrow is supposed to clear up - hoping for a partial bluebird day with tons of pow and more runs open.
Attached pic is at 2 pm this afternoon - big wet flakes still comin down in town. I am guessing that the mountain is getting dumped on right now. More for tomorrow!
today wasn't too bad. The only thing open was lower gondola. You can always ride down to chair two lot and hop the parking shuttle back to main. A lot of people were doing that. I did a ton of laps on mambo and broadway thru the trees. Fresh tracks each time down, Ive had much windier days but visabilty was poor.
Are you riding tomorrow? I sent you my number, text me if you want to ride. wonder how long it will take for them to get everything open.
Pretty awesome day. Fresh tracks and Bluebird until about 3 pm when the next storm rolled in and it started snowing again (see first pic below)! Big storm coming tonight and through the weekend! More pow! Get your snorkel and surfboards out!
Man it snowed another 20 inches in the past couple days. Been away from the mountain due to work but gonna be back tomorrow. Forecast has snow Friday straight through Monday!
Zombaco and I were up there yesterday. He might post some pics, I didn't take any because it was too cold to take my gloves off!!! Face shots and wind buff were had by all!! We did some stuff off chair 9--Dragons Back (Zom, was that dragons back? Im so bad with trail names!) was deep fluffy pow <3 Pure awesome. Then we lapped the wind buff on chair 5 and then hit up the top. Discretion is the better part of valor and he probably saved me from certain death. I owe him one. :laugh::laugh::laugh:
When you headed back? Today is my last day at work for they year and I'm trying to decide when to go back...I was going to head back up Sunday morning and stay until new years but now Im thinking of waiting out the next storm and showing up when the sun comes out. If they don't have the top and back side open it's going to be just fucking nuts with the holiday crowds. I'll wait it out til the top opens.
Anyway, if anyone else is headed to mammoth PM me and we can hook up and ride. I got a place up there and a pass so it's just a matter of when I want to drive and how much holiday crowd bullshit I can handle
How long you staying? Did you get my pm, I sent you my number and Im a textaholic. I was going to head up sunday morning but I uh got...a hot date lined up for xmas day. I have not commited either way (date or mammoth) because Im a bitch like that lol.
I can't believe I am considering delaying a snowboard trip for a boy but you know how it goes...p.s. Im a chick but I love love love getting called bro. For real
No worries. I'm a tomboy, if I can hang with the guys and get called bro I take it as a compliment
Im leaving LA real early Monday morning, according to NWS that's when the snow stops dumping. Im trying to time it right so I don't drive up in a blizzard. I am a wussy chick when it comes to driving in harsh conditions :laugh:
I just looked at the lift status and I see not much is spinning. Nothing but base lifts and chair 22. How are the crowds? I know tonight is night of lights, so Im betting it's a zoo out there. My computer at home is too old to view the web cams so I can't see for myself :dunno:
text or pm me with your number and I'll hit you up Monday. Or just text me monday when you get out there, I probably won't be at the resort until mid day. I'm probably heading back home the 30th myself, I don't think Im gonna stay for new years.
Here's a couple photos from the trip Mixie and I took yesterday. It was fucking windy! Sustained winds at the summit between 45-50mph with gusts over 60. Best part of that was free refill wind buff pow shots all day long on the upper mountain (front side)
Dave's from top of Chair 9
Dragon's Back top and blustery
Dragon's Back lower
Dragon's Back Traverse from Chair 9. It was a bit tracked out, but still just below knee deep
Chair 5- fresh refills ALL DAY. Ankle to mid shin deep. By the time we got back to the top, our tracks were already covered back up. Thanks windbuff! I really liked the rollers through the trees on the left
Chair 3. Far ridge the summit- Climax to Cornice Bowl to Wipeout Chutes and Chair 23. And lots of blowing snow
Santiago Bowl on the left, and Hemlock on the right. Hemlock is one of my goals to ride by the end of the season. Very steep on the left and mellows a little bit going lookers right. Plus it's a bootpack up the ridge from Santiago
Halfmoon shot over the ridge, coming up the backside on Chair 13
Main lodge looking up
Sunsetting blowing snow over Dave's run and Huevos Grande (the vertical strip of snow above the sign with the cliff band across)
that's chair 5. We didn't ride chair 3 yesterday. You're never gonna get them straight are you? It's ok :laugh: No wait, I think Im reading your captions wrong. You got the chairs right. YAY!!!!
So according to NWS monday is gonna be the bluebird pow day? hm....This is gonna be a tough decision on what exactly I want to ride :laugh:
ah, the slow signs. Don't those really mean ride as fast as possible right up until you get to the sign then skid to a stop?
I love it!!! Californias as such weather wusses!! Myself included, though I will ride in a storm. Hm, maybe I will head up tomorrow morning after all. I don't mind riding nothing but the lower mountain if it's not packed and visibillity is decent.
Dayum it is fucking puking snow. I just got here. First time I've had awd in snow like this. My little subie is a beast! I feel horrible for all the Mean things I said about it being gutless and handling like a shopping cart. My previous car was a sport coupe so I was judging the poor forrester harshly.
That said i will be out for first chair tomorrow so anyone want to hook up and make some turns text me! Or pm me with phone number etc.
I will have the same thing on as in the pic zombaco posted.
Black pants. Orange and blue plaid jacket purple boots. Yes I know it's a fashion disaster. I only dress well in the spring when it's warm. Oh and I'm a midget.
Also if anyone needs a place to stay there's room in my condo. 40 a night
I'll be there again tomorrow, maybe we can meet up, I can't stand my mom and brother anymore, they make everything miserable. I have a bright green helmet, blue jacket, bright green pants and 2013 flux dmcc light bindings. I have yet to see anyone with these bindings so that alone lets you know it's me. Ill probably be around chair 12 a lot. Really deep over there.
I'm going up Wed 16th through Mon 21st next week. Anyone else going to be up next week / weekend?
Mixie passed along the Mammoth Snowman's Pics to me the other day. All shot from Jan 8th. I hope some of those bumps get covered soon, or it's gonna be a mogul lesson trip.
Two of my goals to ride this season, preferably after a storm without moguls-
Pretty good. All packed stuff obviously but there is a huge base. All the runs are pretty much open. Some patches of wind swept areas near the top can be a bit slick but not too bad.
Been bluebird for the past week - forecast says another week of bluebird on the way. I wouldn't mind another pow storm, but bluebirds are so nice.
Conditions are still good. Smooth groomers on packed pow, off piste is tracked out and lumpy but still some good stuff in the trees. The top is mostly moguled, but softens as the day goes on with the warmer temps right now. Winds have calmed down, so not much in the way of fresh wind buff. The parks are top notch as always. Took my first ever laps in the pipe yesterday, fun and bit more difficult than I thought. A good challenge for me for sure. I think it's been a week since the last storm of significance, so it could use another coat of snow, but don't think that'll come til mid / end of the next week.
Beautiful bluebird days (definitely need sunscreen) and the views are amazing. The sherwins and mammoth crest looked really good from chair 25 yesterday. One of these days gotta get my bc shit together and explore those areas.
Whats good off the top? I plan to hit up the parks on Tue and Wed with my NEW FUCKING BINDINGS YEAH!!! Not sure if I'll hit the pipe (not the one made of snow anyway)
We need to plan some trips for Feb, I am only working part time and Im on storm watch fo sho.... I think need to ask permission. Or maybe just make the man come with me. :blink: I think he has ZERO interest in learning to board...fml.
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